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  • Chasing Runners and Celebrating at Tylers

    a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJnttWLbPJI/AAAAAAAAEhs/4r57OXFPdks/s1600/IMG_8480.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJnttWLbPJI/AAAAAAAAEhs/4r57OXFPdks/s400/IMG_8480.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519704181622652050″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllsI58pfI/AAAAAAAAEhk/Yn0Q7l_tsgo/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.50.51+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllsI58pfI/AAAAAAAAEhk/Yn0Q7l_tsgo/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.50.51+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519554627298436594″ //aHere are a bunch of pictures from our running race in Brattleboro this afternoon. br /It was a beautiful day and there was good competition. Thanks to Brattleboro for hosting a great event!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllg28kY1I/AAAAAAAAEhc/qPSsdvdabmw/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.51.13+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllg28kY1I/AAAAAAAAEhc/qPSsdvdabmw/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.51.13+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519554433499030354″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllXTiHHvI/AAAAAAAAEhU/yQzFKvUb4vw/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.51.55+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllXTiHHvI/AAAAAAAAEhU/yQzFKvUb4vw/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.51.55+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519554269373996786″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllQjlyV4I/AAAAAAAAEhM/2o-k2nDfXWQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.52.37+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllQjlyV4I/AAAAAAAAEhM/2o-k2nDfXWQ/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.52.37+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519554153425295234″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllGUxSNFI/AAAAAAAAEhE/FpBnDr2S_ro/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.53.07+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJllGUxSNFI/AAAAAAAAEhE/FpBnDr2S_ro/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.53.07+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519553977648297042″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlk93c907I/AAAAAAAAEg8/Z9BZDHDvtC0/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.53.54+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlk93c907I/AAAAAAAAEg8/Z9BZDHDvtC0/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.53.54+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519553832339493810″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlkwiGr5wI/AAAAAAAAEg0/5a3lCnXpwzA/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.54.44+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlkwiGr5wI/AAAAAAAAEg0/5a3lCnXpwzA/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.54.44+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519553603270600450″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlklt18IPI/AAAAAAAAEgs/LMwSRRV6Sok/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.55.19+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlklt18IPI/AAAAAAAAEgs/LMwSRRV6Sok/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.55.19+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519553417443025138″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlkcEPIFVI/AAAAAAAAEgk/Ucuu6NJoA9A/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.55.49+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlkcEPIFVI/AAAAAAAAEgk/Ucuu6NJoA9A/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.55.49+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519553251655554386″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlkTvbP2dI/AAAAAAAAEgc/QSo4IwYCLAY/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.56.14+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlkTvbP2dI/AAAAAAAAEgc/QSo4IwYCLAY/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.56.14+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519553108630297042″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlkIu1fkXI/AAAAAAAAEgU/9yE_aEt06AY/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.56.42+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlkIu1fkXI/AAAAAAAAEgU/9yE_aEt06AY/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.56.42+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519552919493382514″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlj7RPowzI/AAAAAAAAEgM/gTC9XI94zAc/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.56.56+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlj7RPowzI/AAAAAAAAEgM/gTC9XI94zAc/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.56.56+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519552688211673906″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljzRR_TdI/AAAAAAAAEgE/-EkIkOOLPbU/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.57.30+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljzRR_TdI/AAAAAAAAEgE/-EkIkOOLPbU/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.57.30+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519552550782586322″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljopl6AqI/AAAAAAAAEf8/c8b762OZbjM/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.57.54+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljopl6AqI/AAAAAAAAEf8/c8b762OZbjM/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.57.54+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519552368330015394″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljfooWiYI/AAAAAAAAEf0/lb-v3PubD9g/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.58.23+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljfooWiYI/AAAAAAAAEf0/lb-v3PubD9g/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.58.23+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519552213453015426″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljVatwntI/AAAAAAAAEfs/fVAeWba-bZk/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.59.26+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljVatwntI/AAAAAAAAEfs/fVAeWba-bZk/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+8.59.26+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519552037918908114″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljN0woUmI/AAAAAAAAEfk/0SgDK_1o_10/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.00.39+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljN0woUmI/AAAAAAAAEfk/0SgDK_1o_10/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.00.39+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519551907471315554″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljFthPw7I/AAAAAAAAEfc/HF1g8Oigx_4/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.01.02+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJljFthPw7I/AAAAAAAAEfc/HF1g8Oigx_4/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.01.02+