http://www.krisfreeman.net Kris Freeman, training and racing Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:18:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I search for answers to what happened to me at the Olympics I have to recognize three glaring amateur mistakes. 1) I lost control of my emotions and allowed myself to wallow in depression after the 15k. I wasted a lot of energy with negative thoughts. 2) I spoke unguarded ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2010/03/05/amateur/ I have decided to utilize this site again. Unfortunately for my readership I know very little about website construction and management. Please be patient as I will have to find someone smarter than me to make this site look prettier. For now it will just be a ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2010/03/05/its-back-and-still-unfinished/ My Olympics was an unqualified disaster. I am searching for answers to what happened to me. I went from tantalizingly close to a podium in December to unable to finish a race in Vancouver. That track record makes me the most inconsistent and volatile racer on the ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2010/03/05/not-good/ Recovery from surgery has gone well for Kris - really without a hitch. However, it's a long road back from a very invasive fasciectomy, and Kris is just starting to introduce some load-bearing exercise to his legs. He's been on several double-pole sessions on rollerskis without any setbacks, and is ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2009/05/28/12-weeks-on/ Kris is bored. As far as I can tell he's been spending a fair amount of time on the phone. It surfaced, in one of several conversations we've had (so far) today, that my number is on speed-dial. Not surprising, considering how frequently we talk. I'm number 9 on Kris's ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2009/03/04/number-9/ Kris had surgery this morning. I've talked with him a couple of times on the phone, and it's been comical. Between the dwindling effects of anaesthesia, the first dose of heavy duty pain medication, and his third cup of post-surgical coffee he's been fairly hyperactive and nonsensical. All things told ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2009/03/03/cut/ The website was down there for a bit, but we're back now. It would be nice to pretend that all the web traffic after the 15K crashed the server, but that's not the case. The host got changed and I screwed up the nameserver something or other. Managed to lose ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2009/02/25/were-back/ Well, it wasn't a good day at the races for Kris. His fitness appeared to be right where we expected, but the combination of an average (not better) fitness day a raging blizzard, and a crash in the first 200 meters made for some frustration. Kris crossed skis with somebody early ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2008/12/06/la-clusaz-race-report/ Kris is in La Clusaz with Justin Wadsworth and Oleg Ragila as his support staff. The crew made it onto their Zurich flight from Helsinki without too many problems after I last saw them on Monday. They got ushered through security and onto the plane, and even got their bags ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2008/12/04/la-clusaz/ Our delay in Rovaniemi was nice while it lasted, but it meant a late night - arriving at the hotel in Helsinki at about 1:30AM. Grover had an early flight and was out the door before 5:30 (though I have only the vaguest recollection of him leaving the room). The ... http://www.krisfreeman.net/2008/12/01/big-cluster/