Well that's me out in Idre, Sweden this week in the run up to my first qualification races next weekend. The British Nordic Youth Team headed out on Sunday and we have a week of training on snow and getting to know the course before the actual races next Saturday and Sunday. My best chance of qualification is the 1km sprint on the Saturday. I'm quite good at the high speed, high tempo races and it's in skate technique which is my favourite of the 2 cross country ski styles. T

What a great start to the New Year, my website/blog has been nominated for the 2015 Trespass Blog Awards in the Snowsports Category. Voting opens on the 15th January and closes a week later on the 22nd so those that follow my progress, it would be great if you could cast your vote or share the link for others to vote for me. Click on the link below to go to the site - but remember, like X Factor, lines are not open until the 15th Jan but take comfort in kowing you wont have b