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519551768088789938″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJli8wnlfKI/AAAAAAAAEfU/icJ3sKcExxM/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.01.15+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJli8wnlfKI/AAAAAAAAEfU/icJ3sKcExxM/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.01.15+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519551614301863074″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlizfEShUI/AAAAAAAAEfM/EjsbXurQ14Q/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.01.59+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlizfEShUI/AAAAAAAAEfM/EjsbXurQ14Q/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.01.59+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519551454971594050″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJliiBaNZrI/AAAAAAAAEfE/PWn1kKcxfS8/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.03.11+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJliiBaNZrI/AAAAAAAAEfE/PWn1kKcxfS8/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.03.11+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519551154952693426″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJliY9ZjJeI/AAAAAAAAEe8/pBOSZEe61Yk/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.03.28+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJliY9ZjJeI/AAAAAAAAEe8/pBOSZEe61Yk/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.03.28+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519550999257359842″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJliHv3wVpI/AAAAAAAAEe0/vV_1kXA8pOs/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.03.44+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJliHv3wVpI/AAAAAAAAEe0/vV_1kXA8pOs/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.03.44+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519550703568180882″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlh989BZ-I/AAAAAAAAEes/kaKrv-r195g/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.04.17+PM.png”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlh989BZ-I/AAAAAAAAEes/kaKrv-r195g/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.04.17+PM.png” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519550535281240034″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJle9aYaQJI/AAAAAAAAEd8/u6ZW6Km-f1I/s1600/IMG_8479.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 215px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJle9aYaQJI/AAAAAAAAEd8/u6ZW6Km-f1I/s400/IMG_8479.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519547227465990290″ //aThe boys start. This was a good race with the top runners from Southern VT all squaring off on the tough Brattleboro course. New course records were set by Jacob Ellis from Brattleboro and Mary Kate Cirelli (one of our summer Elite team skiers) from Rutland. Congratulations to both of them!br /Our runners did quite well. Bridger and Paddy led our boys placing 2nd and 3rd, while the girls won the team event with Heather in 4th, Rachel in 5th, Issy in 6th, Cam in 7th and Hallie in 8th. br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJleNBJGlQI/AAAAAAAAEd0/KAXF8CM1fK0/s1600/IMG_8489.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJleNBJGlQI/AAAAAAAAEd0/KAXF8CM1fK0/s400/IMG_8489.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519546396057179394″ //aPaddy and Bridger make their move and pass the 2nd place runner.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJldu6IDMoI/AAAAAAAAEds/WF3p_nnBNsY/s1600/IMG_8481.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJldu6IDMoI/AAAAAAAAEds/WF3p_nnBNsY/s400/IMG_8481.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519545878777639554″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJldJS_iQ5I/AAAAAAAAEdk/95VgYyjS2Hk/s1600/IMG_8509.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJldJS_iQ5I/AAAAAAAAEdk/95VgYyjS2Hk/s400/IMG_8509.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519545232617784210″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlcnYLYWbI/AAAAAAAAEdc/2qxvo3GeLQg/s1600/IMG_8507.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlcnYLYWbI/AAAAAAAAEdc/2qxvo3GeLQg/s400/IMG_8507.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519544649894091186″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlb__IarDI/AAAAAAAAEdU/G4HWVkrzvqs/s1600/IMG_8500.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 355px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlb__IarDI/AAAAAAAAEdU/G4HWVkrzvqs/s400/IMG_8500.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519543973155875890″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlbf55nafI/AAAAAAAAEdM/nYDGTtTZEdE/s1600/IMG_8513.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlbf55nafI/AAAAAAAAEdM/nYDGTtTZEdE/s400/IMG_8513.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519543421995805170″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJla44y4gNI/AAAAAAAAEdE/ovZLLWkBMdc/s1600/IMG_8515.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJla44y4gNI/AAAAAAAAEdE/ovZLLWkBMdc/s400/IMG_8515.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519542751684231378″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlaicYGLZI/AAAAAAAAEc8/B9TdeoivQkg/s1600/IMG_8520.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlaicYGLZI/AAAAAAAAEc8/B9TdeoivQkg/s400/IMG_8520.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519542366098566546″ //aAfter the race we all went 100 yards down the road to the Tyler house for a delicious dinner. Thank you Carmen and Kyle!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlaGyXLFsI/AAAAAAAAEc0/7fNtz2ULi6c/s1600/IMG_8522.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlaGyXLFsI/AAAAAAAAEc0/7fNtz2ULi6c/s400/IMG_8522.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519541890963936962″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlZl5AqbJI/AAAAAAAAEcs/ae5Tgj2IMmY/s1600/IMG_8529.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlZl5AqbJI/AAAAAAAAEcs/ae5Tgj2IMmY/s400/IMG_8529.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519541325812886674″ //aOur hosts for dinner.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlZGmSwMdI/AAAAAAAAEck/EHPeMhZPLjE/s1600/IMG_8531.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlZGmSwMdI/AAAAAAAAEck/EHPeMhZPLjE/s400/IMG_8531.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519540788212543954″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlZFlyRb9I/AAAAAAAAEcc/ROOcnxwkJgA/s1600/IMG_8532.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlZFlyRb9I/AAAAAAAAEcc/ROOcnxwkJgA/s400/IMG_8532.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519540770896441298″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlZE0nyOdI/AAAAAAAAEcU/xLg6i1kC9nk/s1600/IMG_8536.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJlZE0nyOdI/AAAAAAAAEcU/xLg6i1kC9nk/s400/IMG_8536.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519540757699115474″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-4847344918958631255?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

