Outdoor Explorer: Catching up with Kikkan Randall and the year ahead for Anchorage’s nordic ski club

Kikkan and Breck riding to school, photo courtesy Kikkan Randall.Former NSAA Junior Nordic skier Kikkan Randall, photo courtesy Kikkan Randall.NSAA Executive Director Kikkan Randall, photo courtesy Kikkan Randall.Our guest for this episode of Outdoor Explorer is Kikkan Randall, one of Alaska’s most popular and well-known athletes. In the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kikkan and Jessie Diggins became the first Americans to win a gold medal in Nordic skiing, in the team sprint freestyle race. Shortly after the Olympics, Randall was diagnosed with breast cancer and became an advocate for an active lifestyle while in treatment. She had been living in Canada, but now she’s back in Anchorage as the new executive director of the Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage.HOST: Lisa KellerSEGMENTS:Kikkan Randall, executive director of the Nordic Skiing Association of AnchorageLINKS:Nordic Ski Association of AnchorageActiv Against CancerKikkan Randall’s websiteBROADCAST: Thursday, November 4th, 2021. 10:00 am – 3:00 p.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, November 4th, 2021. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKTSUBSCRIBE: Receive Outdoor Explorer automatically every week via:iTunes EmailRSS FeedPodcast]]>