Notes from Lahti
You know how I said that there was deep sugar slush on the bridge hill? Well, they blocked off that whole arm of the sprint course and spent the morning of the sprint shoveling the hill. Yep, snow removal. They shoveled it down to the ice layer underneath, which was certainly uneven but way better then skiing through mush. After the qualifiers they shoveled the other uphill too to make it faster. It seems like there's always something that needs to be fixed on our courses. But when you watch the races on tv the conditions always seem to look pretty good. At least having to remove snow in Lahti is a better problem to have than not having enough snow or being worried about falling forward because your skis get stuck on the rocks in the tracks. I hear that Drammen prides itself on perfect, white snow so that will be a nice way to end my world cup season!
posted by LAV at 06:17
3 Comments:
Well enjoy your last few European days, especially if you're spending them in Norway !!
And good luck for the Drammen race, I'm sure there'll be a great atmosphere with all those Norwegian ski fans.
I will! I'm really looking forward to some gjetost at breakfast tomorrow :)
You should... I absolutely love that brown cheese !!! I haven't been to Norway for nearly 2 years and I'm definitely in withdrawal!
I'm not kidding, I always bring a couple of pounds home and eat by little slivers on order to make last as long as I can!
I'm pretty sure it's chock full of whatever makes all these Norwegian dudes so fast!
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