  • Vuelta a España: Wrap Up

    Just a quick post to toss up the final GC bump charts for the Vuelta.  See here for an explanation of these plots.

    Related posts:

    1. <Tour de France Charts
    2. <Vuelta a España: Bump Charts
    3. <Week In Review: Friday Sep 10th


  • Sun Valley and Onward…

    Tim and I just finished up a great dryland camp in Sun Valley with a huge group of skiers there from the USST, Sun Valley ODT, Methow, and CXC.  After having barely ventured out of Craftsbury all summer it was nice to mix up the training with a new location and some new people.  It was hard training with a lot of intensity, a few very tough time trials,  and some awesome OD runs and hikes in the mountains.  I also added some golf training to the plan with a few recovery sessions at the Sun Valley Club putting greens and a round of “Cabin Golf” at Mikey Sinnott’s cabin on Petit Lake.  The mornings were quite chilly adding the excitement of fall but with the exception of one cold rainy day, Sun Valley lived up to its name with lots of sunny skies.  Here are a couple pictures from one of our runs up to Pioneer Cabin at 9400′.

    The view from Pioneer Cabin

    sv2

    I’ll try to post a few more pictures as soon as I upload them from my camera.  Also check out www.nccsef.org where Pete Vordenberg has posted lots of updates and great pictures from the camp.

    It was a really fun camp so I was sad to leave but luckily there are many more adventures ahead!  Late last night I flew back to Vermont and now I’m headed to Dartmouth as soon as I finish hurriedly throwing all my belongings into the back of my car.  School starts bright and early tomorrow morning…..uh oh!

