skate ski warm up/down 1:41 [2] 0.5 km (3:21 / km) +1m 3:19 / km
shoes: 10 atomic red cheetahs
warmup. cause anything more is considered trying.
skate ski race 53:57 [4] 17.45 km (3:06 / km) +190m 2:56 / km
shoes: 10 atomic red cheetahs
All done with GDC in SF, then right up to Bear Valley with Carol and Tori to use up the condo rental from the ski-o. We couldn't cancel it, but they let us reschedule the reservation, so we moved it to this weekend. It just happened to also be the California Senior Winter Games weekend, so there was a 20k (-ish) skate race today and a classic race tomorrow (and lots of downhill stuff at the DH area).
Race was really good. The wax was sexy and awesome, its so nice to be back here and not in europe, where for some reason all wax is slow all the time. Well above freezing by the race start, but still glazed in most places for the first lap, and softer but still fast for the end. Trails were pretty junky with pine needles, but not many rocks and dirt, so it was ok.
I figured I had plenty of excuses with being totally unacclimatized from being at sea level for a month, and not really in the right time zone, and not really having slept for a week, and starting a pretty solid chest cough with green stuff. So I figured I'd just haul ass out of the double pole and use up everything while I had it. Not surprisingly I had a big lead for a few km, then settled down and two other guys caught up. One passed me halfway up the hill, and the other just before the highpoint of the loop, but I stuck to them through the first lap. They got a 20m lead going up the hill the second time, and I was pretty trashed by then, so I didn't make anything up through the finish and finished in 3rd.
Broke a pole on the second lap, I cracked the handle in half about 3" down from the top. Not really sure how, I was just skiing and next thing I know it feels loose and I see its not really attached so much anymore. Did the last 10 minutes or so just grabbing on to what was left of the handle. I don't think it really affected too much, it was mostly downhill and flat by then, and even with two poles I don't think I could have caught the two guys ahead. Stupid madshus. Why can't all the other companies just give up trying new cool things and blatantly copy what swix does?