Snowgaine race (CYNO) 7:36:00 [4]
rhr:58 slept:4.0 shoes: XA PRO 3D ULTRA
Started pretty late on friday with Animal-0, beez & got stuck in traffic and spent about 30 mins just a kilometer away from my place!
Decided to circumnavigate lake Ontario on this so & hence entered US from Gananoque. At the border no one else was there but for us & after a long time met this US border officer who was smiling!!! As soon as we said we are going to pulaski, he was like "you going for that race??". Apparently a few of us went through that border! While waiting for some paper work, these two big guys walked into the office inquiring about cow ( a real cow!) - leave the rest for your imagination!
Day#1 - After long drive and 5hrs of sleep, had a good start to the day when we saw about 10 or so familiar faces at the brakefast !
Got the the race headquarters about 75mins before the start and met my partner for the first time! Maps were handed out & we decided to go west today
Plan : 41, 64, 56, 85, 45, 21, 37, 65, 63, 53, 48, 55, 51, 43, 44, 33
Actual: 41, 64, 56, 85, 45, 21, 65, 63, 53, 48, 55, 51, 42, 34, 35, 22
Wanted to start easy & get to now my partner a little better - we decided to go west and got 41, 64, 56, 85 easily. And then long run to 45, this time on snowmobile trail. My partners's rental snowshoes kept coming off and we realized he was carrying little heavier pack and we slowed down a bit. Were able to get 45, 21 but skipped 37 to collect it on the way back. Got to 65,63, 53 easily and back on to the trail towards 48. By now I had transferred soem stuff from my partner's pack to mine & we were able to run on trails. Trailed Paul & Chris on the trail before they decided to go north along the stream to 48 while we decided to stick to the trail & attack from the east. DD & Escandido made it to the control 5 mins ahead of us. Now onto 55 - decided to take bearing but avoiding hills.
At 55, we were running behind on our schedule & hence decided to skip 37 and went to 51. Since we were slow, decided to stick to the trails & attack 43 from east and picked up 42 along the way. Since we were running behind on time & little concerned about not making back in time, we decided to get to 34 instead of 43 there by moving towards the finish. Got 34, 35 easily & on the way to 22, running free flew past us. So decided to tuck in behind then to the finish line. Got back in with about 22 mins to spare!