End of season races turned out well if but not difficult, Emily finished her first 50K skate with a 3.5 hr race, and a 116th place finish. She had a smile at the finish and I am proud of her. I had a tough race in that it was slower snow than expected. Additionally a second wave start made it a whole lot of passing for me to cough up a 40th place finish and a 2:55 time. Its hard to say it was fun due to heaving lungs and leg cramps but this is what we live for pain and suffering!
The Gallatin Glisade was on the weekend after and proved to be fast with the 18 K covered in around 38 minutes...mostly down with one good tough uphill for 3 k's. here is a little image of my agony. In the end I took 6th place with some teenagers beating me in the sprint! 
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