Nationals 15km classic

results
My skis weren't fast enough. I just didn't get the right thickness and length of klister. It's tough to get it exactly right. You needed the grip to climb the hills but with too much drag you lost a ton of time on the gliding sections. I was well back but actually had less guys ahead of me than I thought I would.

Nationals 10km Skate race

results
I tried to start out at a good pace but not too fast. I caught my 15 sec. man Greer and he followed me until we were caught by Brian. We lapped through the stadium together but then Brian's pace was too tough to follow up the steep climb. Eventually Greer and I caught Gord, and I tried to keep the pace high heading to the finish. A fall on the last tough corner cost me a top 10. I ended up 14th.

Nationals Relay 2009

final results semi final results
I was once again paired with Luke and the technique was skate.
In the semi we battled with an all brother team from Nakkertok. I was able to go by Aidan Lennie going in to the finish, but it turned out we both had lucky loser times. The Lennies' time was fractions of a second faster than a Foothills team that didn't make it from the other semi.
In the final we ended up last. Good enough for 11th place overall and 10th Canadian team.