Men's Lake Placid World Cup race

The men's race was held this morning and what a drama it turned out to be! It had been snowing all morning which is never good for racing because the snow makes the track very slow. To make the race fair, if it's snowing, the jury must decide how often the track is swept before the race begins. Unfortunately, in the first heat of the men's race, this didn't happen and the sweeping of the start was rather inconsistent. Because of this, many protests were lodged. The jury met and decided to scrap the first run and base the race entirely on the second run, giving all 41 men a clean slate but only one run, when usually the top 20 would get two runs. This made for a very interesting and exciting race as nobody could afford to make the slightest mistake. The results turned out to be: 1st Eric Bernotas (USA), 2nd Paul Boehme (CAN), and 3rd Zach Lund (USA). Ben and Iain, our kiwi contingent, placed 13th and 31st respectively, and our friend Peter of the Netherlands came in 18th. Well done boys! Us girls race tomorrow morning so I'm now just finishing up sled and equipment prep etc before hopefully getting to bed at a reasonable hour.