Saturday Mar 31 |
 | O - competition race (DVOA Fair Hill Gr X) 57:54 [5]5.9 km (9:49 / km) | |
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| Ran pretty well despite messing up the first two controls a bit. Got stuck in the briars and lost 2-3 min. Legs felt okay despite coming right off skiing. Will have to start running seriously now that snow is gone. 1st M55. |
Friday Mar 30 |
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| Event: DVOA A-Meet (Interscholastics)
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| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 55:00 [2]7.2 km (7:38 / km) | |
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| Again around the Pines and some of the fields. A few bare sections, so it was out and back and not a full loop.
Had really planned to start running before my first A-meet, but it's tomorrow, so I guess not. |
Thursday Mar 29 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:20:00 [2]6.7 km (11:56 / km) | |
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| Upper fields and the Pines. Benign weather past few days has taken a toll on snow cover. Lower fields pretty well shot. Nice, sunny and warm. Poked around trying to find protected 50m alley clear for range. |
Wednesday Mar 28 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 45:00 [3]6.5 km (6:55 / km) | |
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| Clear overnight; snowpack froze up. Trail hard and rough, so hit it once with the groomer. Buried the sticks and needles in the Pines with cleaner snow. Didn't do the S field as it got hit pretty hard by yesterday's warm weather.
Bunch of laps around the Pines, figuring out where the biathlon range will go. |
Tuesday Mar 27 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 1:06:00 [3]10.5 km (6:17 / km) | |
| weight:162lbs |
| Another early morning ski; out at daylight. Temp only dropped to just above freezing last night. Snow was slow corn and dirty in the woods.
Will have to leave a strip of tall grass along the trail in the south field where cover gets thin first; might act as a snow fence. |
Monday Mar 26 |
| X-C Skiing (Kingdom Valley - skate) 42:40 [3]10 km (4:16 / km) | |
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| Morning ski before rain this afternoon. Chewed up the track a bit with the groomer and then got in a few fast laps around the fields. Best @ 3:25/km.. |
Sunday Mar 25 |
| X-C Skiing race (Saratoga Biathlon Center) 34:51 [5]5.7 km (6:07 / km) | |
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| Ski-O at Saratoga Biathlon. Conditions good spring granular; warm wax conditions. Did Open class as it was the llongest course -- listed at 7.2 km. GPS showed I went 5.7, which is the first time I actually traveled shorter than the straight-line distance. Checked map; I think the GPS was correct.
Was 2nd by a minute when I left. Made two small errors at 20 sec each. Felt good for a nice run. |
| X-C Skiing (Saratoga Biathlon Center) 37:00 [3]6.7 km (5:31 / km) | |
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| A lap around the 5 km course plus a little more to relax and enjoy the day. Snow started to slow and get a bit slushy, so stopped after one lap. |