results (PDF)
I took the lead in the first kilometer and never relinquished it. Vincent and Phil stayed with me for a while, but Phil had to pull out because of his hamstring and Vincent eventually ran out of gas. It was a good feeling considering I hadn't been running much and my sore hip didn't hamper me at all.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Nationals 50k
full results
The start of the race was a total disaster. As the field left the starting grid, I was in the middle and didn't have much room to skate. All of a sudden, the red suit in front of me goes down and I crash into him. I realized my ski came off but it turned out the NIS binding had ripped off. Once the stampede ended I could undo the binding from my boot and slide it back on the ski in the most forward position.
After 2 laps I moved the binding back to the middle of the ski and they worked much better after that.
I ended up 27th overall, 22nd Canadian and 12:51 back of the winner, Gord Jewett. Noah Hoffman, the guy who caused my mishap ended up 3rd.
The start of the race was a total disaster. As the field left the starting grid, I was in the middle and didn't have much room to skate. All of a sudden, the red suit in front of me goes down and I crash into him. I realized my ski came off but it turned out the NIS binding had ripped off. Once the stampede ended I could undo the binding from my boot and slide it back on the ski in the most forward position.
After 2 laps I moved the binding back to the middle of the ski and they worked much better after that.
I ended up 27th overall, 22nd Canadian and 12:51 back of the winner, Gord Jewett. Noah Hoffman, the guy who caused my mishap ended up 3rd.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Nationals Classic Sprint Day
final results
We decided to use kickwax. My qualifier went ok, but was off balance on the herring bone pitch heading into the finish and I didn't feel totally gassed at the end.
I was 22nd in qualifying among seniors.
My quarterfinal had Crooks, Lenes, Stephen, Sandau, Pletcher and me. I was a bit behind after the start, but ahead of Sandau. I fought really hard in the downhill and flats to get back on. The far left on the last uphill turned out to be a good choice and I passed Stephen and held onto 4th in the heat. This was good enough for 19th overall and 14th Canadian. I wasn't far back at the end, but I can't say I was close to qualifying either. From my heat, Crooks and Lenes made the final, finishing 1st and 6th, and Pletcher was a lucky loser and grabbed 2nd in the B final.
Overall a decent sprinting result for me at Nationals.
We decided to use kickwax. My qualifier went ok, but was off balance on the herring bone pitch heading into the finish and I didn't feel totally gassed at the end.
I was 22nd in qualifying among seniors.
My quarterfinal had Crooks, Lenes, Stephen, Sandau, Pletcher and me. I was a bit behind after the start, but ahead of Sandau. I fought really hard in the downhill and flats to get back on. The far left on the last uphill turned out to be a good choice and I passed Stephen and held onto 4th in the heat. This was good enough for 19th overall and 14th Canadian. I wasn't far back at the end, but I can't say I was close to qualifying either. From my heat, Crooks and Lenes made the final, finishing 1st and 6th, and Pletcher was a lucky loser and grabbed 2nd in the B final.
Overall a decent sprinting result for me at Nationals.