United States
Kikkan Randall
Olympic Cross-Country Skier
Cross-country skiing can be a hard sport to measure. I’ve always relied on my Polar to help me train in the right zone and track my progress. I love the myriad of features I can use to analyze my workouts and always get extra satisfaction to see the visual representation of my workouts when uploaded into Polar Flow.
About
Discipline:
Cross-country Skiing
Born:
December 31, 1982
Personal Best:
5:00.02min (1 mile on the track, 2001)
Pre-race ritual:
Folding clothes, organizing my room.
Proudest sporting moment:
Getting our first-ever US women's World Cup relay podium with my teammates at the Gallivare, Sweden World Cup (November 2012) as well as helping create a championship women’s team.
Career highlights
2018
Pyeongchang Olympics
1st place
2014
World Cup Sprint Distance
1st place overall
2013
World Cup Sprint Distance
1st Place Overall
World Championship Ladies Team Sprint
1st place
2012
World Cup Sprint Distance
1st place overall
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