Alison Arians' Adventures in Finland
Many of us recognize Alison Arians' name: ski racing classmate of Hashimoto's at Dartmouth, World Masters medalist, top-level masters racer, and friend of Rainey Hoffman, who forwards us this awesome story she told of her adventures in Finland, given at a Trail Tales meeting. Trail Tales March 19, 2024 Intro (Kikkan): Alison Arians will tell a story about her (mis)adventures traveling to Finland to ski race when she was 15, compared to a slightly different experience traveling to ski race in Finland again, just last month, at age 53. Alison was born and raised in Anchorage, and started cross country ski racing back in the dark ages before skate skiing was invented. She trains with Jan Buron of Alaska Winter Stars and loves all manner of ski racing, including our local NSAA citizens races, Besh Cup Junior National qualifiers, Masters World Cup competitions, and World Loppet marathons. Her whole family is involved with ski racing, including her husband, Dan, who times th