We had a great day for racing yesterday in Leavenworth, with some recent snow, excellent grooming, and cooperative weather. I was really proud of all the girls and the way they skied. This was the first 5km race ever for several, and the first of the season for all. I thought everyone paced themselves pretty well, and we learned how it feels to ski hard for 25-30 minutes in the midst of a swirling competitive atmosphere. I haven't been able to download the video yet (still looking for my datacard reader), but will put a few of those up on the blog with comments later on.
Here are the age group results for the 5km:
F 12-13 (J3)
1) 0:20:34 Charlotte Massey
2) 0:20:36 Kate Whitten
3) 0:23:15 Elise Stacy
4) 0:26:23 Meg Englert
5) 0:33:52 Amelia Miller
6) 0:34:23 Emma Thomas
F 14-15 (J2)
1) 0:16:49 Andi Zontek
2) 0:17:33 Kealani Paton
3) 0:19:31 Rebecca Wells
4) 0:21:11 bettye eifert
5) 0:24:51 Galen Voorhees
It's expected that the Leavenworth and Methow kids will be faster than us, especially at this time of year, as they can ski 7 days a week and have much more on-snow time than we do at this point. But as you can see, we are not that far off - shaving just 10 seconds per km would improve everyone's time by nearly a full minute, and 20-25 seconds per km would put us right in the mix. Think about it this way: 25min for 5km is 5min/km (=300sec/km), so knocking off 20sec/km is a reduction of only 7%, yet this would result in an overall time of about 23:20, a reduction of 1min 40sec.
I hope you all had as much fun as I did yesterday, congratulations to you all! Watch for some video later on, and notes on the upcoming schedule.
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