Saturday Mar 17 |
 | X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 58:45 [3]9.5 km (6:11 / km) | |
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| Got 14" snow last night, bringing our standing snowpack back up to 22". Some trouble plowing the drive, since the banks are over 4' and the snow just tumbles back into the roadway.
Groomed once this morning and let it set while we went into town. Nice snow, but track was too narrow for skating, so groomed again and resumed skiing. Snow had no time to set up this time and it was really soft. Finally gave up and groomed a bunch more for tomorrow. Extensions give a great 6' track. This summer will add flaps to the edges and get a little more width. |
Friday Mar 16 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:08:00 [3]10.5 km (6:29 / km) | |
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| Heavy snow all afternoon. By 5:00 had several inches on top of the existing frozen granular base. So went out and skated once I figure we had enough to smooth everything out. Pretty good at first, then got slower as cover increased. Expect it to keep coming down all night.
Great late season cover! |
Thursday Mar 15 |
| Road Running (Chester via PO) 50:40 [3]5.0 mi (10:08 / mi) | |
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| Felt much better today. Same run as yesterday, just with more elastic muscles. Used GPS and tried to aim for 9 min miles. Okay except postholing up Cummings Rd stream bed (20-25 min/mi) and wobbling along the mud jello ruts of the rest of the road. |
Wednesday Mar 14 |
| Road Running (Chester via PO) 1:05:00 [3]5.0 mi (13:00 / mi) | |
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| Temp about 40 and rainyish. Dirt roads are getting into mud season. Came up the abandoned section of Cummings Rd, which meant postholing thru a foot+ of loose snow drifted into the road/stream bed.
Glutes were really tight. Surprising, since they didn't bother me at all over the weekend. Very tight and sore. Hot tub helped after the run. |
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| C • you spent all winter complaini... 2 |
Tuesday Mar 13 |
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| No training today -- busy tapping maple trees. Got 10 in yesterday and picked up 9 gallons of sap overnight. Have to gear up the boiling really fast or the bath tubs are going to fill up.
Installed the groomer wings and tried them as I drove around collecting sap. Worked well despite temps around 40F and soft corn snow. |
Sunday Mar 11 |
| Trail Running race (Snowgaine) 7:36:00 [4]34 km (13:25 / km) | |
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| Day 2. Started 21 minutes late to make up for yesterday, including a penalty. Swept all the controls N of 392 around Hope Lake down to the river.
Used snowshoes for about a third of our travel, running shoes on roads for a third, and running shoes on packed snowmobile trails for the rest. Brought three pairs of skis, but the controls and conditions didn't make them the best choice. A number of competitors used mountain bikes for part of the course, but really didn't see that as too attractive, either (you had to keep the bikes with you and couldn't stash them by the road).
Ended up second overall behind Scott Pleban and his partner. Really happy with our result and the fact I ran 70 km for the weekend, with almost no recent running training. |
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| C • Congratulations! 5 |