It was good to feel back on top of my game for the heats in the classic sprint. I decided that the strategy to try was to ski away from the front and have clean lines on the corners and uphills & I managed to execute that strategy in all of the rounds. Reid Pletcher posted a video on facebook of the women's A final (I'm not sure if the link will work if you're not a fb member).

Once again, I have to thank my coaches for the skis. I came back from testing them rather tormented because I was pretty sure that if someone could stride the course, she would win. And I couldn't stride it. I wanted to be able to stride it but I realized that what was holding me back was my technique and not the skis so I had them leave the skis as they were. Which meant that they were exceedingly fast on the downhill and that I had the possibility (with better skiing) to kick up the hills. I didn't manage to kick up the hills, but that was my fault.

p.s. it's 3/14... happy Pi Day!