Today will be (hopefully!!) our last day on rollerskis before the championships start! For training today, we split into 4 groups that each went down to the bottom of the mountain separately to do our race prep, two days out of the first races. For Natalie and I, that meant an easy 1-1:15min rollerski. Although the rollerskiing was still rollerskiing (so not fantastic by definition!) it gave us a chance to get a feel of the surrounding towns. Unfortunately, the road was quite a bit busier than the day before as it seems that the area is quite the tourist destination for Romanians on a Saturday! It wasn't only the tourists that made the road busy, however, as traffic was also slowed by a shepherd herding his sheep and multiple itty bitty lambs down the road. (Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but take my word for it - these were adorable little lambs!!). Also of interest were the locals dragging huge carts up the mountain side filled with dirt (as far as we could tell). No doubt about it, there are some hard working people around here!
The afternoon consisted of walking around where the trucks were laying down snow, to get a feel for the course. It is definitely coming along - although there is definitely some work to be done!
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| The piles of snow waiting to be flattened |
Day 10
Today's big excitement was getting being back on snow! Man made snow,...but still snow:) As seen in our earlier blogs, training in Romania so far has consisted of running and rollerskiing, so getting back on real skis today was great! In order to preserve what snow we do have now, there was only an hour allotted to all the girls and an hour for the guys.
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| The madness when everyone was allowed on course |
Since the U-23s race tomorrow and again the next day, Kendra had a lot to do in a pretty short time slot considering she had to test classic and Skate skis as well as do her race prep for the sprint. I will have the opportunity to test classic on Tuesday so this meant I could be a little more relaxed today. Despite the fact that we were pretty busy while we were on skis, I couldn't help noticing how cool it was being on the course with so many other athletes! We were constantly weaving in and out of people just to keep moving! The slightly hectic hour, however, was very exciting and got both of us pretty pumped to race this week!! This being my first time racing internationally (not counting Alaska) I am a little nervous for sure but at the same time am really looking forward to this new experience! Even though the atmosphere and location are much different than what were used to, Kendra and I are excited to get out on the trails and race :)
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| Apres ski excitement! |
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