I can't believe I didn't want to do this until 3 weeks ago. What a great time. I skied really well but I think I can go faster next year. I ended up 244th (men) with a time of 2:43:52. That put me roughly 4 and a half minutes away from an elite wave start next year (top 200 men). I was 2:30 back from Todd who finished 213th (his best finish placing) and 2 minutes ahead of Eric. Larry hit his goal time dead on and we're pretty sure that qualifies him for 2nd wave again.
We stayed at Eric's parents' cabin in Winter, WI. His mom made us a great spaghetti feed Friday evening.
As I came off the lake I heard a familiar voice telling me to, "Ski like an ass!" I looked up and saw Neil and Jay on top of a snow bank yelling like crazy. What a great surprise. I guess my look was the definition of double take. Neil and Jay were nice enough to drive us back to Telemark and we had a couple beers in the lodge.
Amy invited Larry, Eric and I to a fundraiser dinner at Telemark for CXC featuring Bjørn Dæhlie. What a great time - thanks Amy! Great food, open bar and the "Greatest Nordic skier of all time." We even got a race report from the guy who drove the lead snowmobile pacing the elite skaters. Sitting at our table was Kristina Owen who despite "having a poor showing" skied a 2:37:40 - good enough for 15th placed woman.
2 comments:
John, my Erik, went to college with Kristina, such a small world.
Diane
Wow!
He did great too!
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