I've realized Presque Isle's fatal flaw. The one thing that makes it not a place I would be interested in living. It's the same reason the biathletes don't like to race here: the WIND. It's been incessantly windy for the past couple days, making me cold despite the sun and warm temperatures. Other than the wind, Presque Isle and surrounding area seems like an awesome place to be a skier.

I also practiced an exchange for the pursuit tomorrow... and almost fell on my face because my klister immediately sealed like glue to the mat. I'll have to think up a solution before tomorrow. Maybe a track of snow inside my exchange zone to ski in on and then have my skate skis on the mat. Or maybe I'll just leap onto the mat and land exactly where I want to take my skis off. We'll see.