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July 27, 2010 - Goodbye Summer!

This update begins and ends with snow... It's winter somewhere! July 27th most of the team is going to New Zealand... read more

July 11, 2010 - YoYo Camp 2010 is Over!

YoYo Camp 2010 is over. With 4 trips to over 2300 meters in just 23 days the winter weather, altitude, volume and intensity made this camp incredibly hard. Although I enjoyed the work and beautiful mountain scenery I am relieved to have it done and satisfied with three big weeks of 21, 22 and 23 hours... read more

July 1, 2010 - HAPPY CANADA DAY!

June 26, 2010

Jasper is one my all-time favorite places to visit and train. Beautiful mountains, lakes and rivers and the great company of Peri, Dasha and Sarah Daitch made yo-yo #2 a great one. Rollerskiing, road riding and running were the activities on this 3 day camp and even when I was somewhat "losing it" after several hours of training at altitude I was always appreciative to be doing something that is a dream for many. Supported rides to Jasper with companies such as... read more

June 17, 2010 - Haig Glacier Update

Although the nearby Kananaskis Provincial Park Haig Glacier camps usually start about two weeks later than this, the National Ski team was chomping at the bit to do our yo-yo altitude camp. With 4 trips up to 2400meters and back down to Canmore at 1400 meters planned we charged up there to get skiing thanks to the use of snowshoes and despite well over a meter of snow in the backcountry where the camp is situated we did good training... read more

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May 20, 2010

Things are going crazy awesome here on the Gold Medal Plates tour of Northern Spain that Devon and I are fortunate enough to be the athlete hosts on www.goldmedalplates.com... read more

May 16, 2010

There is much good news to energize me as the 6-month block of training gets going once again. Mainly being healthy, injury free and having a coach. Although Cross Country Canada switching the coaches up has been the dizzying trend of the past 4 years, this time it's going to stick... I just know it. American two-time Olympian Justin Wadsworth, husband of Canadian legend Beckie Scott has taken on our team and I'm really looking forward to working with him for many years to come... read more

May 6, 2010 - COC Party Photos!

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April 17, 2010 - Share the Road Fundraiser

My month off of training and racing is flying by. There have been Fast and Female events all over Canada thanks to our stylin' ambassadors who have been inspiring girls in Ottawa (Perianne Jones), Burn's Lake, BC (Rosanna Crawford), and Yellowknife, NWT (Sarah Daitch). Amazing events, amazingly inspiring leaders and participants! Thank you to all who have been sharing the love... read more

April 4, 2010

Race season is over... Fast and Female season is rocking!

Following the Olympics I headed to The Yukon for my first ever visit to the city of Whitehorse and the final races of my season:the Canadian Championships. I have never had anything but a good time at Nationals in my entire ski career and really enjoy meeting up with so many of the awesome people that make up the ski community and keep me going in this sport... read more

March 3, 2010

Towards the end of the Olympics my emotions were heightened by the incredible performance of Devon in the 50km, Sara Renner's retirement post 30km race, the fact that it was all almost over, and the lack of sleep from letting loose on the dancefloors of Whistler and Vancouver... read more

February 26, 2010

The racing is over for me. The relay was a tough 5km race for me but I was feeling so happy and energized to be out there going for it. My teammates Dasha Gaiazova, Perianne Jones and Madeleine Williams formed a special team because 7 years ago we were the World Junior Championship relay team in Sweden... read more

February 24, 2010

Go Canada Go!

My website is back up after the hurricane of hits shut 'er down last week. Thanks for all the interest, everyone!
Games highlights from our team have been pumped out by the men's team who've come so far since the the 2006 Olympics solitary top-30 result from George Grey. Alex and Devon pulled off an impressive 4th place in the team sprint with some stylin' gutsy racing. George, Ivan Babikov and Alex were all in the top 10 in the 30 km pursuit and today they were 7th in the relay. read more

February 15, 2010

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!

Hello Sports Fans, Friends and Family.

It's here!

I had an amazing time walking in the opening ceremonies. To be around my fellow athletes from other sports is a real treat and the inspirational talk from Mark Tewksbury just before we left the village was really cool. read more

February 4, 2010

Mercifully, "So when you head over?" has replaced "Are you ready?" as the number one question I get asked around town these days.

I will be flying to Vancouver on February 12th. I will get my accreditation at... read more

January 15, 2010

Hi Friends and Ski Fans,

A Chinook is raging here in Canmore... warm temperatures make for fun fast skiing on the man made snow but do some damage to the trails that are only thinly covered... read more

January 6, 2010

Super Lucky Awesome Sisters!

My sister Rosanna is going to the 2010 Olympics for biathlon!

My younger sister Rosanna (she's 21, my brother is 23 and I'm 26) and I have always felt part of our own special club which we took to calling "Super Lucky Awesome Sisters" the past few years. With notes, cards and 4-leaf clover... read more

December 18, 2009

It's nice here in Rogla, Slovenija.
Enjoy the photos from training here today and I will enjoy the 1.5 km classic sprint and 15 km classic mass start.
Good luck to everyone classic sprinting Canmore this weekend!! read more

December 15, 2009

Hello Friends,

Things are pretty amazing here in Davos, Switzerland. My parents are here visiting before going to Austria next week to watch my sister Rosanna race in IBU Biathlon cups and it's been so nice to hang with them... read more

December 5, 2009

Locked up my Olympic qualification today - phewf!

It's my third time racing in Dusseldorf and I have always had a good time here. In 2005 I scored my first ever world cup points here and in 2007 I was stoked to be 10th. I was counting on a good performance today... read more

November 30, 2009

Hey Canada,

The team is en route to Livigno, Italy for some sun, altitude training (1900m) and some of the only snow in Central Europe. They have a couple kilometer loop and our Italian friends reported it was snowing there last night. Brushing up on my Italian while chatting with... read more

November 15, 2009

Devon was fantastic today and skied the most relaxed I have ever seen him in my entire life. He was blazing around the 5km loop here today with splits that he was in the top 3 for the first two laps. Then he sped up even more to ratchet up into the lead ahead of Anders Sodegren, 10 time Swedish Champion and Olympic and World Champs medallist, besting him by 6 seconds at the end... read more

November 14, 2009

Today's classic sprint here in Bruksvallarna, Sweden was a real doozy. I qualified 20th and finished 25th. With the goal of getting a block of training done off of which to taper into December, I let my ambition off the leash and did a big week of hard work... read more

November 10, 2009

I'm switching to Fischer boots and so stoked!

Last year was hard on my ankles but even more painful emotionally when I had to miss the entire season of racing. With my peroneal tendons insisting on jumping onto my outer ankle bones rather... read more

November 4th, 2009

Things have been going well in Austria and despite being here on my own I've maintained my ineptitude for boredom. Good training, visits with Trond and Claudia Nystad, lots of computing (Fast and Female events are going to be incredible this winter!) read more

November 1st, 2009

This website is back in update mode after my brief stint as a blogger. Check out http://chandracrawford.blogspot.com/ if you're looking for some of my summer news. For long periods of the training season I neglected updating at all... read more