Fresh off the plane and already racing...
After mostly uneventful travel the 2009 J1 Scandinavian Championship Team is safely lodged at the Birkebeineren Hotel. All twelve Athletes and three coaches are here and ready for two weeks of training and racing.
Upon arrival in Lillehammer we unpacked the vans and got in a quick snowy jog around the Olympic Park. It has snowed here the past few days and there is over a foot of new wet snow. Thank goodness we have some Rossi and Fischer Zeros among us!
On the run we were all surprised to find a full on soccer practice taking place on a heated turf surface. The football players seemed rather ironic to a gun ho group of skiers visiting the mother land of nordic skiing for the first time!
We were able to run up some groomed trails to get an awesome view of town and the dramatically lit Ski Jump.
Our first dinner included a good laugh at Coach Beckwith, who mistook a fishy pasta sauce for soup!
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