  • Chasing Shadows

    a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJisjoaiDoI/AAAAAAAAEcM/WS9OK7KVvFE/s1600/IMG_8442.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJisjoaiDoI/AAAAAAAAEcM/WS9OK7KVvFE/s400/IMG_8442.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519351071486643842″ //aYou’ve got to love the sun rise on a clear September day!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJisZreuJcI/AAAAAAAAEcE/wjz2pZ0za64/s1600/IMG_8447.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJisZreuJcI/AAAAAAAAEcE/wjz2pZ0za64/s400/IMG_8447.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519350900510827970″ //aClick any picture to enlarge.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJisJRKCAgI/AAAAAAAAEb8/mMTSe7teEkg/s1600/IMG_8455.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJisJRKCAgI/AAAAAAAAEb8/mMTSe7teEkg/s400/IMG_8455.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519350618566820354″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJirj4xZ0WI/AAAAAAAAEb0/MF3MsvCwZlQ/s1600/IMG_8457.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJirj4xZ0WI/AAAAAAAAEb0/MF3MsvCwZlQ/s400/IMG_8457.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519349976365912418″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJiq6MzmgzI/AAAAAAAAEbk/0hDNhQEwtMc/s1600/IMG_8459.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJiq6MzmgzI/AAAAAAAAEbk/0hDNhQEwtMc/s400/IMG_8459.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519349260189336370″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJiqtuB7bcI/AAAAAAAAEbc/scFHt0gmNLM/s1600/IMG_8461.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJiqtuB7bcI/AAAAAAAAEbc/scFHt0gmNLM/s400/IMG_8461.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519349045769498050″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJiqbPXQyHI/AAAAAAAAEbU/3Tx2ahA3A9A/s1600/IMG_8476.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TJiqbPXQyHI/AAAAAAAAEbU/3Tx2ahA3A9A/s400/IMG_8476.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519348728299833458″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-4934888985151890134?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

  • Early Morning Rollerski Sessions

  • Sixteen thousand, one hundred and eighty four miles.

    span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’; font-size: small;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: 11px;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial; font-size: small;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: Times; font-size: medium;”div style=”margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: inherit;”This post isn’t about ski racing per say, and it isn’t about me. It’s about my sister, Robin, who just completed an epic journey, all 16,184 miles of it. nbsp;/span/divdiv style=”margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;”br //divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”

  • MWSC welcomes One Way to the Team!

    The MWSC Biathlon and Cross-Country Teams welcome One Way ski poles to the Team. Select members of both Teams will be using the new DS 10 pole, including Biathlon Team members Russell Currier, BethAnn Chamberlain and Grace Boutot.

    Rossignol / Oneway are excited to introduce the new DS 10 pole. The new DS 10 pole has a 100% carbon super light shaft with a new titanium coated carbon insert making the pole stiff and ultra light weight. The rabbit strap allows for twice the adjustment of a regular strap and the cork grip provides warmth, comfort and an anti-slip grip.


    Carbon Strap


    New Flash basket

  • MWSC welcomes One Way to the Team!

    The MWSC Biathlon and Cross-Country Teams welcome One Way ski poles to the Team. Select members of both Teams will be using the new DS 10 pole, including Biathlon Team members Russell Currier, BethAnn Chamberlain and Grace Boutot.

    Rossignol / Oneway are excited to introduce the new DS 10 pole. The new DS 10 pole has a 100% carbon super light shaft with a new titanium coated carbon insert making the pole stiff and ultra light weight. The rabbit strap allows for twice the adjustment of a regular strap and the cork grip provides warmth, comfort and an anti-slip grip.


    Carbon Strap


    New Flash basket

  • MWSC welcomes One Way to the Team!

    The MWSC Biathlon and Cross-Country Teams welcome One Way ski poles to the Team. Select members of both Teams will be using the new DS 10 pole, including Biathlon Team members Russell Currier, BethAnn Chamberlain and Grace Boutot.

    Rossignol / Oneway are excited to introduce the new DS 10 pole. The new DS 10 pole has a 100% carbon super light shaft with a new titanium coated carbon insert making the pole stiff and ultra light weight. The rabbit strap allows for twice the adjustment of a regular strap and the cork grip provides warmth, comfort and an anti-slip grip.


    Carbon Strap


    New Flash basket

  • MWSC welcomes One Way to the Team!

    The MWSC Biathlon and Cross-Country Teams welcome One Way ski poles to the Team. Select members of both Teams will be using the new DS 10 pole, including Biathlon Team members Russell Currier, BethAnn Chamberlain and Grace Boutot.

    Rossignol / Oneway are excited to introduce the new DS 10 pole. The new DS 10 pole has a 100% carbon super light shaft with a new titanium coated carbon insert making the pole stiff and ultra light weight. The rabbit strap allows for twice the adjustment of a regular strap and the cork grip provides warmth, comfort and an anti-slip grip.


    Carbon Strap


    New Flash basket

  • How Often Can You Go Fast?

