Stars Winter Race- snowshoe portion.
Bash and I have always had a curse on this race- I've botched it twice and lost overall to MBR.
This time we were able to split up from the start to A and B, then meet back up for a box where we could split controls again. I got to Bash in second overall behind Griz'n' Hammer. Fortunately as a masters team or a co-ed team we got to drop 3 controls in the box and I didn't botch it, and we left before G&H arrived.
We were soon passed by Griz'n'Hammer, but chugged on. Nav went fine, and I found the contours OK to work with, but Bash felt a bit ill so we didn't tow.
We eventually got passed again by MBR, Millhouse and Logie, and Mick's team, but no co-eds or masters.
XC Skiing race (Orienteering) 36:00 [3]
Stars Winter Race -part 2.
After a mandatory 5-10 minute T/A we headed out on the ski-o. We'd seen Griz'n'Hammer leave before we arrived, so we knew we were at least 5 minutes behind them.
We'd waxed for classic earlier on, but it had warmed up and the skis worked better for skating. Bash was skating fast, and we nailed the nav. Nick's course allowed us to drop 2 controls before the 2 farthest ones which had to be taken last, and we started to pass other teams.
We finished up and only saw Millhouse & Logie there- no sign of G&H.
Turns out they hadn't read the part about taking the furthest controls last, and had to go back.
We finally had a clean Stars Winter race, and even had a handicap.
We ended up second overall, finally ahead of MBR, and a long way ahead of the next co-ed or masters team.
Big thanks to Nick and the Stars for putting on an interesting and well-run event.
Run to work with Bulletdog. Met Crash and 3 pooches, and Crash showed me some cool running drills for the lean.
Also met 2 ladies with 2 black labs, and another couple with a dog. Wish I had more time to stop and let the dogs play.
Decent Link workout, but still had to go light on the right knee.
XC Skiing (Commte +) 50:00 [3]
There's about 1cm of fresh powder on top of the icy crust. Not bad as long as I avoided the steeper downhills.
Skied work with Bulletdog via flatter parts of Wheelies and Palgrave East & West. Wish I had more time but this week is crazy busy both during and after work.
XC Skiing (Commute) 23:00 [4]
Very fast ski back in the dark. Tons of glide on icy trails, double poling most of the way. Fastest ski ever, considering I have 2 road crossings and a super steep scramble I need to de-ski for.