During my ski yesterday I had to go pee. These things happen, especially when everyone tells you how important it is to stay hydrated so you drink gallons of water a day. Now the race course is almost completely open, plus it doubles back on itself, very spectator friendly, very Laura-has-to-pee unfriendly. So I took a side trail up to Howelsen Meadows, hoping I could find a spot to stop up there. Gorgeous snow meadows, sunny, blue skies, and then I saw a fox loping across the meadows. How cute, I thought, and fast, once it spotted me. But really what that fox meant to me was that no one else was around so it was safe to stop and pee.