The Ray Jardine story





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A full week on snow

The first full week of the season, and despite all the snow being made at Whiteface and MVH, all the workouts were on natural snow. As you can see from the enclosed screen shot … it seems like winter has come to the Adirondacks.

So, this past week I logged 14:42, on 152k (110k bike, 40k ski, and 2k run), with 3200' vertical. Yikes … no stretching or strength!

Diggins ends first Weekend taking a win in the 20k

Three days of racing in Ruka saw lots of highs and lows. Saturday being a very disappointing day, with none of the American men making the classic heats, and only Jessie (27th) and Rosie (28th) able to make the quarter-finals, but unable to advance.

On the previous day in the classic 10k there were bright moments with Jessie finishing 7th, Rosie (9th), and Sophia (17th). For the men, the bright moments were Gus finishing 18th, Ben (29th), and Zander (30th).  

However, it was the final day with the mass start races, where the magic happened: Jessie taking the win dropping Johaug, Weng, and Sundling, with Sophia taking tenth, and for the men Zander grabbing seventh and Gus eighth.  Now it's on to Lillehammer.