Cold, pt. 2
They delayed the start to 11. Then 11 came and they delayed it to noon. Then they said that at noon they would decide whether to hold the races at 1 or cancel them. At 12:25 they canceled the SuperTour races. It was cold, I was not happy to have spent the entire morning sitting around the lodge waiting. I would much rather have had them hold the races right off the bat or cancel them instead of continually debating and delaying. Oh well, that also is another aspect of racing to be accepted.
One of my teammates commented that it was a very unusual day & that I would have a lot to write about... I responded that I don't chronicle the day's events in my blog. Since I change my mind and contradict myself endlessly, here's the day in a nutshell (skip this paragraph): Reading Chevalier's "Girl with a Pearl Earing," back at Kuzzy's by 1pm, slightly depressed & mopey, Jim Kuzzy suggested a game of cribbage, I won, twice (although I can't credit it all to skill since I did have some unusually good hands), Beth Kuzzy took me to the bookstore to get a new journal (yes, I still handwrite a journal, no, I do not share everything on my blog), went to uptown, talked to Jayne Borman, attempted to shop, didn't find anything, met cousin Anne for tea, met the boys back @ kuzzy's, went with Watt, Liebsch, Gregg, Cook to dinner at Kuan & Heidi's home, plus their 3-year old Garrett, plus Ian Case, wow can Kuan cook, & chocolate mouse, & a very active toddler, wow Case is a devilishly good guitar player, back to kuzzy's, finish Girl with a pearl earing, bed. I told you not to read this paragraph.
Tomorrow is the 30km City of Lakes Loppet. I think it might be too cold for me to race. I don't want to damage my lungs & think the "smart" thing to do would be to sit it out. But it is So Hard to not race when there is a race to be raced. I want to race, I want to ski, I hate watching other people race when I could be but am not. I'm not dead/sick/injured/absent/unable-to-pay-the-entry-fee or any other legit reason for not racing. I haven't had to contemplate "too cold" as a legit reason not to race before. So I struggle with what to do.
One of my teammates commented that it was a very unusual day & that I would have a lot to write about... I responded that I don't chronicle the day's events in my blog. Since I change my mind and contradict myself endlessly, here's the day in a nutshell (skip this paragraph): Reading Chevalier's "Girl with a Pearl Earing," back at Kuzzy's by 1pm, slightly depressed & mopey, Jim Kuzzy suggested a game of cribbage, I won, twice (although I can't credit it all to skill since I did have some unusually good hands), Beth Kuzzy took me to the bookstore to get a new journal (yes, I still handwrite a journal, no, I do not share everything on my blog), went to uptown, talked to Jayne Borman, attempted to shop, didn't find anything, met cousin Anne for tea, met the boys back @ kuzzy's, went with Watt, Liebsch, Gregg, Cook to dinner at Kuan & Heidi's home, plus their 3-year old Garrett, plus Ian Case, wow can Kuan cook, & chocolate mouse, & a very active toddler, wow Case is a devilishly good guitar player, back to kuzzy's, finish Girl with a pearl earing, bed. I told you not to read this paragraph.
Tomorrow is the 30km City of Lakes Loppet. I think it might be too cold for me to race. I don't want to damage my lungs & think the "smart" thing to do would be to sit it out. But it is So Hard to not race when there is a race to be raced. I want to race, I want to ski, I hate watching other people race when I could be but am not. I'm not dead/sick/injured/absent/unable-to-pay-the-entry-fee or any other legit reason for not racing. I haven't had to contemplate "too cold" as a legit reason not to race before. So I struggle with what to do.
posted by LAV at 19:53
1 Comments:
Laura I am sad that you could not race in the deep, deep frigidity. But happy that you met up with Cousin Anne. Also happy that you read Girl w/Earring, which was our last book selection here and the ladies loved it. I also showed them the movie, gorgeous scenes and costuming, but lacks the insight one has while reading it. Also the ending was scarpered up in a nonsensical way.
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