Dartmouth Classic

Dartmouth 5/10k classic today. Coarse, frozen snow - nice and fast. We klistered up and took our best shot. No breakthroughs today, but a good effort all around. Courtney and Erin put up decent results in spite of crashes, and Olivia was solid as usual. Nat and Niko had the best races on the men's side - Niko crashed twice and still had one of his better races of the season. Scott took the prize, though - he ended up in the woods about 20 seconds after he started. Any time your skis are above your head, your race is in jeopardy. He had to take off a ski and a pole to get back upright. I have to say that I'm a bit concerned with the number of crashes we've put up this year - this is getting rather silly. Next year we're going to devote a ridiculous amount of time to downhill skills. But I'm proud of everyone for getting up and racing hard in spite of misfortune. Decent day overall. Tomorrow's a mass start 10/15k skate on one of the toughest, most technical courses around. It's going to be great.