First we have to tip our hats to the shear guts and character of Morgan. She is on strict orders not to skate until her legs heal. We were planning to have her only race the classic race on Friday, which she did and performed amazingly. She soon asked if there was any way she could race on Saturday. There was a 10km freestyle race on the golf course so I thought she could try that. I started working on getting her registered for the 1okm when she asked if she could do the 21km on classic skis! I was floored, last week was the first time Morgan had done a race as long as a 15km and now she wanted to do a 21km on classic skis! Since the race is a freestyle there is no reason you can't do classic, it's just not fun because it's slower AND there were no tracks set! Actually that's not entirely true, they were set on the downhills! Morgan not only finished the race but she was really racing hard AND when she finished she said, "That was so much fun!" You can't ask for a more positive and gutsy race than the one Morgan put together.
Our second Skier of the Week is Dan. Dan put together the two best races of his season, lowering both his classic and his skate points and placing within the top 15% of both races. It was a good weekend of racing. As you know though we don't just make people skiers of the week for speed. Dan was wonderfully helpful and cheerful all weekend. Dan was encouraging to his team mates, even during the race! And at the end of a long weekend and long race he jumped in and helped travel wax everyone's skis. Thanks to Dan for his great leadership both on and off the trails!Congratulations to both our Skiers of the Week!
YOU ROCK OUR WORLD!
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