1. Kikkan Randall 23:20
2. Laura Valaas 23:36
3. Kristina Strandberg 23:46
4. Taz Mannix 24:57
5. Becca Rorabaugh 25:03
6. Katie Ronsse 25:21
7. Kate Fitzgerald 25:56
8. Jamie Bronga 27:14
9. Rachelle 27:32
10. Caitlin 27:37
11.
12. Greta
13. Ali Ross 29:21
14. Kalysta Schmidt 29:39
15. Mackenzie 29:50
16. Becca Mamrol 30:34
17. Sarah Tegeler 30:50
18. Emily R 31:00
19. Celia Haering 31:16
20. Annie 31:19

Sorry about the last names... I don't know them all. And I also took two different pictures of the women's result list and missed no. 11 and Greta's time. I'm sure official results with teams and ski types will be up soon on the APUNSC website. Almost all the racers were APU, AK WinterStars or UAA athletes.

I felt solid. Skied hard the whole time. I will say that although I have Marwes like everyone else was using, mine do seem to be a lot faster.

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1. Lars Flora 27:49
2. Jeff Ellis 28:10
3. Anders Haugen 28:21
4. Maz Treinen 28:39
5. Lex Treinen 28:40
6. Bart Dengel 28:50
7. Mike 28:51
8. Erik Packer 29:01
9. Mark Iverson 29:25
10. Raph Wunderle 31:19
11. Don Haering 31:20
12. Cole 31:41
13. Scott 32:29
14. Noah 35:09
15. Rich 35:20
16. Neal 36:12
17. Dan 38:41
18. Kyle 39:22
19. Silas 40:08

There was also a 6k race for the sport category or whatever you want to call it but I didn't take a picture of those results.

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I was driving over to meet Ronsse to carpool to practice the other morning. It was 49°F and raining, I would even go so far as to say pouring. I was far from excited at the prospect of putting on my ski boots and watching the rain drip off my helmet in front of my face for two hours. It seemed like maybe a good morning to stay home and read some of Nabokov's delightfully morbid short stories. But Ronsse was waiting to carpool and the rest of the team was waiting at Potter marsh and it was probably going to be raining the next day too so it's not like waiting for good weather was an option.

Ronsse got in the car and said, "it's been forever since I've been rollerskiing in the rain.."

"me too," I replied glumly before she could finish with,

"I'm excited about it!"

as much as I hate admitting that my mom is ever right there's something to be said for attitude.

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APU had a time trial this morning up Potter Valley Rd. (Started at the marsh parking lot, out & back on Old Seward Hwy, up the hill.) Even though it was a small field and very low key it was good to do a "ski" race again. I felt pretty consistently strong through the whole thing, not quite hanging on to Kristina Strandberg toward the end of the climb.

Kikkan pulled off the front early and won with Strandberg in 2nd and then myself. I can tell you that my time was 24:05 and that the last time I did this course on 8/4/08 it was 25:07. Being able to compare times over the years is a good endorsement for keeping a thorough training log. The course record is 23-something.

Southam won the men's race and Jeff Ellis was second. Strandberg's sidekick didn't come out to race. I was pleased to see Southam and Ellis racing so well today since they both had off season's last year. My hope with Southam is that since he trained so hard last year (and believe me, he did) he set himself up to come into this year with a huge base and ready to race fast this season. And with Ellis, obviously, now that he's skiing with both arms again he should have a better season.

I really didn't do a very good job as a note-taker and can't tell you much more about the results than that.

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Getting in some rollerskiing on Hillside Drive on Friday and watching the snow line creep down the mountainsides.

photo by Miss Ronsse.

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The start of the women's race at Kincaid Park.

This afternoon was nice and clear for the Kincaid stampede mass start classical rollerski race. There was a 6km race and a 12km race. For some reason they always want the women to do the shorter races. Not something I understand, but that's how "they" do it.

Taz Mannix was my obliging photographer today so all of these photos are thanks to her. Taz only recently has returned to Anchorage from being home recovering from appendicitis so she wasn't racing and got to hone her photography skills instead of her double-pole today. We missed her terribly while she was gone and are very glad to have her back at practice. I'm sure that Mishka was glad to have her home in Talkeetna for awhile though. Mishka is Taz's pet polar bear and hasn't gotten ridden much since Taz moved to Anchorage to train and attend APU.

Kate "I'm tougher than you and you know it" Arduser

Brent "At some point in my career I want to be a male model" Knight

Kalysta "I'm going to beat you and look hot doing it" Schmidt

Mikey "Chuck Norris" Matteson

Katie "You only think I'm cute until I pass you" Ronsse

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