From now on I am going to have much more sympathy for people with divorced parents. APU and the USST were in houses in the same neighborhood here in West and since my bed at the APU house was a mattress on the floor in a closet I opted to spend some of the pre-race nights at the USST house since they had an extra bed. I was very glad to have the option to hang out at the USST house and it was good to get to spend some more time with my other teammates. I did realize that trying to live in two different houses at the same time could complicate life.

On another divorce note... out of the 13 APU-ers here (including staff) there's only one whose parents are divorced. Which is a 7.7% divorce rate which I believe is substantially below the current national average. My conclusion: cross country skiing is good for family values.