    No pretty pictures this time, folks, sorry!  Instead a couple of regular old sortable tables.  No grand lesson here, just a simple question: how often can the best skiers in the world ski fast enough to finish in the top 3?  The top 10?  And so on.  (I apologize that some of the column headers are hard to read.  They are the proportion of of races each skier landed in the top 3, 5, 10, 20 and 30, in that order.)

    One table each for distance and sprint; men and women will have to share a table in each case.  For the distance skiers, I’ve only included skiers who started racing around 1994 or so to make sure I’m not counting just the last season of someone who raced through most of the eighties.  That means no Bjoern Daehlie, sorry.  Or plenty of other big names.  Just so you know, his percentages were freakishly high, but then, I’m missing at least two seasons of results for him.  Only WC, OWG and WSC races are counted.

    I guess I take it back, there is a grand lesson here.  I suppose I meant for you to think about how we measure success in a sport like cross country skiing, where the best skiers in the world finish outside the top ten a large proportion of the time (seriously, check out the tables).  It’s easy to remember all the times these crazy athletes skied super fast.  Not so with their failures.  It sort of reminds me of baseball, where the best hitters in the game fail around 65% of the time.

    As always, the RSS feed doesn’t like these tables, so you’ll have to click through to the site to see them.

    Distance

    Gender Name Nation Races Top 3 Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Top 30
    Women KALLA Charlotte SWE 47 0.319 0.383 0.702 0.894 0.979
    Women SMIGUN-VAEHI Kristina EST 166 0.325 0.434 0.699 0.873 0.958
    Men ELOFSSON Per SWE 72 0.375 0.486 0.681 0.847 0.958
    Women PEDERSEN Hilde G. NOR 93 0.108 0.258 0.645 0.86 0.968
    Women JOHAUG Therese NOR 48 0.208 0.312 0.604 0.771 0.958
    Women TCHEPALOVA Julija RUS 149 0.248 0.322 0.591 0.772 0.879
    Women KOWALCZYK Justyna POL 99 0.323 0.434 0.576 0.798 0.899
    Women BJOERGEN Marit NOR 121 0.347 0.479 0.57 0.777 0.893
    Women STEIRA Kristin Stoermer NOR 111 0.18 0.324 0.559 0.838 0.937
    Men ESTIL Frode NOR 125 0.232 0.312 0.536 0.744 0.864
    Women KUITUNEN Virpi FIN 121 0.256 0.331 0.521 0.752 0.884
    Women VARIS Kaisa FIN 56 0.161 0.304 0.518 0.714 0.821
    Men ANGERER Tobias GER 139 0.216 0.302 0.489 0.748 0.863
    Men NORTHUG Petter NOR 65 0.262 0.338 0.477 0.646 0.908
    Women SAARINEN Aino-Kaisa FIN 133 0.18 0.263 0.466 0.684 0.865
    Men COLOGNA Dario SUI 51 0.176 0.275 0.451 0.686 0.824
    Men TEICHMANN Axel GER 130 0.231 0.338 0.446 0.646 0.769
    Men SOEDERGREN Anders SWE 120 0.133 0.242 0.433 0.742 0.817
    Women SACHENBACHER-STEHLE Evi GER 148 0.061 0.176 0.432 0.764 0.919
    Women SHEVCHENKO Valentina UKR 198 0.091 0.217 0.424 0.763 0.904
    Men BAUER Lukas CZE 162 0.185 0.272 0.42 0.673 0.815
    Women ROPONEN (LASSILA) Riitta-Liisa FIN 108 0.046 0.148 0.417 0.815 0.917
    Women MAJDIC Petra SLO 141 0.092 0.156 0.397 0.723 0.823
    Women HAAG (HANSSON) Anna SWE 42 0.071 0.214 0.381 0.81 0.905
    Men HOFFMANN Christian AUT 100 0.19 0.22 0.38 0.58 0.7
    Women BARANOVA-MASOLKINA Natalia RUS 79 0.051 0.114 0.38 0.759 0.962
    Men PILLER COTTRER Pietro ITA 196 0.122 0.209 0.378 0.592 0.75
    Men VITTOZ Vincent FRA 188 0.122 0.181 0.372 0.601 0.755
