Monday Mar 31 |
 | roller ski 1:18:00 [3]19.6 km (3:59 / km) | |
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| 6:04, 5:24, 4:46, 5:10
5:52, 6:04 |
Sunday Mar 30 |
| run 1:03:00 [3]7.3 mi (8:38 / mi) | |
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| palisades ridge trail to the hub |
Saturday Mar 29 |
| run 43:00 [3]6.0 mi (7:09 / mi) | |
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Friday Mar 28 |
| roller ski 1:14:00 [3]19.6 km (3:47 / km) | |
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| 5:44, 5:00, 4:43, 4:41
5:58, 5:45
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Thursday Mar 27 |
| rollerblade 59:00 [3]16 km (3:41 / km) | |
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| soccer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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Wednesday Mar 26 |
| roller ski 1:12:00 [3]19.6 km (3:40 / km) | |
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| looks like summer is here: the fog ("fog", right) and gloom has set in.
6:07, 5:14, 4:50, 4:53, 4:50
5:35
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| run 45:00 [3]6.0 mi (7:30 / mi) | |
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| my ankle really hurt tonight for some reason. must have been a rough day of typing. |
Tuesday Mar 25 |
| soccer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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Sunday Mar 23 |
| skate ski 2:13:00 [3]33 km (4:02 / km) +1000m 3:30 / km | |
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| Got an early start, everything was iced up solid. Including the bare-boot-army-footprints that walked down the middle of the trail for the first 5k. That made things exciting on the downhills. Stopped about 1/2 km from the end at Washburn Pt going down the last hill, since the ice was suicidal enough just getting down that far (and by that point the backcountry skiers had taken over for the bare booters). Going back was good though, it had started to soften up nicely and was pretty fast.
1:10 / 1:03 |
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| C • Catch-up? 10 |
| skate ski 2:45:00 [3]34 km (4:51 / km) +1030m 4:13 / km | |
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| man I love this crap. I think it might have topped 75 this afternoon. Getting somewhat tired by the last hills back up to the car.
1:14 / 1:31
photos from all the usual places. you think you have grooming problems? |
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| C • snow depth 4 |
Saturday Mar 22 |
| skate ski 2:42:00 [3]37 km (4:23 / km) +1030m 3:51 / km | |
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| in Yosemite on the Glacier point road. excellent conditions: sunny and about 70.
1:08 out / 1:26 back, with an 8 min detour to Bridalveil Creek. |
Thursday Mar 20 |
| soccer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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Wednesday Mar 19 |
| rollerblade 59:00 [2]16 km (3:41 / km) | |
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Tuesday Mar 18 |
| soccer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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Monday Mar 17 |
| run 50:00 [3]6.0 mi (8:20 / mi) | |
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Sunday Mar 16 |
| skate ski race 2:47:28 [3]42 km (3:59 / km) | |
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| Royal Gorge gold rush.
Not so good of a race. Very soft snow, very gusty winds, no so much oxygen, it was just a lot of work. Caught a tip in the crap on the side of the trail about 2k into it, the ski popped off and I wiped out in a glorious ball of fluff. I couldn't really push with my feet because they'd randomly break through the snow, I couldn't really pole since they'd randomly go in quite a bit, so my lack of technique quickly degraded into a hip-driven waddle. Which after 3 hours really hurt my back, and also my fingertips for some reason. Also forgot my sunglasses, so I was squinting against the sun (yea at least it was blue sky) the entire time, and now I have a red horizontal sunburn line across the middle both eyeballs. Thats probably not good. |
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| C • Bright sun, high altitude, ... 1 |
| skate ski 1:00:00 [2]8 km (7:30 / km) | |
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| If I drove all this way I might as well get 50 out of it. |
Saturday Mar 15 |
| Note | |
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| heading up to RG today. they got a foot of new fluffy snow last night. and more today. yea. |
Thursday Mar 13 |
| soccer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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Wednesday Mar 12 |
| roller ski 1:01:00 [3]15.7 km (3:53 / km) | |
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| In the dark again. Hate this daylight savings stuff.
6:10, 5:38, 5:16, 5:17, 5:10
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Tuesday Mar 11 |
| soccer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| hot and dusty! |
Monday Mar 10 |
| rollerblade 55:00 [2]16 km (3:26 / km) | |
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Saturday Mar 8 |
| run 1:31:00 [3]10.3 mi (8:49 / mi) | |
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| palisades ridge. nice day, hot and dry. |
Thursday Mar 6 |
| rollerblade 55:00 [3]16 km (3:26 / km) | |
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| soccer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Note | |
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| this should make for fun ski-o next year (thats one valley north of the Euer Valley in Tahoe Donner) |
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| C • Just makes you want to cudd... 3 |
Wednesday Mar 5 |
| run 48:00 [2]6.0 mi (7:59 / mi) | |
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| legs kinda felt like sludge this morning |
Tuesday Mar 4 |
| rollerblade 52:00 [3]16 km (3:15 / km) | |
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| soccer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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Monday Mar 3 |
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| I was sitting at the gate in Vancouver this morning when they called me up to the counter to ask if I had checked a pair of skis. They said that they "found my ski tube downstairs without a check tag, it must have fallen off." Good think my name is plastered all over the outside in duct tape. |
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| C • luggage tags 7 |
Sunday Mar 2 |
| ski-o 1:08:00 [3]19.5 km (3:29 / km) | |
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| Canadian Ski-O champs at Stake Lake
The skis finally arrived at 10pm Saturday night, so I had my own skis (and poles) back, and a real ski suit. Plus it was nice and warm and sunny, and the trails were rock solid, so things were looking good.
Had a pretty clean race, lost about two minutes on #6 because I was trying to be sneaky and go around two hills and sneak up the back side to the control, except that the sneaky back entrance trail wasn't groomed, so I had about 50m of ungroomed-uphill-crusty-powder to go through. The only consolation was that Dad did it too. Ha.
On 3-4 I was the only one that went right instead of left, and was only 10 seconds (of 9 min) behind Brian, so I'd call that route a win, considering I was typically losing 30 seconds per 5 min leg to him and Margus for the other legs on the course.
Finished 3rd, 8 mins behind Brian and Margus, and 20 seconds ahead of 4th. Good thing that ungroomed trail wasn't 55 meters long. |
| skate ski 1:00:00 [3]8 km (7:30 / km) | |
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| no pole control pickup with Dad, then a loop out to #11 and back. |
Saturday Mar 1 |
| ski-o 56:00 [3]13 km (4:18 / km) | |
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| Up in BC at Sovereign Lake.
The skis were lost, and the ski suit was wrapped around the skis, so all I had was the big orange boots, some wool socks, and jeans. We stopped in Walmart and got a pair of baggy shiny basketball warmup pants, and a polyester [collared] golf shirt. By far the most stylish ski race I've ever done. Got a pair of rental skis and poles at the ski area - the skis turned out great, they were the rental guy's own pair of skis! The poles were aluminum, weighed a ton, and were 10cm too short, but I guess I can't complain too much after the good skis.
The actual race went pretty good. I felt pretty tired from the traveling and the altitude, but there was only one big climb so it wasn't too tough. The course was good, one bushwhack through deep stuff that turned out badly for me, and one control in a field that fell down below the snowline, but otherwise good fun. |
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| C • pictures??? 4 |
| skate ski 45:00 [3]5 km (9:00 / km) | |
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| no pole control pickup with dad afterwards. it started nice and warm, then turned into a good heavy snowfall. |
