Conditions stayed relatively stable throughout the women's race, but the snowfall stopped with ten minutes to go until the start of the men's race, and we barely got Dimitri's skis waxed in time for him to get to his start.
Alice raced in bib 11, and twenty minutes later crossed the finish line in 36th place. She was disappointed with her finish, as she could tell while she was racing that she just didn't have it in her. Perhaps the altitude, perhaps the conditions, Alice raced hard - and unable to do anything more than that - is now looking forward to preparing for a better skate race on Saturday.
Dimitri started mid-field with bib #28 and paced himself well out of the start. Still, he said he could definitely feel the affect of altitude descend on him during his second 5km lap. After skiing the first lap in 11th place, he managed to hold form enough to cross the line in a very good 15th place finish, less than one second from 13th place.
After a late lunch and some rest the athletes attended a social dinner at Howelsen Hill, catered by Qdoba for all the racers.
This morning we will do an easy skate ski and test waxes in preparation for tomorrow's mass start races. Should be fun!!
Results
Alice and Dimitri watch Wednesday alpine races amidst heavy snowfall
Dan Nelson and Alice Nelson watch slalom
Morning of the classic races - light snow and hectic waxing.
Coach Fisher practices his new system of cooling klister fast: the over-the-head-ski-lassoo
Alice climbs the long hill up to the high point at 3km
Dimitri on his way to a 15th place finish
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