Saturday Feb 17 |
 | X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 42:00 [3]7.5 km (5:36 / km) | |
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| Two laps around long loop (Fields plus 2x Pines and Ravine) and then a trip up to the end of the Logging Road. Exciting (as in terrifying) descent watching the trees flash by as I had only groomed it 6' wide, leaving no room to put on the brakes. |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:45:00 [3]19 km (5:32 / km) | |
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| After lunch and some regrooming. Deck is pretty solid now, so snow is speeding up and is quite firm. Mostly trying to widen the trails though the woods (and up the hill) and level it out. Warmer today and no wind. Very pleasant skiing under the sun. |
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| Ended the day with a cleanup grooming. Discovered some bolts had worked loose out of the Bombi's drive hub, leaving me stranded out in the Pines when the sprocket started spinning free. Had one loose bolt still in the hub, and borrowed one from the opposite side. Patched it up enough to limp home. Somewhere on the trail are the other five bolts securing the drive hub. Probably surface next time Greg skis here with his new bottoms. |
Friday Feb 16 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:08:00 [3]11 km (6:11 / km) | |
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| Still windy, but warmer at around 20F. Snow noticeably firmer as it sets up. Still pretty slow.
Regroomed the windblown fields and repacked everything else, too. Now skiing the long loop (2.7 km) thru the Fields, Ravine and Pines. Plan to pack out up the hill tomorrow -- hit it Wed with just the treads; will go back up with the groomer this time. |
Thursday Feb 15 |
| Cross Training (Daily hill run) 30:00 [3]1.0 mi (30:00 / mi) +100m 14:13 / km | |
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| Not a run, and not daily either. But it was a trip up the hill. On snowshoes floundering in the fresh deep powder. Clear and crisp. Snow already setting up a bit from yesterday. Should pack out well for skiing once it gets compacted. |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:24:00 [3]12 km (7:00 / km) | |
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| Groomed again and tried some skating. Trails not yet set up; will take snow a couple days to harden. Meanwhile, punched through a lot.
Bitter wind and blowing snow, temp single digits. |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 35:00 [3]5.5 km (6:22 / km) | |
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| After a half hour break to warm up went out just before dark. Wind picked up and was even stronger than before. Filled some of the trails I had groomed earlier in the afternoon. |
Wednesday Feb 14 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - classic) 1:00:00 [3]7.5 km (8:00 / km) | |
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| Valentines Day blizzard! 20" and still coming down, although not quite as fast as this afternoon.
You'd think the day would be cancelled for work, but no, we had a staff meeting scheduled. Rather than attempt the drive, it was held as a conference call -- that lasted 5-1/2 hours. Brutal, when you could look out at all that snow coming down.
Ended up in time to plow the driveway for the third time, and to start packing the trails. Had to drop the groomer when I went up the Lumber Road, as the belly of the Bombi started to drag and we lost traction. So just packed the trail with the treads; will go back again and smooth things out tomorrow.
A little chance for classic, too. Trails too soft for skating, so did loops thru the Fields and Pines.
Nice to see the land features finally disappear under a heavy layer of snow. |
Monday Feb 12 |
| Road Running (Cummings Rd +) 30:00 [3]3.0 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
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| Morning run with Casey. Push on the hills. |
| Trail Running (Dailly hill run) 16:00 [3]1.0 mi (16:00 / mi) +100m 7:35 / km | |
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| 3" settled snow over slick base. Slippery in sneakers, but a nice morning run. |
| X-C Skiing (Morse Farm XC) 1:45:00 [3]20 km (5:15 / km) | |
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| Had to work in Montpelier this morning, so made it to Morse Farm later in the afternoon. Great trails, twisting and undulating continually with short, choppy hills. Made for interesting skiing. Nice layout design by Jonh Morton; will be an inspiration for some future runs at home. |
Sunday Feb 11 |
| Cross Training (Bromley ski) 3:00:00 [2] | |
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| Day of downhill skiing at Bromley. Windy and chilly, but pretty good conditions so skiing was fun. |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 30:00 [3]6 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Between downhil skiingl and the hot tub. Far field has a bit of grass; fortunately no rocks anywhere.
Had three cancellations for the coming week, so should be able to get in some heavy training and recover in time for the Birkie in 2 weeks. |