Eastern Canadian Ski Championships
After completing the Mini Tour in Minneapolis I decided that I was keen to keep racing, so I made some last minute plans and hopped on a plain to Ottawa, Canada to race at the Eastern Canadian Championships.
It was another 3-day mini tour, where they combine the results from a skate sprint, and skate 10km to give you a handicap start for a 15km classic stage on the last day. This gives you an overall winner for the entire weekend.
This being my 4th weekend of racing in a row, I was feeling a little tired and not quite sure how things were going to play out. Some days it was all I could do to get myself out of bed and to the race site. I did fairly well in the skate sprint, skiing a strong semi and BARELY missing out on the A-final with a lunge to the line. Finished 9th for the day. I finished 4th in the 10km skate, putting me in 5th place for the pursuit start of the 15km classic the next day. This race was a fight for 3rd place as the top two skiers had a large head start over the rest of the field. I skied a strong race and stayed with the chasing group until the finish, where I was out sprinted, crossing the line in 5th. Not too bad! I was happy with my races and excited that I was able to push through the fatigue and fight till the end.
Kate Brennan starting the 15km pursuit with me chasing her 2 sec behind
Minni-Tour Podium. (1st and 4th had to catch a flight)
Now I am back at home for a little RnR before I head back to the Midwest, in just over a week to compete at the Madison Winter Festival followed by the American Birkebeiner.
