Howdy friends :)
So I have just returned from a glorious weekend in Hayward, WI to watch my dad complete his 20th Birkebeiner (34 mile ski race) and I had an amazing time in a beautiful cabin out in the Wisconsin boonies crammed in with 9 other people and 5 hyper-active dogs. I gave handouts at the halfway point of the race to all the skiers in my cabin and then spent a night of celebration with them out on the frozen lake. It was just the amazing, relaxing weekend I needed after mid-terms and even though my dad is really displeased with his score seeing as he hardly trained this year, I'm very proud to say he was 121st out of 1,434. (And for a man nearly in his 60's racing against Olympian and elite skiers, that's pretty damn good.)
So I have just returned from a glorious weekend in Hayward, WI to watch my dad complete his 20th Birkebeiner (34 mile ski race) and I had an amazing time in a beautiful cabin out in the Wisconsin boonies crammed in with 9 other people and 5 hyper-active dogs. I gave handouts at the halfway point of the race to all the skiers in my cabin and then spent a night of celebration with them out on the frozen lake. It was just the amazing, relaxing weekend I needed after mid-terms and even though my dad is really displeased with his score seeing as he hardly trained this year, I'm very proud to say he was 121st out of 1,434. (And for a man nearly in his 60's racing against Olympian and elite skiers, that's pretty damn good.)
The early morning was pretty frigid but so much fun, motivational too actually. Despite my dad's elite racing status, I've actually never been a skier. But seeing this race in person as an adult really motivated me to want to learn. So I do believe this upcoming winter I will try on a pair of skate skis and flop around until I can hold my own and see if in a few years I can try my hand at a few of the amateur races just for fun. In the meantime it was great fun to watch him cross the finish line (in blue in the below picture) and I hope I can be there next year for when he's back in top form to blow everyone out of the water :)
Oh anndd... 10 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH KOREA!!
I absolutely cannot wait to be on the road and living out of my suitcase again.
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