Friday Mar 7 |
 | XC Ski (skating) 45:00 [3] 10.2 km (4:25 / km) +200m 4:01 / km | |
| shoes: Peltonen Skate Skiis |
| Late afternoon ski before the rain started. They'd groomed part sof the network, but it was all in great shape. Had warmed up enough that the crust from the rain/ice event earlier in the week was all skiable. Brought a head lamp, but only had to use it for hte last 10 minutes or so.
Had the place to myself. Still a few signs out from last weekend's BKL festival. Was kinda suprised by some of the trails they sent to kids out on the mini-marathon. Conditions had been very good (soft snow which wasn't too fast), so the downhills wouldn't have been too gnarly. If it had been hard and icy, there woud have been quite a few crash and burns for the mini-skier set.
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Sunday Mar 2 |
| Snowshoe 1:23:00 [2] 4.2 km (19:46 / km) +100m 17:40 / km | |
| shoes: Yeti classic snowshoes |
| At Ahern with Jon. After yesterday's attempt with the new racing snowshoes, decided it was time to go back to basics - the yeti sized classic snowshoes I got as a kid. About 48" long, 10" wide, beautiful rawhide lacing, part of which I had to replace way back.
Snow still very deep, these definitely have more flotation. Was still a lot of work, particularly in the very deep stuff, like out on the powerlines. Minor issue on already packed trails is that these are wider than most modern snowshoes, so I was stamping down from the top on one side or the other.
A bit breezy, which was very noticeable along the power lines, not so much in the woods.
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| BKL (Bill Koch League) Festival at Gunstock. About 400 kids racing, from 8th grade on down. Volunteered both Saturday and Sunday with parking starting at 6:30 until about 9:00.
Today went and picked up Jon and Ryan about 10:00 and came back over. Ryan seemed to enjoy himself - not sure if he will retain any memories in later years - not sure I remember much from when I was 2. Jon helped me shepherd him around and keep him from darting out onto the race course. Ryan seemed most interested in taking off out into the woods along the trails not being used for the race. He didn't seem to focus in on the racers going by.
Ran into Adrian Owens, who was there watching his son race. He seems very excited about trying for the Ski-O team - I think he'd be an excellent addition. |