Saturday Mar 24 |
 | X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:17:15 [3]13.1 km (5:54 / km) | |
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| Snow froze up nicely overnight. groomed a couple passes with the teeth down. Produced fast granular surface. Skied until it warmed up enough to slow down. By then I was skiing shirtless. Great spring conditions! |
| X-C Skiing intervals (Kingdom Valley - skate) 17:25 [4]4.62 km (3:46 / km) | |
| shoes: Fischer RCS rock |
| Alternated 1.15 km intervals with the longer easy laps through the Pines. Middle two were fastest, then snow slowed considerably. |
| Trail Running (Chester Town Forest) 55:00 [3]3.5 mi (15:43 / mi) | |
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| Ran the snowmobile trail up thru the town forest. Just firm enough to run; had snowshoes, but didn't need them. Trail would be good for classic skiing. Actually, there was enough snow for skiing today if I brought the classic skis. |
Friday Mar 23 |
| Cross Training (Daily hill run) 30:00 [3]1.0 mi (30:00 / mi) +100m 14:13 / km | |
| weight:164lbs |
| Out checking the maple taps on snowshoes with Casey. Decided to wander up the logging road and then up to the top of the hill. Snow froze overnight in the fields, but not the woods. |
Thursday Mar 22 |
| X-C Skiing (Mt Taber Rd - skate) 1:00:00 [3]11.3 km (5:19 / km) | |
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| Packed snowmobile route, warm temps so snow was slush. Lots of work and not much for speed. Should be a little cooler over the weekend. |
Wednesday Mar 21 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:32:00 [3]17 km (5:25 / km) | |
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| Late afternoon, after conditions started to cool down and set up. Had mild thaw today, high 30's and sunny, after 4F overnight. Nice skiing for the first day of spring! |
Monday Mar 19 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:17:00 [3]15 km (5:08 / km) | |
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| Best snow of the season. Trails firm powder with good edge control for skating.
Ran the Bombi without groomer out to the end of the logging road; first packing went well. Will hit it later with the groomer. |
Sunday Mar 18 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 57:00 [3]10 km (5:42 / km) | |
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| Tracks set up well from yesterday, so skiing was quite fine. Skied the AM and then groomed the trails a little wider, plus added some more segments up the hillside. Will let it sit for a couple hours over lunch. |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:21:00 [3]11.9 km (6:48 / km) | |
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| Not enough time for the snow to consolidate, but smoother than this morning. Beautiful day, temps in the 20's and sun coming out. |
| Cross Training (Snowshoe) 30:00 [2]1 km (30:00 / km) | |
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| Checking out trail routes above the south field. Not thinking about carving a full trail right now, but may clear the saplings that block the route. Then could groom when we have heavy snow cover. Would be a fun trail -- several knolls would make it a rolling descent and not quite as death defying as the lumber road. Also easy access to the top so I could groom it running downhill. |