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The Jura: A Swiss-French Training & Travel Guide
Skiwalking in the Swiss Jura. (Photo: Roli Eggspühler) Coming from North America, I often think that the other side of whatever country I’m in is very, very far away. Happily, here in Switzerland...
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autumn alpine adventures
This summer I was on quite a string of trail running/hiking jaunts, accumulating miles of distance and thousands of feet of elevation every weekend. It’s funny how these things go in fits and starts....
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I ♥ mittens, + my Adelboden-to-Kandersteg OD
Atop Bunderchrinde Pass. If you’re advertising something, you usually ask the best people in the world at using or doing that thing to endorse your product. Therese Johaug is a famous Norwegian skier...
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Campra Trip: Attraverso &“College Skiing” in Switzerland
The crew after the University Games classic race. Note that only three of us are wearing medals – only three of us were still students! (Photo: Swiss Academic Ski Club / Facebook) This weekend I went...
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Ladies get no respect.
Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it: the snow we so desperately needed came during the race, making things a lot slower and more grueling…. Also, pro tip, when it’s obviously...
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Swiss baked goods you win as prizes, ranked.
Photos, left to right: my own; Einsiedeln-tourismus.ch; wikipedia. This weekend I went to Rothenthurm for a 22.5k skate loppet. Rothenthurm is quite close to Zurich and probably one of the...
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Is it possible to race yourself into shape?
Sedrun, Switzerland, in January 2016. This was one of just three non-racing instances where I have gotten to go skiing on snow since the Swiss Loppet series kicked off. Sometime partway through 2015, I...
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Things I’ve Learned Racing in Switzerland for a Year
Lesson number one: it seems to primarily snow on Sundays, which are conveniently always race days. On Sunday I did the last race of my season, the 42k Gommerlauf in Valais, Switzerland. There are...
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January 1? No Way. Spring is the Time for Resolutions!
Next winter I want more of this… and only like half as much racing. Some people make resolutions at New Years. But I’m never very successful at keeping them. This year I had a revelation: for me the...
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Three Countries, One Six-Hour Run
Sometime in the last year, my friend Greg casually mentioned to me that it was possible to run across Liechtenstein. “Oh yeah, we did it,” he said. I guess I knew that the country was tiny. But – not...
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Autumn in the Engadin
I love shoulder season in the mountains. Autumn is incredibly beautiful, but for a lot of alpine resorts, it is the slow time of year. Business owners take a break before the winter tourism rush...
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Trail marathon / PhD marathon
This autumn I ground away at two big goals: finishing my dissertation, and running my first trail marathon. A number of people told me I was insane to try to do both of these things at the same time....
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Eastern Switzerland XC Skiing Guide: 12 Top Spots to Visit
A lot of people have asked me: where should I go cross-country skiing? Or, I’d like to try cross-country skiing – but where can I go around Zurich? Well, here are my answers. I’m basing this loosely on...
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Finally, My Almost-Perfect Davos Ski Day
Midway up the Sertig valley, striding along the classic tracks. This is what dreams are made of. (Before I start: I’ve been featured two places online recently, talking about being a scientist. Check...
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Easter Break in the Alps
Coming from the U.S. and a non-religious family, I never thought about Easter all that much once I grew up and stopped having Easter egg hunts. But in Europe, the Easter weekend is a major holiday, a...
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Night to Day on the Hardergrat
Annie & Joel descending after the Augstmatthorn, partway across the Hardergrat just after sunrise. A few years ago I ran into a college friend who was visiting Zurich. When we met up, he and his...
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