UNH Skate

Most people don't know this, but the 5k race loop at Jackson is FIS homologated. Essentially, this means that a duly appointed representative of the International Ski Federation has evaluated the course and declared it homologous. It looks like the trail designer knew what he was doing, because this course was not only homologated, it was a lot of fun to ski - a nice mix of terrain with some steep climbs, lots of turns, and some fun rolling downhills. I had a great time cruising around out there on a beautiful sunny day.

Oh yeah - we had a ski race today, too. 10k skate for both men and women. The men put in another solid performance. Walt led the team in 34th - although the result wasn't great, he felt good. He's done almost no racing or intensity in January due to a lingering sinus infection, so we were just happy to get him racing again. The times were fairly tight, so he should be able to get right back in the mix soon enough. Spencer, Colman, and Scott followed in 45th, 46th, and 49th - decent places for an open carnival, and a nice step up from last weekend for Spencer. Team place was 9th (with Walt as a non-scorer).

The women had their best day as a team so far - they finished 10th again and came close to beating Harvard for the first time in a long while. Courtney had a personal best of 43rd - a good sign to see her posting that kind of result in such a big field. Erin was 59th, with Elissa rounding out the scoring in 70th. Maren had one of our better races in 73rd, her best finish so far. Olivia looked really snappy but a spectacular crash cost her a ton of time - apparently she augured into the powder pretty deeply and inhaled a good bit of it as well. A pretty good day overall, though - definitely a step forward.

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