1. I raced very well on Monday. Cammie complains that she can never tell how well I race because I don't say how well I race and often don't mention results. This is because I don't like results-- I think they're an arbitrary and frequently inaccurate way to judge one's performance (although necessary). Another friend congratulated me on being eligible to race distance WCs. Which was news to me but it appears that the race penalty was 59.07 FIS points and I had a penalty of 21.07 points for a 80.14 points race. Which is by far the lowest points I have scored in any distance race ever. You need a distance race under 90 points w/in the past year to race a distance WC race. (There's an exception if you're skiing in the Nation's group quota.)

2. I have not raced since Monday. It has been wicked cold. I am a big wuss. I have been riding my bike inside. After the not-race on Tuesday when I thought we would get to race, I went to Body Renew and hammered out some intervals on the treadmill and did a strength workout. To quote Duser on her treadmill interval session at another gym, "I loved it, I was the fittest person in there and that doesn't happen very often." There's something to be said for taking a break from the ski scene where I don't feel particularly fit or fast and remembering that I am actually in exceedingly good shape.

3. J1, Jr, & U23 teams were named tonight. I don't have the official teams yet but the points lists are up here on the right. congrats to our very own Becca Rorabaugh for being the top ranked Jr! (Our=APUNSC's)

4. Despite only being here for about 2 days, Vordenberg has some phenomenal photos up on TeamToday.org.

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