Training Log Archive: GlenT

66N, Shaker Museum Rd. 37F, overcast.

Snowshoe race at Moody Spring in Dubuque SF, Hawley, MA. About 2 feet of snow in the past week made things interesting. Course was a lollipop, ~1.3 mi on a snowmobile road, a 3 mile loop of single track, then back on the snowmobile road. Single track was a trench two snowshoe-widths wide and knee to mid-thigh deep. The snow was wet so it was packed down by the leaders but was still uneven and variable in the bottom of the trench. A hilly course which meant lots of "walking". Temperature was in the low 30s, so comfortable for racing and hanging around afterwards.

Race went fairly well. Passed two people in the single track and got passed by one, so I was in about the right position as we left the road. Was able to continue pushing on the road run in. Haven't seen results yet. Apparently we ran past Moody Spring, but I never saw it (a pipe with water running out of it).

Tough day on the body. Lower back tightened up before the race after shoveling snow (to get a car out of the way so I could get to the parking lot plus clearing out around the car after I parked). Big bruise on my left ankle where I kept hitting it with the snowshoe. Plus all the normal aches and pains from racing.

About 6" of slush in the driveway but the roads were just wet, so a road run it was. Above freezing and still some light. Cleared the slush with the snowblower later.