Skiing race 15:20 [5] 4.5 km (3:24 / km)
An actual ski race! Well, almost. Drove up to Winding Trails in Farmington with Kat and two people from the Yale ski team, Will and Holly. Winding Trails does a weekly Wednesday night race whenever they have snow, and tonight they had some - a loop of man-made snow about 750m long. I was completely unprepared to race, as I hadn't done it since 2002, and it sure felt hard. I got my butt kicked by Will by nearly two minutes, and my technique was pretty crappy, but it was fun in that same painful way I recall it being fun from my racing days. This winter is pretty much over for me as far as skiing as concerned, but I am motivated to do some ski-specific training for next winter, as skiing seems to hurt my butt a lot less than running/orienteering.
Oh yeah: Winding Trails seems like a great place for orienteering, and the guy who runs the place said he'd totally let us use it for events if we mapped it. WCOC mapping project?