The sprint day brought about a fresh set of challenges. Levi, our first racer, started his qualifier at 9:20 in the morning, with the rest of the team following shortly after. This meant that we had another early morning in store, waking up at 6:00 to be at the race site at 7:00.
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| early morning |
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| the inukshuk at the race site |
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| gorgeous. |
Wax testing started almost immediately, as we rushed to find a combination that would afford grip on both glazed tracks in the shade and wet, slushy snow in the sun. Levi had a strong race even after breaking a pole basket and grabbing another pole. He came in at 15th of over 80 boys, qualifying easily for the afternoon heats. Next up for our 1km sprint was Lisle and I. The wax testing the boys had done that morning and the previous morning paid off and we had excellent grip for our qualifier. I skied into 29th place qualifying for heats by .4 of a second. Lisle says of her sprint "best wax I've had in my entire life".
Around 10 Sean and Ben skied their 1.2km course. Ben doesn't consider himself to be a sprinter and was very happy with his racing. Sean was not satisfied with how his race went. After the boys, Anna was last to go as Maya unfortunately had a bad cold and had to stay back and rest. Anna looked very strong coming skiing through the stadium and is happy with how it went. Everyone agreed that Megan and Corey nailed the wax for that morning.
Following the qualifiers the wax techs began prepping skis for me and Levi. With the temperature rising quickly to 20 degrees the waxing was challenging. Megan and Corey found anticipating the afternoons conditions to be difficult as they didn't know how soft of snow to expect. Our team cheered very loudly and Levi and I fought hard in our heats but neither of us moved on to the semi finals.
Meanwhile Sean was working hard in the wax room holding up his end of his deal with Lisle and cleaning the klister off everyone's skis with the help of Ben. Ironically Lisle was sitting outside of the wax trailer on her phone the entire time.
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| mad thanks to Ben for the help. |
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| high off the wax cleaner fumes... |
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| lots of klister. |
In the evening the entire group went out for dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory where we were joined by the Boivins.
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| not entirely sure what's going on here. |
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| the elusive wild corey, exhibiting behavioral traits outside the normal... eating salad! |
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| main plaza of the upper village |
- Elora
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