one week after bringing home gold, silver, and bronze at the Chili Ski Classic – your Blessed Mala and Knee Braced adorned Coach attempts (note Word Choice: ‘attempts’) to switch physiologic gears during the 42-kilometer and 3,000′ of climbing at 13,000′; Durango’s homegrown, Tour de Ski. i managed to survive but not thrive. i was stoked to place 5th in my age group (45+) and 13th overall…chasing former and current National Champions from both ski and bike racing. fantastic photo by Jane Gerstenberger.

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