Recap

Yesterday was not too bad. 7th place, 2nd American and I got Kuzzy by the 2 seconds he beat me by in the skate race last weekend. It snowed about 10 cm overnight and with some good work by the groomers who passed over it half-a-dozen times before the race started and it set up pretty well. The snow was pretty crazy with skis running very differently all over the course. 

I skied solid which at Silver Star is what you need to do. There aren't many places to rest and there are a lot of sections where you can work the terrain and pick up time so it takes a pretty steady effort. We had two laps of a 7.5k course and racers starting every 15 seconds. I was one of the first of the A seed guys so I had to just go out and ski hard. I was in the lead at every time check but there were a few too many fast guys starting after me and it was a pretty tight race with 2nd-10th place within 40 seconds. One section of the course I had a hard time with on the first lap but other than that I was really happy with how I skied. I feel like my race fitness is still building which bodes well for the second half of the season. 

The races in Whistler were moved to Silver Star so everyone gets to stay here for the week. We had to change houses but if there is a place we have to be for 2 weeks, this is where I would pick. Great skiing literally right our our back door and generally comfortable living. 

The schedule now is a 20k skate mass start on Thursday and a 10k classic on Sunday. Monday we go home and I get to see my girls!