We finished up in Utah with a mass-start classic race.
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| Trond and Toomas, out testing kick waxes before sunrise at Soldier Hollow. |
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| It was a klister day. Trond should have put some of that stuff on his shoes. He slipped on the ice and landed flat on his back about three different times. |
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| Astrid found her way onto the podium in the classic race. |
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| Sigurd and JC in the skate race. |
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| The boys wanted a group photo before WorldCupSchoon goes back to Europe. |
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| And just like that, JC's off to Europe and the rest of us are off to Colorado. |
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| On the road across the high desert. You might be surprised at all the different kinds of things you can buy in a Kum & Go. |
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| Beaver Creek, Colorado. Gondola-riding with Tuva G, Astrid and Pascale. |
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| Karly, Helen and Tuva B |
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| The boys are living in comfort and eating well in their bubble. |
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| Espen, Astrid, Magnus and Tuva B |
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| The Tuvas and Karly |
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| Meanwhile, the coaches were getting some interval training done. |
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| Espen |
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| Magnus is starting to figure out high-altitude ski racing. |
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| Siggi had kind of a rough outing, but finished aggressively to score as many team points as possible. |
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| He crashed into the bushes on one of the downhills and had to go back afterward to find his wristwatch in the snow. |
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| The face-glitter-shopping options are limited here in Vail. The Elmer's glitter glue was the best we could come up with. |
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| Thirty minutes to race time and the vibe is relaxed and ready. |
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| The staff. |
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| Tuva G on course. |
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| Astrid finished second today. |
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| Tuva B had a breakthrough race and finished third today. |
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| Helen |
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| Karly |
Tomorrow's our last race of this road trip. Then we drive down out of the mountains to the Denver airport and fly back to Alaska. I think tomorrow will be a good one. I'm pretty fired up to see what we can do.
