Talkin’ with the Gravy Train – Kris Freeman Interview

by Peter Graves

Peter Graves

November 06, 2013 – In this week’s edition of Talkin’ With the Gravy Train, Peter Graves is joined in studio by three-time US Olympian Kris Freeman from Concord, New Hampshire. Freeman, who has been a major player for the US XC Ski Team on the international cross-country scene for well over a decade, has had a strong off-season of training and is ready to head to Finland on November 5 to begin final preparations for what he hopes will be his fourth US Olympic team for the Sochi 2014 Games.

In 2000 he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes but despite this concern he’s earned 16 national titles, including defending the 50km CL at 2013 national championships in Tahoe, CA, and he remains the top long distance cross-country skier in the USA. Most recently, Freeman was named a Nordic racing instructor at Waterville Valley in New Hampshire.

In this candid interview Freeman discusses managing his diabetes, his preparations for the season ahead and his current thoughts about not being named to this year’s US Ski Team. We think you’ll agree it makes for compelling listening.