Not a lot to say about my race today (1.5k sprint @ US Nationals.) I came into the race ranked 25th, was aiming for a top 20, felt good and fully ready to race, went for it, and for some reason just didn’t end up with a good result at all (37th, 1.5 seconds outside the heats), really no idea why. Hopefully I’m just still shaking off the travel and/or need to do more warmup in these cold conditions…both of which are very solvable problems for the next race: a 15k skate on Monday.
Huge congrats to Beth Reid today with her 6th place finish (ahead of some US Ski Team members. Imagine if the US Ski Team ever got it through their head that it could possibly be worth supporting people over the age of 19??)
