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Thursday Mar 7, 2013 #
XC skiing warm up/down 10:00 [1]
And out into the rain for a bit of a spin before the race. Pretty sopping just by the end of it. Sore from yesterday, pecs + right tricep not really loving being used, but made sure to warm them up well!
Ski-O 10:53
World Champs Sprint-Relay @ Lesnoye
Ok, well the sprint relay as a whole was ruined because I mispunched on my second leg. Not cool. I've never DQ'ed a relay before and it feels pretty terrible. But we'll get to that in the second leg.
This was the first leg, with all the chaos! The map paper was thicker today which was way better, so despite some sogginess it was possible to get into the map holder without it bending and sticking to itself and thus becoming unreadable. My map was even fully secure in my map holder before start was called! But then I was still kind of looking at it and everyone else went off like the devil, gotta remember that part still matters...
But I knew where I was going and quickly became apparent that Finland, Norway and Estonia were heading the same way, just a bit ahead. So to the first control smoothly, holding on the pack to the second control. Almost to the control I wiped out from a bit of soft snow, taking out the Estonian girl who I'd passed. Got up from the crumple, ahead of her, but having lost Finland and Norway. She scooted ahead on a slightly better route choice and I was following her, trying to catch up and get ahead through 6, after which we had a different forking. But I wiped out *again* on the way to my 7, this time taking out both Tove and the Bulgarian woman who had done the long leg first and hence were in the second half of the course at the same time. Whoopsie. Not feeling like I had any right to be fiesty after taking them out I let them start first and followed, but I think took a different route choice or had a different last set of controls because I was behind in the finish.
Not a great leg with the two falls... I think both happened because the snow under my ski collapsed. (The snow is basically melting underfoot and has been for 2 days now, not a great day to be a bigger, heavier skier.)
Ok, well the sprint relay as a whole was ruined because I mispunched on my second leg. Not cool. I've never DQ'ed a relay before and it feels pretty terrible. But we'll get to that in the second leg.
This was the first leg, with all the chaos! The map paper was thicker today which was way better, so despite some sogginess it was possible to get into the map holder without it bending and sticking to itself and thus becoming unreadable. My map was even fully secure in my map holder before start was called! But then I was still kind of looking at it and everyone else went off like the devil, gotta remember that part still matters...
But I knew where I was going and quickly became apparent that Finland, Norway and Estonia were heading the same way, just a bit ahead. So to the first control smoothly, holding on the pack to the second control. Almost to the control I wiped out from a bit of soft snow, taking out the Estonian girl who I'd passed. Got up from the crumple, ahead of her, but having lost Finland and Norway. She scooted ahead on a slightly better route choice and I was following her, trying to catch up and get ahead through 6, after which we had a different forking. But I wiped out *again* on the way to my 7, this time taking out both Tove and the Bulgarian woman who had done the long leg first and hence were in the second half of the course at the same time. Whoopsie. Not feeling like I had any right to be fiesty after taking them out I let them start first and followed, but I think took a different route choice or had a different last set of controls because I was behind in the finish.
Not a great leg with the two falls... I think both happened because the snow under my ski collapsed. (The snow is basically melting underfoot and has been for 2 days now, not a great day to be a bigger, heavier skier.)
Ski-O 10:07 [3]
Sprint Relay 3rd leg
Started maybe a minute after the Czech team, rarin to try to get some of that time back. And kinda happy to get to cruise on my own after the falls + subsequent collisions of the first leg. Got to #1 out in the field perfectly fine and I hope pretty fast, and #2, but then #3 was the mispunch. I started heading to #3 using little trails, despite having a perhaps ok big trail option on the outside. I think I've been too scared of little trails recently as the big trails just aren't that fast. So I was going mostly ok, crossed the big trail a-ok, but then I think I took a left instead of a 'straight' which was the plan (was more of a right than a 'straight') and was in the maze without exact direction. But then I saw a control at least in the direction I thought it should be, so went there, I think I did a quick number check, but now can't be sure (33 vs. 53) and then took on off.... Argh!!!! Major boo. Need to practice reading numbers upside down, backwards, tilted, under rain....
From there, was pretty smooth and I was psyched to see the Czech girl, totally within a minute right before punching my second to last control, musta done some catching. (But legs were different, so really can't be too sure.)
Started maybe a minute after the Czech team, rarin to try to get some of that time back. And kinda happy to get to cruise on my own after the falls + subsequent collisions of the first leg. Got to #1 out in the field perfectly fine and I hope pretty fast, and #2, but then #3 was the mispunch. I started heading to #3 using little trails, despite having a perhaps ok big trail option on the outside. I think I've been too scared of little trails recently as the big trails just aren't that fast. So I was going mostly ok, crossed the big trail a-ok, but then I think I took a left instead of a 'straight' which was the plan (was more of a right than a 'straight') and was in the maze without exact direction. But then I saw a control at least in the direction I thought it should be, so went there, I think I did a quick number check, but now can't be sure (33 vs. 53) and then took on off.... Argh!!!! Major boo. Need to practice reading numbers upside down, backwards, tilted, under rain....
From there, was pretty smooth and I was psyched to see the Czech girl, totally within a minute right before punching my second to last control, musta done some catching. (But legs were different, so really can't be too sure.)
Ski-O 13:03 ***
8c
Sprint Relay 5th leg
Oh, and this was the long one. =) Nabbed the first two in the low zone a-ok (slight misgivings when I went back to the control I'd already been to). Then it was time to climb on the little trails. Not sure if I made the right route choice to #3, went on the right, maybe better to go to the left? Then #4 was more climbing, right tricep wasn't super happy... #5 another choice, I reversed, I think is ok. #6 was the common control, came at it from the top this time, with the winning man, Peter Arnesson coming at me, eep! (I think someone was following him with a head cam on... )
#7 went smoothly, we'd been through that section many times by now, but to #8 I might have gone a bit too far on the right route choice. So this leg finally wasn't a disaster, but I don't think I was that quick on those little-trail uphills!!
Oh, and this was the long one. =) Nabbed the first two in the low zone a-ok (slight misgivings when I went back to the control I'd already been to). Then it was time to climb on the little trails. Not sure if I made the right route choice to #3, went on the right, maybe better to go to the left? Then #4 was more climbing, right tricep wasn't super happy... #5 another choice, I reversed, I think is ok. #6 was the common control, came at it from the top this time, with the winning man, Peter Arnesson coming at me, eep! (I think someone was following him with a head cam on... )
#7 went smoothly, we'd been through that section many times by now, but to #8 I might have gone a bit too far on the right route choice. So this leg finally wasn't a disaster, but I don't think I was that quick on those little-trail uphills!!
XC skiing 8:00 [1]
Loops just to stay warm in the stadium, being layered with clothing from helpful teammates while Scott was out there battling with his courses!!
XC skiing 3:00 [1]
A few laps cool-down, which was pretty literal. So cold when you're soaked to the bone!! And finished with cheering Scott into the finish! Sprint relays are pretty darn cool!