Is when I get to start my first World Champ race. Bib number 50 of 71 racers. Fast racers too, I tried not to look too closely at the start list because I didn't want to get too freaked out. So I'll be racing at 23:42:30 PST (01:42:30 CST) wednesday night, so I don't really expect anyone to stay up sending me good vibes. My parents and little sis are out here so they will be in the stadium sending out lots of well-wishing, don't worry. I'll try to put up a post when I get home tonight so you can check in first thing in the morning, but if it's too late or I'm too tired, there's a semi-permanent link up to the Sapporo website under my photo on the right sidebar now.

Kikkan and I are the only women racing the sprint for the U.S. and we have Flora, Cook, Koos, & Newell racing for the men. Each country gets four start spots for each individual race and one entry for each relay (Kikkan & I are the relay team for the skate sprint relay Saturday, I'm not sure who's racing it for the men.)

I am looking forward to racing!

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