Winning the Birkie is a dream that turned reality on Saturday morning. I can honestly say that I thought I would have a chance to win this race someday, I just didn’t this year was going to be it, but everything came together yesterday. I had some great skis (thank you Bryan Fish and Brandon Ostroot) and I had some great team support from Brian Cook, Brian Gregg and Andre Watt finishing 2nd, 4th and 6th. CXC had a good day and I am still blown away from watching Gus Kaeding, another CXC teammate, outsprint Bjorn Daehlie to the line. I knew Gus could beat him in a double pole finish, especially since Gus has been training a lot of double pole after having compartmental surgery earlier this season.

I just want to say “thank you” to all my family, friends, teammates, coaches, wax support, sponsors and feed crew that helped CXC have a great day on Saturday. I am only as good as my support and I don’t have the words to describe how much support family, especially the support I get from my wife loving Marybeth, allows me to achieve my goals.

Thank you American Birkebeiner for putting on a fantastic race this year!

I’ll put up a race write up (ramblings) soon and some pictures but check out cxcskiing.org, skinnyski.com, fasterskier.com, and birkie.com for some great race coverage.