a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQQ8e2Z2kWs/Scp6Qk8p-XI/AAAAAAAAARA/1SfNda9QBqQ/s1600-h/IMG_0170_2.JPG”img style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KQQ8e2Z2kWs/Scp6Qk8p-XI/AAAAAAAAARA/1SfNda9QBqQ/s320/IMG_0170_2.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317196735278872946″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQQ8e2Z2kWs/Scp6QEkIA_I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/qI4AXyM3MB4/s1600-h/IMG_0173.JPG”img style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KQQ8e2Z2kWs/Scp6QEkIA_I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/qI4AXyM3MB4/s320/IMG_0173.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317196726586049522″ //abr /Last night I got my first National Championship since 2006! I knew when I won my last one that any win could be your last so to get back on top after a rough couple years feels super good. divbr //divdivI was the 4th starter in the “A” seed so I knew that there were a lot of fast guys behind me so there wouldn’t be much information to get from the time checks out there. I just had to ski as fast as possible and hope my time would hold up. After I finished I heard how many guys were not far back after the halfway and I started to get real nervous, even a little queasy. Finally I heard the announcement that I was the National Champ and it was all smiles!/divdivbr //divdivThis past week I have been really nervous about this first race because my body has felt awful. Just sluggish and tired since last Sunday… Finally after a few days up here with some tune up workouts and some solid couch time my body finally started to come around the morning of the race. Still I had no idea if I would be able to ski fast or not. Out on the course I had no clue what I had, I was just going as fast as I could with what my body could do. Fortunately it was enough. /divdivbr //divdivYesterday was a sweet day for APU with 3 on the National Championship podium. Becca Rorbaugh, 2nd US and Brent Knight, 3rd US. First time on the podium for both of them. /divdivbr //divdivNow it’s a couple days recovery and get ready for Friday nights pursuit. /divdivbr //divdivbr //divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5871152313769582978-3982967797426501723?l=jamessoutham.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
