skate ski race 2:30:31 [4] 50.0 km (3:01 / km)
Royal Gorge Gold Rush 50k. Such an awesome day. Air and snow temps were a little over 30 at the start (8am), which made the first lap wicked icy fast. But I started in the back so there were some people in front of me taking it easy on the downhills. Passed all of them by the second half of that loop, so I had the uphill and the next downhill all to myself. By the third lap the sun had finally started to soften the snow, and was just starting to turn the uphills into a slog. But it also meant that you could hammer all the insane downhills in a straight tuck without sliding off the icy corners, so it all seemed to even out in the end.
splits: 50:45, 48:02, 51:43
