Dow American Cup 1

Last weekend I raced in the Dow American Cup. The first time I've raced in a year. The level of competition was great, at least as high as nationals. It was perfect for getting me back into racing. Here's how I did:

1500 Heat     2:45.693  4th of 5
1500 D-Final  2:45.554  4th of 6
500 Heat      0:50.210  2nd of 5
500 Quarter   0:50.772  4th of 4
500 C-Final   0:51.551  4th of 4
1000 Heat     1:47.261  4th of 4
1000 E-Final  1:56.830  4th of 4

Overall 19th of 27

I fell in my 1000 final, on the last corner of the last lap of the whole meet. Other than that I didn't fall at all, which I thought was a good achievement in and of itself.

I learned a huge amount, just from watching and copying the fast people. At the next practice session in Madison, Tom noticed immediately that I was skating differently, which I was very proud of.