It might still feel like summer, but I’m already starting to dial in the little parts of the ski racing equasion. Mark Waechter of Ultra-Tune’s been showing me the ropes with getting a better handle on my racing boards. Between the morning and afternoon sessions my coach Scott Johnston and I were cranking on my fleet of skis; first scraping, then flex testing, finishing with waxing. The next session at Ultra-Tune I’ll take this information and plan out a lil grinding plan to have both my old and new Rossignol’s running better than my competitors. Watch out!br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/THyGkWbX9dI/AAAAAAAAAaI/CGSbie_9WZk/s1600/IMG_2920.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/THyGkWbX9dI/AAAAAAAAAaI/CGSbie_9WZk/s400/IMG_2920.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511428003048453586″ //abr /br /The past weekend made for an altogether different kind of grind – the 11.5mile Cutthroat Classic. It’s a classic trail run that crosses from Rainy Pass on the Western side of the North Cascades, then drops down from the high alpine setting into the sunny side of the state. With three miles of climbing remaining, decided to set off solo and put about four minutes on the closest pursuer by the time we reached the valley on the other side, who came all the way from Track Town USA (Eugene, OR) to defend his Northwest trail running title. It felt good to race and be so in control, especially in longest running race of my life. br /br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/THyGj0HTDVI/AAAAAAAAAaA/Vgg9aIByX9U/s1600/IMG_2897.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/THyGj0HTDVI/AAAAAAAAAaA/Vgg9aIByX9U/s400/IMG_2897.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511427993837440338″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2910103639238326543-2719848428663547321?l=methowolympicdevelopment.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
