Ouch!

We just got back from the 30k after stopping by Taco King for the best post race meal out there.

It was a doozy. Tough course and started it out with slick skis. So I tried to double pole as much as I could and keep in contact with the front group but on the main climb of the course they would pull away each time and I slowly fell back. After the 3rd of 4 classic laps I had closed back to within maybe 10 seconds but we hit the big climb again and I never saw the pack again. Luckily for me Noah Hoffman and I were able to ski together for the skate leg. He is a tough and talented junior who I stayed with in Aspen this year. We traded off leading out there and managed to pick off a few guy and with a few k's to go on some flatter sections I took off and he couldn't quite keep up I think I ended up 9th and him 10th, the 5th and 6th Americans I believe. Good day and tough racing. Looking forward to a wicked tough 50k on Sunday and a day off in between.

James