We're Going Racing!

 Finally!  We're going racing!

We've raced a few times this fall, but it's all been a warm-up for this.  Tomorrow's our first RMISA college race. It feels a little strange to me that our RMISA race is concurrent with the US National Championships. But nevertheless, here we are in Lake Placid, New York. We've done a lot of training to get ready for this. Let the RMISA racing season begin!

Changing planes in Seattle

When landing in New England, a Dunkin' Donuts highway stop for breakfast is mandatory.

We found a package waiting for us when we got to our team house in Lake Placid.

It was Christmas all over again!

Garrett and me.

My friend John Estle is in Italy, and was given a tour of the US Ski Team waxing truck, and he met Erling's dad, Per-Erik, who was slaving away over a thousand pairs of skis for the American team.

And here's Erling, opening Christmas presents from his family, delivered to our wax cabin by Alayna Sonnesyn, whose skis were being waxed in Europe by Erling's dad last week.

Pre-race planning at the women's team house in the evening.

Hey, look who showed up in Lake Placid!  It's friend-of-the-Seawolves Mark Paprocki!

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Bonus photo:  I didn't manage to get this blog posted before today's race. Corbin was third RMISA skier today (10th overall). Congratulations, Corbin!