The first race of the season this year and every year is the Glacierbreaker. Every year on the Nantahala river, the Nantahala Racing Club hosts this race as a kick off. This time it turned out well, the weather was sunny and we had great volunteers.

For me, this race is kind of a display of what I've been working on all winter and fall. For the past couple years, I have seen improvement in my results and this time the result was even greater. The fact that I placed first in the junior class does not say much as there was only one other junior. This time, my level of competition was more in the senior category and I was very happy about my performance.

My first run didn't turn out to be great but my second run was significantly better. I was around four seconds faster but unfortunately I had had a penalty. My time put me in second place but a single penalty put me in fourth place. The top three results were Eric Hurd, Jim Wade, and Nathan Davis. Congratulations guys!

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