About Me

I'm a seventeen year old high school senior, who has decided to take a year off after graduation to run, mush, read, write and relax. Part of my gap year is to record my experiences, so I decided to create a blog. I'm from Nome, a small town in rural Northwestern Alaska.  For the past three years, I have attended The Hotchkiss School, a New England Prep school in Northwestern Connecticut. Hotchkiss has challenged me academically, athletically and socially, but overall it has been a great experience and I have definitely learned a lot about everything from writing research papers to running track. However, I decided to take a year off before starting Whitman College in order to reflect on my experiences and have new ones.
Throughout the next year and a half, I will be helping my neighbor train his dog team for the Iditarod, a thousand mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome. I have been mushing casually since I was two, but I am excited to learn about what it takes to train dogs on a much higher caliber. I will be volunteering for the local newspaper, The Nome Nugget to learn about what it takes to be a journalist, since I am considering pursuing it as a career. One of the most important aspects of my years at Hotchkiss has been running cross country and track. I hope to continue to run competitively in college, so I will train throughout the year. I am going to run with and out help the Nome cross country team, which I am thrilled about since I love all things running.
The only times I have blogged have been for school, so this is definitely going to be a learning curve. However, I promise to try to write interesting posts at least a few times a week!