West Yellowstone SuperTour - 2014/2015 Season Opener!
My race season got off to a good start last Friday here in West Yellowstone, Montana. Friday's race was a 1.5km skate sprint. One of the big challenges racing at West Yellowstone is the very high altitude but I was able to deal with it quite well. I qualified 3rd in 2:32 out of around 150 men.
I made it though the heats and snuck into the A-final. I had some bad luck with a pole being stepped on and breaking in the A-final so I finished 6th on the day.
Some press about the sprint:
Saturday's distance race was a tough one in the 15km skate individual start. Not too surprising given I went all the way through the finals in the sprint the day before. I ended up 25th. It’s tricky to recover properly at this kind of altitude, and it showed in others results too.
Next set of races is in Bozeman MT this weekend.
