Hello out there everyone.

I apologize for the lack of communication.  I know I owe all of my supporters an explanation.  This racing season has just turned out so differently than I planned that it has been a challenge.  I always believed I was a performer when it was all on the line.  I knew that going into the racing season the compartment syndrome sensations in my legs were going to make it tough, but I truly thought I could overcome the problem with proper treatment.  Instead, I found myself completely off mark.  You always hear about amazing feats in athletics when the athlete overcomes all odds with diligence and persistence and goes on to achieve his or her goal.  I thought that was going to happen to me, this year.  Instead I just got beat up.

This injury has been hard because I can still ski.  Each day I can go out there and do the work that I think is necessary to go faster in the next race, but when I go hard I realize I am not actually going faster.  It would be much easier if I was just hurt and I could not go out the door.  Then there would be no question.  Instead there is a gray area.  Now that gray area is no longer gray- it is black and white.  I need to do something more drastic to fix my increasing problem.

I have taken a break from my racing because I cannot perform at the level I know I am capable of.  This was killing me. The idea of surgery is out on the table and I am meeting with a doctor who has diagnosed numerous compartment syndromes in Salt Lake City on Thursday.  I am still staying involved with the sport that I love, by doing some coaching with the Sun Valley high school aged kids and they have been kicking butt!  Really fun to see.

So, although my story is not going to take me to competing at the Olympics this year like I had dreamed of,  I am still going to continue this blog and do an even better job with it now than I did before.  Like they say, “Life is a journey” and when it does not turn out the way you plan you move forth with the next day.  I had envisioned telling all of you supporters out there about my success and when that never came this early winter I just did not know what to say.  Now,  I realize I am just going to be telling a bit of a different story and that is going to be OK.  There will be success later on down the road.  My ski career is not over February 2010.

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