My life has completely mellowed out this past week. This summer and fall maybe I was too distracted. There was a list of things I really wanted to accomplish and I was always juggling how I spent my time. Even at West Yellowstone I was still scattered. Now the world has simplified itself. Or maybe my priorities established a pecking order and quit fighting amongst themselves. Either way, I am at peace. Show up on race day. Ski. There's nothing complicated or stressful about that. No decisions need to be made that I'm not capable of making. There's still X, Y & Z that I want to also accomplish but those things have been relegated to down-time activities. Ah, the serenity of knowing exactly what I should be doing and having the resources to do it.

15k mass start skate race today. 8th-- completely respectable for me.