Sunday Feb 17 |
 | xc classic skiing race 1:58:36 [4] 25 km (4:45 / km) | |
| ahr:167 max:178 |
| North End Classic....I got a good start and was up further in the field than I expected.....after a dumb fall 1K in while switching tracks I settled in and skied well.....came through the first loop in good shape but faded a bit on the second loop and lost 6 or 7 places....I just counldn't keep them all behind me....I had good kick and glide on a day when some struggled a bit to get the right kick...I finished 58 out of 95 finishers which truns out to be my best result of the year....If I could have mimimized the fade I would have had a great result but my percent back from the winning time and placement in the was a solid result..........my average HR was nearly identical to last year for this event...... |
| xc classic skiing 2:02:14 [3] | |
| ahr:144 |
| after the race Kari and I skied one more race loop of 12K and a loop of 4.4K.....total for the day was 41.4K.....Birkie prep is done....hopefully I have done enough to minimize suffering the last hour of the race.....I probably could have used one more long ski of 40K plus but its time to rest.... |
Saturday Feb 16 |
| Run 1:29:07 [3] | |
| ahr:144 |
| Kari and I ran Summit, trying to keep some running time in our schedule so we can work on it a bit more in the Spring.... |
Friday Feb 15 |
| xc skate skiing 30:23 [3] | |
| ahr:138 |
| well, I was skiing at Wirth on the back 9 trying to follow the trail but it was groomed to the top of a hill near the snow board area...I wasnt sure if this was the nordic ski trail so I decided to ski down the hill onto the snow board area to figure out if I had taken a wrong turn or the grooming was sketchy...as I sped down the hill onto the open slope snowbard slope I saw a WHITE tow rope right in front of me that caught me across the right eye sending me to the snow with a clothesline effect....I was knocked silly and quickly realized I had cut myself pretty good......a touch of the glove to my eye and the red drops of blood on the white snow confirmed my thoughts..... I picked up my ski's and walked Wirth Parkway home while noticing that blood was clouding my vision....after I got home and took a look in the mirror I saw that I had cut my eyelid and left a hole....... I called Kari and she came home from work to drive me to North Memorial where they called in a plastic surgeon to sew it all up.........tried to get him to do a little extra lifting and tightening while he was stitching but it was to no avail........ended up only getting 30 minutes out of a planned 2 hour ski, a black eye, skinned nose and some fine sutures in my right eye......... |
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| C • OMG 3 |
Tuesday Feb 12 |
| Run 31:48 [3] 3.19 mi (9:58 / mi) | |
| ahr:145 |
| Kari and I ran a loop of Calhoun.....felt faster than it was....perhaps the snowy icy paths are creating a slipping/treadmill effect...... |
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| C • treadmill effect 2 |
Monday Feb 11 |
| xc classic skiing 41:40 [3] | |
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| easy ski at Wirth after getting a bit sore from the weights and speed workout.....JD Gardens area was a mess....drifted and wiped out tracks.... |