TAC Board: The Alaska Club Blog

The Olympics are always inspiring. The event brings together the pinnacles of human physical perfection from across the world and showcases amazing acts that turn sweat into legend. Some things are new: golf returns as an Olympic event after a 112-year absence. But some things are classic: the solidarity during the opening ceremony, the swell of national pride during medal ceremonies and the Breakfast of Champions.

The International Ski Federation’s status report for Anchorage’s Kikkan Randall didn’t quite hit the mark this ski season. It says she’s injured. True, the nation’s most successful cross-country skier missed the entire 2015-16 season. But not because she is injured. Randall is pregnant. And while that kept her on the World Cup sidelines this winter, it didn’t keep her from maintaining a high level of fitness throughout her pregnancy, and it isn’t keeping her from making plans to return to world-class competition and chasing what would be an unprecedented fifth Olympic appearance for an American cross-country skier.