I love ski racing and pretty much race as much as possible. This year is unique in that I have had three weeks to prepare for the US National Championships. I spent a large portion of last winter skiing short loops on man made snow. We were treated to a big storm in the Methow Valley and all 200km of ski trail were opened. The trails are groomed nightly so the skiing was fantastic.
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| Caitlin checking out 'a little bit' of snow outside |
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| We parked the car at the end of the driveway so we could make it out in the morning. Although the trails were groomed and ready it took a while for us to get to the trail head. I had planned to do intervals on a particular long uphill, but we we went to turn on to the county road to the trail head it had not been plowed. Crazy to go from too little snow to too much snow. |
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| Prepping skis in the wax room at Soldier Hollow. |
The day after Christmas Caitlin and I flew down to Salt lake City. Both of us are huge fans of Soldier Hollow the venue of the 2002 Olympics. The Olympic 5 km course which is scheduled to be used for the distance races next week is really hard. We both really like hard courses with big climbs.
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| In addition to about 8 inches of natural snow, Soldier Hollow has 11 snow guns and there are some huge piles of snow. As I finished up with my work at the venue this afternoon the groomer began to spread out the piles. I am excited to see if the entire course will be groomed and open tomorrow. |
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