With the races being cancelled in Soldier Hollow we decided to head for Canada and race the NorAm’s here in Silver Star.  The schedule is pretty intense, two skate races last weekend and three races in a row heading into this weekend.  Today was the 20k skate, tomorrow is a classic sprint and saturday night a distance classic race under the lights.  The skiing here is really good right now, the last few days have been full of snow.  We have been getting in some good racing here and some good training.  I decided to sit out the 20k this afternoon to take an easy day and rest for the races coming this weekend.  The first americans in today’s 20k were James Southam and Noah Hoffman in 6th and 7th.  It was an exciting race, with a big group of skiers finishing within a minute of one another.  It was a perfectly clear day, but that is not going to last, the forecast for the next few days is snow and more snow.  Should make for some interesting classic races.