I spend most of my time on the road. To help my readers understand what that is like, I tried to take a picture of each bed I slept in this year. It is hard to keep track of all the placed I've been, so I referred to my US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) log online. As a member of the national team, I have to tell USADA where I am at all times so they can find me for random drug testing. According to my USADA log, I spent 126 days at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY between April 1, 2015 and April 1, 2016. Otherwise, I was on the road, sleeping in more than 40 different places!
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| "Home." I spend 2-3 weeks per year here. Cape Elizabeth, Maine |
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| "The Closet." I lived here for 4 years. Now I spend 2-3 weeks per year here. Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Craftsbury, VT |
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| "Room 244." I spent more time here than anywhere else last year, about 18 weeks. Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid, NY |
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| La Maison Rose St. Barthelemy, French West Indies |
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| Summer Training Camp Torsby, Sweden |
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| Summer Vacation with the Lewishes Cape May, NJ |
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| Visiting Maura and Kenny at the Whitebloom's Cape May, NJ |
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| The barracks at Ethan Allen Military Base. We spend 3-4 weekends here every summer training and racing on rollerskis. Jericho, VT |
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| Fall Training Camp Heber, Utah |
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| Wearing the "happy pants" at World Cup 1 Ostersund, Sweden |
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| World Cup 3 Pokljiuka, Slovenia |
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| Christmas with my family in Europe Lech, Austria |
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| New Year's with Erik Antholz, Italy |
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| One night in transit Frasdorf, Germany |
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| Sleeping with Annelies at World Cup 4 Ruhpolding, Germany |
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| A palatial triple room at World Cup 5 Ruhpolding, Germany |
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| Pull-out couch, World Cup 6 Antholz, Italy |
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| World Cup 8 at Northern Maine Community College Presque-Isle, Maine |
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| Egan Media Studio/Guestroom Burlington, VT |
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| Sjusjøen, Skisenter. We trained here for a week in November and Frebruary. Sjusjoøen, Norway |
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| The king of biathlon watches over me at World Champs Oslo, Norway |
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| US National Championships Fort Kent, Maine |
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| Hell |
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Not pictured:
Constitucion, Chile
Rochester, NY
Cambridge, MA
Boston, MA
Stuart, FL
Colorado Spring, CO
My Tent x3
Montreal Canada x2
Munich, Germany
Riedering, Germany
Hochfilzen, Austria
Innsbruck, Austria
Ley's House in Oslo
Khanty-Mansyisk, Russia
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| And as a bonus, here is a picture of every item of clothing I wore between November 16th and March 26th. (Dirndl not shown.) |
When you are on the road, you really are at the mercy of the play you decide to sleep for the night. I am a creature of habit and need my bed a certain softness. I don't know how you do it, but you certainly have a positive outlook on your adventures with all these pics of the different beds you have slept on.
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