Nordic Skiing race 1:43:27 [4] 15.39 mi (6:43 / mi) +259m 6:23 / mi
ahr:166 max:176 slept:8.0
West Yellowstone rendezvous 25k skate
This was so much fun!! I was seriously questioning doing this race after having been sick all week, which foiled my plans of a long ski last Sunday. Also, having never skied further than 20k before, doing this while coming off the flu seemed like it was maybe not a good idea. But, I had signed up for the race, and I was feeling a lot better, so I did it.
What I was most scared of was dying really hard in the middle of the race, so I took the first 15k easy, just skiing, definitely not racing. At that point I figured I was feeling pretty good and could pick it up and maybe turn it more into a race. I kept passing people through the end, which was pretty great. Stopped at the two early aid stations (somewhere around 6k and 12k) but skipped the last (17k). A couple of toes were frozen for a good chunk of the race, but everything had warmed up by the end. The sun came out and it was such a great day for skiing!