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Saturday Mar 2, 2013 #
XC Ski race (classic) 2:35:00 [3] 31.0 km (5:00 / km)
Black Mountain Classic
This was the last "real" ski race of the season. It was PERFECT. The snow was really great, the trail was in great condition and, most importantly, I didn't have to use klister. I hate kilster. I thought I was doing kind of badly because Brenda passed me back at 6K when I was feeling like I was going too fast for a 31K and needed to settle in or I'd blow up completely. It took a few K, but I got back to feeling good and then kept a nice steady pace. The last 5K were great - I hammered it out and flew down (and then back up) some HUGE hills. A guy behind me said to me after the race "You're fearless on those downhills." Ha! Really, I could just see that the other side was nice and straight so why not bomb it and use momentum to my advantage? Anyway, I ended up only 2 minutes behind Brenda, so that's not too bad. I'm pretty sure I was catching back up to her. Damn... I don't think I could have gone faster earlier, but oh well.
This was the last "real" ski race of the season. It was PERFECT. The snow was really great, the trail was in great condition and, most importantly, I didn't have to use klister. I hate kilster. I thought I was doing kind of badly because Brenda passed me back at 6K when I was feeling like I was going too fast for a 31K and needed to settle in or I'd blow up completely. It took a few K, but I got back to feeling good and then kept a nice steady pace. The last 5K were great - I hammered it out and flew down (and then back up) some HUGE hills. A guy behind me said to me after the race "You're fearless on those downhills." Ha! Really, I could just see that the other side was nice and straight so why not bomb it and use momentum to my advantage? Anyway, I ended up only 2 minutes behind Brenda, so that's not too bad. I'm pretty sure I was catching back up to her. Damn... I don't think I could have gone faster earlier, but oh well.