Nick Kline and I made the trip Minneapolis last Wednesday.  Our travel story for the trip was having to pull a u-turn in mid-flight to return to JFK because of a landing gear issue.  It was a bumpy set-down.  Apparently the steering mechanisms were also shot because to turn the plane the pilot had to slam on the brakes and ‘skip’ (his own words) the plane in the right direction.  It was a bumpy ride to the terminal.

I was happy to be in Mt. Itasca, mostly because my in-laws live there and I like the skiing there.  The cold weather issues continued with a few delays on the first day of racing, but by early afternoon it was just above legal.  I had a great race that day, edging Bryan Cook by one second at the line for the win.  My skis were perfect and I felt great too.  The next day was about the same temperature and even with a fully taped and dermatoned face I managed to get frost bit on my nose for the fifth time this year.  It is a bummer because my nose is still peeling from the last go around with the cold.  If anyone out there has a good remedy for a cold sensitive nose, please get in touch with me.  I am fresh out of ideas at the moment.  

We left Itasca for Telemark yesterday just in time to preview the course for the sprint today.  I am going to have to get some pictures up of the second uphill on this course, it is a monster. 

The wax I used on Saturday.  I didn’t miss one kick and my skis were plenty fast.  This little tin is worth every penny. 

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 at 10:55 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.