Sunday Mar 2 |
 | Snowshoe 1:19:54 [1] | |
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| Snowshoe trails up on the Gunflint... |
Saturday Mar 1 |
| xc classic skiing 3:36:20 [2] | |
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| skied from the Tall Pines Yurt to Bearskin and back on various trails...perfect weather as we ski toured...nice to be able to go at a pace where we look around and enjoy the trail.... |
Friday Feb 29 |
| xc classic skiing 9:30 [2] | |
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| ski from the car to the Yurt with Kari...... |
Thursday Feb 28 |
| xc skate skiing 1:03:21 [3] | |
| ahr:134 weight:171.6lbs |
| skiing Wirth....skied from the apartments, across the lake, the Gardens the front nine and back........conditions were not bad and it was nice to ski with no race in sight....just skiing for the training and exercise..... |
| weight machine 32:26 [2] | |
| ahr:114 |
| 3 sets, heavy weigts, 10-15 reps |
Tuesday Feb 26 |
| Note | |
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| Some random observations on the Birkie and Nordic skiing.....
best trend: the increasing number of classic skiers....984 strided the Birke up another 15-20% from the full race 2 years ago....no doubt from the new classic trail portions and more seperation of the skate and classic races......I think I will be joining the trend on my last 2 Birkies...I believe have skated my last one....as I skated up main street I felt a sense of finality and I was ending on a good note....I think its time to classic the next two...unless conditions make classic sketchy I look forward to a new challenge next year....I also think that classic is a better way to go since the tracks are less effected by the masses in earlier waves than the skate track.....
I think the Executive director Ned Z. is great for the race and has a vision for it....he seems to know that the future lies in enticing the midpack and back of the pack skiers to jump in and ski the Birkie events....his lead to build the classic trail is a direct result of his idea that it increases the possibility that the "slower" nordic skiers can take on the Birkie and not feel blown off the track by the skaters.....also he is smart about expanding the offerings of the shorter more casual events to get the entire family involved....this will keep the numbers up in a time when the # of skiers in the Birkie is stagnant at best and the average age is creeping up with no end in sight...I predict the Korteloppet will continue to grow as a % of total skiers and the Birkie will decline,,.eventually all the older skiers will quit racing and I think he knows this...he is doing everything he can to entice younger skiers.....the Birkie is in good hands....I believe the numbers would have suffered without him as the lead guy.....and he comes out and O's....got to like that.... |
Monday Feb 25 |
| xc classic skiing 40:52 [3] | |
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| Kari and I went on a little adventure ski....we classic skied the snowy/icy running path around Lake Harriet + at night on our waxless...lots of full on double pole with some skating steps thrown in to keep up the speed.........we also did some one on one drag racing....a different kind of skiing but lots of fun.... |