It is the beginning of the season and I feel quite good. We did everything correct and perfect, I did hard training.

I think 1.5 million people with celebrate for me.

Usually I have a problem with my skis or with my mind. My biggest wish was to get the gold medal in the 10K classical. I got it. It's mine!

Several years ago, I was creating a Christmas present for the family, a self-published cookbook featuring recipes my grandmother had collected and created over decades. While interviewing her for the biographical section, she began to talk about her courtship with my late grandfather.

My childhood memories of my grandparents are of a wonderful, complementary couple. While my grandfather had a spirited, humorous personality, my grandmother is gentle and poised.

Our robots are not being built from a kit. There are no pre-selected parts and no TA's to 'check us off' and to make sure we did our work.