Well, I had a good race… enough to convince me that my fitness and ski form are good.  I also confirmed I enjoy sea-level racing over altitude.  My skis were good thanks to the waxing prowess of Brandon Ostroot and Reid Luter.  I was able to push hard the entire time.

http://www.itiming.com/raceresults/471-sat_fs_ovl_results.pdf

After the race I had a delicious pasty to reward myself for a good effort.  If you are ever in the UP of Michigan it is tradition to stop at a local pasty shop and eat one… folder dough filled with beef, potatoes and onions and baked…yum!

Today Marybeth had a sub job lined up at Osseo Senior High School so that meant Grant and I got to spend some time together today.  We had a lot of fun and made a mess but I think he was starting to miss Mom by the afternoon.  He kept looking around for her but I made sure he stayed busy. 

Tomorrow I leave for some races in Ironwood, Mi… land of the Lake Superior snow guns.  My Dad is taking me up so it should be a fun guys weekend.  Hopefully I can ski very fast.

The title says it all.  I’ll post my resume soon but if anyone out there knows about an open position for an electrical engineer let me know… even better if the position would be flexible enough to allow me to continue to chase my goal of making the 2010 Olympic Team.  Kinda sucks when the economy crushes your dreams.

On a happier note… here is a pic of Grant from a few days ago when he turned 9 months old.

It is snowing hard in Minneapolis and we are suppose to get 3-5 inches on top of the two from a few days ago.  Yesterday I tried to ski on the trails without snowmaking at Elm Creek and was hitting a few too many rocks for the ski to be enjoyable.  Maybe tomorrow I won’t be skiing on the fake stuff anymore!

Also, be careful if you decide to ski on the lakes.  A man fell in Medicine Lake yesterday while ice skating.