It is a deep freeze up here in Anchorage and the forecast is for some serious cold over the next few days.  After getting in some good training up in Maine over Christmas I made the long trip to Anchorage on Tuesday.  After missing a flight in Newark, the trip ended up being a little longer than usual.  But I made it to Alaska in good enough shape, with bags and skis, ready to ski on Wednesday morning.  Aside from the cold, the skiing is good.  Plenty of snow and some nice courses.  Also some wildlife.  This morning I had a moose come charging toward me with pinned back ears.  Living in Maine I am used to moose, but this one was huge and scared the pants off of me.  Luckily all he wanted were a few branches from a nearby tree so as soon as he was thoroughly distracted I was able to sneak by.  Things in Alaska are a little bigger than everywhere else, a few kilometers up the trail from the moose I saw a fox that was about as big as a german shepard.  Crazy.  

Anyway, the racing should be pretty good this week.  Everything starts on Saturday with the classic sprint.  Pictures below of the stadium.

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