This morning's workout was exciting because we were finally doing the exact same workout in the exact same spot as some of the other groups here. It was a grand opportunity to measure oneself against the future competition, or something like that. I started out in the back of the pack and after twenty minutes couldn't even see anyone else anymore. Yep, because they were all somewhere way ahead of me. sigh. I was the slow kid off the back. So I skied by myself, thinking about technique and enjoying the scenery. On my way back in I found a turtle on the side of the road. And then I was the slow kid, skiing all by herself, who stopped to play with the local fauna. At least it's been a few years since I stopped to eat snow during a ski race.