An update

divdivHere are some random thoughts:/divbr /div/divdiv1. One of my classmates that I spent Dec. in span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_0″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Hibbing/span with sent me a pic that he took while we were up there. One of the last nights that we were there we went out to the lake (there was no snow on the trails) and skied around. Two of them had never skied before, but one of my classmates in dental school is Renee Kinney (skied for span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_1″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Stillwater/span HS, U of Vermont and Team span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_2″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Birkie/span), and so between her and I there was equipment to use. It was fun to all get out on skis together. img style=”TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 370px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423748495299014402″ border=”0″ alt=”” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/S0UGhS1bbwI/AAAAAAAAAGs/Mvk1NqWOvsA/s320/IMAGE_048.jpg” //div/divp2. I was very sad to hear that Cindy span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_3″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Brochman/span had passed away after her long battle with cancer. She ran with Nichole on the run n fun team, and I only ever heard good things about her. /pp3. I did the TC Championships this past weekend, and it was a ton of fun. I am looking forward to skiing it next year, and span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_4″ class=”blsp-spelling-corrected”hopefully/span I will get out on classic skis a bit more before that race. This year I got out great at the start (and avoided the large pile-up), but I did not have the fitness to stick with the leaders. This kind of worries me, since I signed up for the long race at all of the big races this year (COLL, Mora, span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_5″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Birkie/span). It also could be because I am not as good of a classic skier. The skate race on span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_6″ class=”blsp-spelling-corrected”Sunday/span went well. Even though I still lost more time to Bjorn and Matt than I would have liked, I was able to post the 5span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_7″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span fastest skate time of the day and catch a number of guys who beat me in the classic race. /ppspan id=”SPELLING_ERROR_8″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Vakava/span skiers (and others we claim as our own) at TC Champs: /ppMen: 2span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_9″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”nd/span overall-Bjorn span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_10″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Batdorf/span (1st in classic, 2span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_11″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”nd/span in skate), 8span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_12″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Nathan span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_13″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Porath/span, 19span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_14″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Derek span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_15″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Wallen/span, 27span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_16″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Andy span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_17″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Schakel/span, 32span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_18″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”nd/span-Dave span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_19″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Christopherson/span (1st in age group), 33rd-Ryan span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_20″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Atwell/span, 38span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_21″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Per Nelson, 50span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_22″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Kevin span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_23″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Ivens/span, /ppWomen: 1st overall-Jojo Winters (2span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_24″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”nd/span in classic, 4span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_25″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span in skate), 3rd-Kathleen span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_26″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Dewall/span (1st in skate), 5span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_27″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Angie Robinson (3rd in skate), 8span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_28″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Cheryl span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_29″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Dubois/span, 10span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_30″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Margie Nelson, 13span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_31″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Mel span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_32″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”McMillian/span, 18span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_33″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Sara Conrad, 22span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_34″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”nd/span-Katie Anderson, 24span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_35″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”th/span-Allie span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_36″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Rykken/span/pimg style=”TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 355px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423755971913996114″ border=”0″ alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/S0UNUfZWV1I/AAAAAAAAAG0/K2gyH50mOhA/s320/IMG_1544.jpg” /4. Bert span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_37″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”Blyleven/span misses the baseball span id=”SPELLING_ERROR_38″ class=”blsp-spelling-error”HOF/span by 5 votes. Seriously? Go Twins.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1572647974447867713-3283735432442092510?l=vakavaraceteam.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div