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Ski Season

The racing season started in December with the Houghton JNQ. It was a tough first day as it was sprints (not my strong suit necessarily) and I was quite sick. Driving and spending the night in the hotel didn’t do me any favors either but it could have gone worse and I learned from it which is good. I had a fairly good qualifier and got into the heats. I did not race well in the heats but I for sure learned some things about sprinting and getting back into racing. The second day, racing a mass start classic 10k, I had a solid race which was a nice end to the weekend, especially because of the day before. It was a difficult race but gave me a very good idea of where I was after the summer and fall training. Both days were insightful as to what I needed to do and how I needed to train going into the next large training block and then US nationals. After Houghton, I trained at home for eight days and then went to a ski camp with the Orono Nordic Ski Team (thanks Adam and Omar for telling m...