3rd gear

Today I was just stuck in 3rd gear, I felt good in a few sections but like one of the girls on the team said is just don't look like I have the same cadence as when I am skiing well. I ended up 12th about 1:50 back and in a distance skate race, that shouldn't happen. I don't think I have been out of the top 3 in a 10 or 15k skate for 3 years, so this was a little bit... I've done more than enough training, which is part of the problem. So all there is to do now is relax and rest up for next weekend at Soldier Hollow. The plan now is 2 days of rest and pretty mellow thru the week mostly just do enough to stay/get sharp and test skis. Saturday is a mass start skate which I couldn't ask for a better race or a better place to get back on the horse.