Day off after two days of racing. Our first sprint of the season was on Saturday and a 10K skate followed on Sunday. It was great to be racing on a loop again, as West’s out and back classic race and point to point skate race made it difficult to have much terrain change. Our coaches dialed the wax both days and worked their tail ends off helping us out. Canada is into getting things done quickly, which is awesome, especially on sprint days. Saturday’s race was done in an equally efficient manner, sending all 100 dudes out, one every 15 seconds, and then immediately, with no break, all 50 girls out right behind the last boy starter. If having a girl start 15 seconds behind you when you are a junior boy doesn’t get you going, I don’t know what else would. As a coach trying to get splits for his athletes, it was a cluster, but as a skier it was pretty fun. divbr //divdivSilver Star is beautiful and it is always fun to stay in one of the houses on the knoll whose color is one that your mom would never think to paint your own home. Bright yellows, greens, blues, purples, pinks, you name it, and in many cases the trim is an equally exciting shade, making the house look all the more inviting. After all, anyone who lives in a house whose shade is a bright pink, must be one of the more friendly people you will ever meet.divbr /img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/ST2ZxCdjT1I/AAAAAAAAADQ/Y4yyG1-lXTw/s320/Taz.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277543406101548882″ //divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”Taz Mannix starting off/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divimg style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/ST2ZRiR8fhI/AAAAAAAAAC4/I_ewgh2GULI/s320/Mo.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277542864886988306″ //divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”Mo hammering/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divimg style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/ST2ZRCXGhkI/AAAAAAAAACw/BXma2h4y3kU/s320/Noah.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277542856318682690″ //divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”Noah hanging with Frederic Touchette/div img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/ST2ZSCx5H9I/AAAAAAAAADA/ptxkzPAHVa0/s320/Liz.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277542873610919890″ //divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”Coming through the stadium for Lap 2/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divimg style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/ST2ZQzbUJoI/AAAAAAAAACo/OaF4VVFMkag/s320/Weierdo.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277542852309821058″ //divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”Weirdo skiing with Kristina Strandberg/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divimg style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/ST2ZQYczyPI/AAAAAAAAACg/PtlDTmf-Qmo/s320/Garrott1.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277542845068331250″ //divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”Kuzzy starting things off/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Things are great here, but I have to say, our cheer squad from West was missing in a big way…/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv /div/div/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8313858291794282393-1828813295736523344?l=lizhstephen.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
