City of the lakes Loppet
I ran support for Sam in the City of the Lakes Loppet today. Perfect weather and very nice conditions. I used the cross bike to meet him in 4 different spots along the course. This was his first major race so he had to start in the last wave, 25 min behind the 1st wave. This meant for lots of passing and alot of poles being stepped on. The corners were sketch as the others ahead of him were digging down to the icy snow by snow plowing. The better skiers step turn fast and don't do much damage to the corners, but the less experienced push all the loose snow into berms. He finished with a time of around 1.33.05 placing 119 out of 708. There were only 4 guys that had a faster time in the 3rd wave and 14 from the 2nd wave, and he was 15 min off the winners time. Next time he will be in wave 1.
Congrats to Jay Richards who took 27th. Stellar racing Jay.
Congrats to Jay Richards who took 27th. Stellar racing Jay.
posted by Eric O. at 6:03 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks Eric. Super fun race. Nice job to Sam. He's looking great on the finish. Next year he can be in front wave and dice it out. Yeah, even some of top 30 skiers were plowing the corners and most of the corners were ice when I came through so I found it better making real quick steps and carry speed through and going on the ungroomed if I had to. Fun stuff.
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