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Here are a few of the highlights clipped from our mother's scrapbooks.

There tend to be more “rituals”, if you can call them that, associated with the longer races than with shorter ones....

Well its official, my sun tan is already fading and I am having to wear thermal underwear to walk down the street. Yep, I am in Ottawa all right and yes, I know, it is going to get a lot colder!

Why pavement pound, when there is a twisting, rugged, slick running trail ready to provide you with a striking adrenaline kick for an effortless workout!

Callaghan Country's trails, near the 2010 Olympic site, were groomed for the Callaghan Training Centre last week. The Western Alumni Bureau went up on Saturday to scope things out.

One of the interesting aspects of training with the xcottawa.ca racing team is that because a significant portion of the team works regular office hours during the day, sometimes, if you want to train together it has to be either very early or relatively late.

This past weekend marked the first NorAm races of the season. Although it has been a few years since I have raced in Silver Star, this is the first year since high school that I don’t have any racing plans at all!

With the temperature not even going below zero last night, the clouds helped slow down the melting caused by the sun, letting the track stay icy for the morning's qualifying rounds in the sprint.

Today was Day 1 of the biggest Nationals I can remember… over 700 skiers at this race, many of them the top-level guys from the USA, to check out the Olympic venue for the first time.

This past weekend, a group from XC Ottawa, Carleton U, and the NADC travelled to Mt. Tremblant to participate in the Grand Prix des Couleurs.