    Women ORDINA Antonina SWE 71 0.056 0.113 0.366 0.69 0.915
    Men HELLNER Marcus SWE 52 0.135 0.212 0.365 0.538 0.635
    Men SOMMERFELDT Rene GER 194 0.093 0.216 0.34 0.557 0.722
    Men FREDRIKSSON Mathias SWE 207 0.068 0.155 0.338 0.652 0.86
    Women FOLLIS Arianna ITA 120 0.05 0.117 0.325 0.533 0.725
    Women BURUKHINA Elena RUS 47 0.064 0.085 0.319 0.553 0.723
    Men ROENNING Eldar NOR 66 0.076 0.167 0.318 0.439 0.667
    Women JACOBSEN Astrid NOR 35 0.114 0.114 0.314 0.6 0.8
    Men SVARTEDAL Jens Arne NOR 76 0.092 0.105 0.303 0.5 0.645
    Women LONGA Marianna ITA 99 0.051 0.131 0.303 0.545 0.727
    Men OLSSON Johan SWE 73 0.068 0.082 0.301 0.548 0.767
    Women KUENZEL-NYSTAD Claudia GER 140 0.114 0.186 0.3 0.664 0.879
    Women SKOFTERUD Vibeke W NOR 111 0.054 0.108 0.288 0.64 0.874
    Men VYLEGZHANIN Maxim RUS 60 0.1 0.133 0.283 0.417 0.567
    Women MEDVEDEVA-ABRUZOVA Evgenia RUS 99 0.071 0.121 0.283 0.596 0.778
    Women KURKINA Larisa RUS 61 0 0.049 0.279 0.689 0.934
    Men DEMENTIEV Eugeni RUS 72 0.097 0.125 0.278 0.556 0.75
    Men DI CENTA Giorgio ITA 206 0.058 0.141 0.277 0.544 0.704
    Men LEGKOV Alexander RUS 87 0.092 0.138 0.264 0.529 0.724
    Men FILBRICH Jens GER 135 0.044 0.104 0.259 0.578 0.778
    Men HOFSTAD Tore Ruud NOR 51 0.118 0.196 0.255 0.471 0.647
    Men HETLAND Tor Arne NOR 92 0.054 0.076 0.25 0.402 0.63
    Men JAUHOJAERVI Sami FIN 85 0.071 0.129 0.247 0.471 0.635
    Men JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin NOR 42 0.048 0.119 0.238 0.429 0.69
    Men MAE Jaak EST 182 0.049 0.121 0.236 0.445 0.621
    Men GAILLARD Jean Marc FRA 90 0.044 0.067 0.233 0.478 0.611
    Men BJERVIG Espen NOR 52 0.096 0.096 0.212 0.5 0.654
    Men GJERDALEN Tord Asle NOR 57 0.018 0.088 0.211 0.544 0.702
    Men BABIKOV Ivan CAN 44 0.023 0.091 0.205 0.5 0.705
    Women SCOTT Beckie CAN 115 0.07 0.13 0.2 0.487 0.652
    Men PANKRATOV Nikolai RUS 86 0.035 0.058 0.198 0.384 0.628
    Women BAUER Viola GER 93 0.022 0.043 0.194 0.548 0.742
    Men DENISOV Vitaly RUS 64 0.031 0.047 0.188 0.391 0.594
    Men HEIKKINEN Matti FIN 54 0.074 0.111 0.185 0.352 0.444
    Men JONNIER Emmanuel FRA 103 0.049 0.117 0.184 0.398 0.612
    Men IVANOV Mikhail RUS 82 0.073 0.073 0.183 0.39 0.585
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  • Salomon/City of Lakes Trail Loppet

    Matt Liebsch and I went 1-2 in the half marathon this weekend in Wirth Park in Minneapolis.  It is pretty cool to do a trail marathon in an urban environment.  The pack started out hard and we pushed the pace the entire race.  Matt broke away at mile 7 and after letting him gap the rest of the group I bridged up to him and we took the lead.  There is a lot of terrain in Wirth Park and a mile or so later we found ourselves running with no flags or trail markers.  We had taken a wrong turn somewhere.  Luckily Matt was able to get us back on course quickly but we had dropped back to 8th and 9th.   At this point Matt took off and I started the chase.  With about 2 miles to go we were back in 1-2 with Matt about 10 seconds up on me.  I finally caught up to him with 1.5 miles to go.  We slowed down, drank our feed bottles and settled in for the battle to the finish.  It wasn’t as close as I thought it would be, we threw our feed bottles and Matt took off.  My legs were pulsing and on the verge of cramping and we finished 17 seconds apart.

