Ditched out early... glad I restocked my USB drive with some fresh podcasts...
Up to the mountains saturday morning. Quick racers meeting, wait around for a while... finally on the starting line around noon.
WFO for a while
Work my way to the front of the pack
and then ... that corner... came up a little fast...
there goes my lead...
parts are still there sorta, holding on well enough, pull the sled back and get it pointed the right direction again...
it's really hard to turn only using one ski...
Flew the left ski just over the snow... GPS says I hit ~50m/h on the road, on one ski...
No "DNF" for me today.
A lot of riders came back on the tail end of a tow rope. One exploded rear axle, couple of blown belts, a few seized-up motors, one arm/collarbone.
Race track was shorter than usual; 14-mile loop in a harescramble format, vs. the typical cross-country race against the clock. Because of that, a lot of guys (myself included) were treating it more like a snocross race, pushing harder and not pacing themselves through the race to get that spot on the podium.
Shameless plug: 
this tiny-ass garage though. And the neighbors that smoke in their garage right next to mine, making mine smell like an ash tray.
