12 PM
Ski-O warm up/down 10:00 [1] 0.5 mi (20:00 / mi)
shoes: Rossi Xium Skate
Ski-O race 12:13 [4] 1.55 mi (7:53 / mi) +25m 7:30 / mi
shoes: Rossi Xium Skate
4-lap Sprint Relay with Jim. Jim volunteered to do laps 1, 3 which I was happy about. (I get flustered at the start, although I seem to be improving every day in mastering starting) This is my first lap (our lap 2). I got inspired by the first Norwegians going out on their lap 3 in front of me - so my feeble attempt of emulating proper racing seem to work somewhat. In any case it was a lot of fun! I overtook 2 - 4 teams (U.S. and Canadians).
Ski-O 12:00 [3] 1.5 mi (8:00 / mi) +25m 7:36 / mi
shoes: Atomic Skate RS9
I had no Garmin, so will need to adjust when results are available. A lot more narrow trail skiing but all very fast! A little more hesitation here - I was still tired from the first loop - but then fast "let it roll" from 3 to 4, then saw Sharon coming out of 5 from a distance. I wanted to catch up with her, but only saw her as I came over the hill to the stadium. I gave it all I could and just about passed her in the last 20 meters, ready to collapse at the finish. I hope I got some style points on that one.
I really enjoyed this. Looks like we placed in 9th - 56:06. Not bad!