November 24, 2010 (Rovaniemi, Finland) – The second weekend of Euro racing is done and everything is going better and better on the racing front. In the classic sprint I finished second to Chandra [Crawford] and in 5km classic I was skiing fast enough to win! It was fun times in Rovaniemi, Finland. Racing the low-key FIS events was great for confidence building and preparations for the upcoming World Cups in Kuusamo, Finland this coming weekend. Now the three weeks of serious racing begins. Besides Kuusamo, we’ve got competitions in Dusseldorf and Davos and the expectations and the optimism are running high.