Petr Northug, is the best cross country skiier in the world. He is a Norwegian guy that has been known to be obnoxious, a braggert. Today he is racing 50k's, or 30 miles, on soft wet snow. It is too warm, conditions are not perfect. He will have to pace himself, or he will use too much energy much too soon.
Northug is comfortable in the back of the first pack, and smart. He grabs the draft from skiiers around him, and saves himself for the last 100 or so yards. And he did so in this race, a fantastic sprint past the German guy nearby, the Swede and the Estonian, number 24, who saves himself for this one race a year. This will not be his year. The German is in the lead. Northug pumps his arms faster and faster. All of a sudden he is past his opponent, with 20 yards to go, so close that he can spit on the line.
He won the Gold for Norway, he is all he says he is, that good. I was waiting for him to brag, but he didn't, so I will brag for him. He is as good as he says he is.
We have a nordic ski exercise machine upstairs in our attic, the same motion used by the Olympic racers, well sort of. I was inspired to put some music on and try and race/exercise to 3 songs, my limit so far. Got a ways to go. But I did get inspired for that one day and I think I will try it again today. Who knows, maybe I will work myself up to an entire side of an album.
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I missed that race, but I saw one earlier in the Olympics that he was favored in and lost. The Swede won it, Marcus something or other. It's fun to watch those races.
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