Who am I?

My name is Rosanna Crawford, I was born and raised in Canmore, AB and started cross country skiing by the time I could walk! At the age of 10 I started biathlon and fell in love! Something about the challenge of skiing and shooting really stuck with me and being able to hang out with your friends wasn't too bad either! At 14 I got to compete in my first National Champs and got a taste of what it was like to race on a bigger scale! By 16 I was on the National team and trying to make international teams. In 2008 I competed in my first World Youth and Junior Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany. That was when I got hooked!
I train full time out of Canmore and spend my winters racing all over Canada and Europe. Follow along as I compete and train all around the World!
It is here that I hope to keep you up to date on my training and racing. I would not be able to do what I love without the support of my family and sponsors, so a big shout out to you guys!
Now what is biathlon you might ask. Biathlon combines the physical exertion of cross country skiing and the challenge of rifle marksmanship. Skiing is always skate technique and shooting is either laying down on your stomach (prone) or standing up (standing).

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Snow?

Since my last post we put in a couple volume weeks at altitude and have started doing some training at the Oval in Calgary. Right after trials we had a couple of easy days before we were supposed to head into the Haig glacier again. But the groomer was broken, so we had to make a new plan. We spent two nights in Lake Louise, roller skiing on the ice field parkway and doing various hike/runs around there. The next week we hoped the groomer would be fixed but no luck. So we spent two nights up at Bow Hut. It was some pretty epic training, day one: roller ski in the morning run into the hut, day two: run out , roller ski/road bike, run back into the hut, day three: run out, roller ski head home do strength!

Crow Foot Glacier

Roller Skiing out by Takaka falls

Melanie, Megan, me and Claude

At the end of that week I had to have a little procedure done and was set to 5 days of rest and then to ease back into training. Now we are in the middle of our intensity block, using the roller ski treadmill at the U of C. 

I leave for Europe in 16 days and am super excited. This will be my first year starting on the World Cup. Our first stop will be Sweden. Just hoping and wishing for some snow to land here in Canmore before we leave!  

Happy trails
Rosanna
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