Nice work back on snow!
Did they apologize afterwards for the seeding? That is pretty silly they'd stick you mid-pack.
Eh, it's so low key, I'm not even sure the race organizer noticed. Even if I'd been in the first wave, I might not have had any one to ski with much of the race....
I think the Gatineau Loppet was won by one of the Norwegian WC wax techs who was in town for the World Cup. The organizers declared the A wave full so they stuck him mid-pack. The seeders were notorious for putting local masters in the A wave rather than younger nationally ranked skiers.