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I’ve always been a big believer that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and have made getting yearly preventive check-ups a priority.  Now that I’m a Mom, I’m carrying that philosophy over toward making sure my son gets his preventive check-ups on schedule too. Fitting in my son’s checkups with my > Read More

This past weekend featured the opening World Cup races of the 2016-17 season in Ruka, Finland and now the season is officially underway.  Both races were in classic technique and both days included some tough classic conditions after several inches of new snow fell through the day Saturday.  I had a great workout on the > Read More

It’s been a beautiful, fun summer here in Alaska and with the long daylight hours it sometimes seems like it might go on forever. But as with every year, the air has started to cool, the leaves are showing the first signs of changing color and, in anticipation of cooler weather, I find it’s almost > Read More

One of my favorite ski destinations in North America is the winter wonderland of Silver Star, British Columbia. Not only do they have the most impeccably groomed ski trails, but those trails also literally wind through the village and around the mountain, making me feel like I’m skiing in a dream world. My first visit > Read More

April 14, 2016 our son Breck Stuart Randall Ellis arrived at 7:47pm.  He weighed in at 8lbs 11oz and was 21″ long. We are overcome with love and amazement for this little guy!

People often ask me, “What’s your favorite place to ski?” As a professional ski racer for the past 16 years, I’ve seen some of the most beautiful ski destinations in the world – so I have a hard time picking just one. (What a good problem to have!) So I thought I would share a > Read More

Jeff and I are excited to announce that we are expecting a new member of to our family in April 2016!  This is an exciting new chapter to our lives that we’ve been hoping to start while I continue to pursue my full-time racing career.  While I will be missing the 2015-16 World Cup season, > Read More

It’s been a while since I wrote my last blog on this site, 8 months to be exact, and I’m realizing that so many interesting and exciting things are happening in my ski career, important lessons are being learned and someday I’m going to want to look back and remember all these little details.  So I’m > Read More

We’re now three weekends into the 2014-15 World Cup season.  While it’s been a slower start than I had hoped for, I am seeing small improvements every week. Last weekend we had a 3-day mini-tour in Lillehammer.  It was a tough start on day 1 when I failed to advance to the quarterfinals in the > Read More