Saturday Feb 24 |
 | X-C Skiing race (Birkebeiner race) 1:48:06 [5]25.3 km (4:16 / km) | |
| shoes: Fischer RCS rock |
| Non-race today. They let the elite 200 race, and sent everyone else off at random for a "self-timed" tour. The idea was to slow people on the downhills, which was probably smart. Actually the trail was groomed better than expected given Friday's experience. Some hard surface, but mostly a thin layer of tilled granular.
Shortened the race to 25 km. Had announced it would be 23 km and end at OO, but crossed over the road and went another km on the lighted trail before doubling back to the finish. Had sprinted up the last double hill and to OO before being directed onto the extension. Had to regroup for the extra distance.
Splits: 10km 43:40 / 20km 42:36 / 25.3km 21:49
Negative splits all the way. Also faster than last year's by 2-3 minutes each. |
Friday Feb 23 |
| X-C Skiing (Birkie trail, WI) 12:00 [3]2 km (6:00 / km) | |
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| Got out here Thursday to find the trail in pathetic shape. Very thin cover with grass sticking thru. Tried skiing at OO today, but a thaw on Wed converted the little snow they had to boilerplate. Not likely the race will come off. |
Wednesday Feb 21 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:02:00 [3]12 km (5:10 / km) | |
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| 6 laps in the Fields, 2 long loops thru the Pines. Temps in mid 30's; snow plastic and slow.
Just got word Birkie will be chopped to end at OO due to thin snow cover and a thaw. That makes it 23 km instead of 51. Hardly worth the effort! |
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| C • just turn around and ski back.... 1 |
Tuesday Feb 20 |
| Cross Training (Dailly hill run) 30:00 [3]1.0 mi (30:00 / mi) +100m 14:13 / km | |
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| Morning snowshoe up hillside w/Casey. Starting to scout for new upper ski routes. |
| X-C Skiing race (Windblown XC ski-o) 45:53 [4]8.5 km (5:24 / km) | |
| shoes: Fischer RCS rock |
| Afternoon trip over to Windblown to do the first weekly ski-o course. Good course on mixed terrain. Cover a little thin in places, but certainly better than the bare dirt up to this point!
Temp pushing 40F and gave the snow a plastic quality. Not at all wet, as the snow pack is still very dry and absorbed any melting. |
| X-C Skiing warm up/down (Windblown XC) 32:00 [3]6 km (5:20 / km) | |
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| Cool down lap around outside perimeter. |
Sunday Feb 18 |
| X-C Skiing (Wolski - skate) 1:00:00 [3]12 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Over to Tom's in NY. Finally got enough snow to get the trails in condition, so did a workout on his extensive network. |