January 5, 2010 (Anchorage, AK) – Monday’s individual start, women’s 10km and men’s 15km freestyle race was the only “race against the clock” on the U.S. Cross-country Ski Championship schedule. Here is a photo gallery of the races, every athlete pushing their personal limit, in the ‘pain cave’. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner’s Matias Saari summarizes the races like an insider here.