Kincaid Park is at the end of a runway -- sights like this are common.
Greetings from Anchorage (for the last time),
It was team relay day at Kincaid Park today and I think the Great Lakes had their race hats on. Team members seemed to perform pretty well, overall. I talked to Jay after his race -- his best of the week -- and he wonders why this didn't kick in until today. I told him next year he'll have to go to Truckee a week early and race a few times before JOs. Ruth said she felt good today; Olivia not so good. Christina had a good race but was coughing like crazy afterwards. Kai seemed to race OK, except he wasn't quite ready for the tag when it was his turn at the exchange zone -- not sure what happened there. Madelyn also had her best race of the week.
Here are a couple of short videos of Jay:
Rounding the bend
Heading uphill
It was a chilly, windy and overcast day at the venue -- no views of Mt. McKinley today. Teresa and I found a spot in the woods where we could see the skiers probably 100 meters after they left the stadium. Then we could move over to another spot to watch them come up a hill.
Jan left this morning at 9 a.m. (same flight we're on tomorrow). We found a cool bike shop on our way back from picking up the wax bench and wax box from Mike at the hotel. They seemed to be
doing a pretty good business, given that it is cold and there is snow on the ground. I've noticed, though, that there are quite a few folks out on mountain bikes, even in the winter.
I should also tell you a story that Mike Young told me. There's a brew pub across the street from their hotel. Last night, he and other coaches went for one beer prior to dinner. The waiter took their orders, then asked Mike for some ID. How long's it been since YOU'VE been carded? To top it off, today (March 15) is his birthday and there was a cake waiting for him at the team meeting last night: "Happy Birthday Tokoman" -- black letters on yellow frosting.
It has been a real pleasure being on this trip. I thought it would get pretty boring with four days of racing, but between watching our skiers and watching some of the close contests at the finish line, it was pretty exciting. It was also nice to not have any responsibility for the race and to just walk inside and warm up for awhile, if that's what I wanted to do. I wasn't thinking I'd want to attend a JO again but after this week I might.
So farewell to Anchorage,
Dean
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