It was an interesting day, as always on the Soldier Hollow trails. Nothing like having your first big race of the year be on the grueling hills of Soldier Hollow!
Things went extremely well. John had his best % points back and a great place, Joe skied easy and actually survived a 20km classic without cramping his back, Brian is starting the year 4% points in front of where he started last year, Grigory tried brand new skis for the very first time and they were a little slow but he got around anyway and the Nicholai and Jacob finished their first Elite team race and did very respectively.
The women skied really well for 2 laps and then had the refrigerator hit. They hung in there and managed to beat Western State as a team. Gwynn has started this season 3% faster than last year and Marie finished her first ever 15km and Mae managed to finish a grueling race where the conditions changed in the middle and she had little kick. It was daunting but they got through it and now they get to skate!
It was a good day and we're proud of our athletes. Looking forward to tomorrow!
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