skate ski race 2:56:49 [3] 50.25 km (3:31 / km) +607m 3:19 / km
shoes: 11 madshus curvy red
Birkie. Meh. Snow was junk, I sortof caught Carol germs this week, and the temperature was ten degrees warmer than it was supposed to be. So not fabulous. I did get to the front row of the start line, and was fifth off the runway into the woods, which was pretty cool, but I felt pretty crappy and was dropping places hard for the rest of the race. Backed off a bunch in the middle, and went into survival mode for the last fifteen km. Also I somehow hurt the back of my hand, despite not ever hitting it on anything. Maybe the pole straps were weird on the heavy gloves or something, but it hurts a lot now.