Articles by Elaine Vardamis
Kick, glide, kick, glide, kick, glide. My skis sliced neatly through the fresh snow and a dark fog swirled around as my headlamp beam penetrated only the first few meters in front of me.
Ask a room full of endurance athletes if any of them have ever bonked—that dreaded can’t move, can’t talk, can’t breathe, can’t function state of being—while training or racing and you’re sure to see most hands raise. We joke about it a little,... more
One of my main concerns since Dan and I committed to competing in the Expedition Amundsen, a 62-mile race across Norway’s arctic tundra, is Nordic skiing with a... more