    My favorite races are the ones that are hard fought.  Matt and I have had many battles in skiing and running.  We train together a lot too and it is fun to continually push and challenge each other. Congratulations Matt on your race.

    I think this year we are going to keep track of our total time in all the races we do together for a ‘Tour De France” style competition.  My guess is we will be in a sprint during the final races of the year.

    Results at:

    http://www.onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=16289

  • Salomon/City of Lakes Trail Loppet

    Matt Liebsch and I went 1-2 in the half marathon this weekend in Wirth Park in Minneapolis.  It is pretty cool to do a trail marathon in an urban environment.  The pack started out hard and we pushed the pace the entire race.  Matt broke away at mile 7 and after letting him gap the rest of the group I bridged up to him and we took the lead.  There is a lot of terrain in Wirth Park and a mile or so later we found ourselves running with no flags or trail markers.  We had taken a wrong turn somewhere.  Luckily Matt was able to get us back on course quickly but we had dropped back to 8th and 9th.   At this point Matt took off and I started the chase.  With about 2 miles to go we were back in 1-2 with Matt about 10 seconds up on me.  I finally caught up to him with 1.5 miles to go.  We slowed down, drank our feed bottles and settled in for the battle to the finish.  It wasn’t as close as I thought it would be, we threw our feed bottles and Matt took off.  My legs were pulsing and on the verge of cramping and we finished 17 seconds apart.

    My favorite races are the ones that are hard fought.  Matt and I have had many battles in skiing and running.  We train together a lot too and it is fun to continually push and challenge each other. Congratulations Matt on your race.

    I think this year we are going to keep track of our total time in all the races we do together for a ‘Tour De France” style competition.  My guess is we will be in a sprint during the final races of the year.

    Results at:

    http://www.onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=16289

  • Video from Hill Climb

    Skate TT Video below. Well, it was more like a mini 3 stage race.divbr //divdivbr //divobject width=”320″ height=”266″ class=”BLOG_video_class” id=”BLOG_video-6b003543760b4a3d” classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/get_player”param name=”bgcolor” value=”#FFFFFF”param name=”allowfullscreen” value=”true”param name=”flashvars” value=”flvurl=http%3A%2F%2Fv3.nonxt7.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3D6b003543760b4a3d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1289810359%26sparams%3Did%252Citag%252Cip%252Cipbits%252Cexpire%26signature%3D28E189B89EA658444205AC58E835F38D58A4D4F7.64BD79BC9934BA33BE7B9778DB4077BE8D89810%26key%3Dck1amp;iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D6b003543760b4a3d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DBpVcWE1hnkxMXl6I9aEmASiUZf4amp;autoplay=0amp;ps=blogger”embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/get_player”width=”320″ height=”266″ bgcolor=”#FFFFFF”flashvars=”flvurl=http%3A%2F%2Fv3.nonxt7.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3D6b003543760b4a3d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1289810359%26sparams%3Did%252Citag%252Cip%252Cipbits%252Cexpire%26signature%3D28E189B89EA658444205AC58E835F38D58A4D4F7.64BD79BC9934BA33BE7B9778DB4077BE8D89810%26key%3Dck1iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D6b003543760b4a3d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DBpVcWE1hnkxMXl6I9aEmASiUZf4autoplay=0ps=blogger”allowFullScreen=”true” //objectdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-3707888541544709697?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

  • a successful trail run on a beautiful fall day

    a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJaxdUj_blI/AAAAAAAABC4/P5CDZkl2mLw/s1600/63584_473925414135_117010894135_6812839_5610623_n.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJaxdUj_blI/AAAAAAAABC4/P5CDZkl2mLw/s320/63584_473925414135_117010894135_6812839_5610623_n.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518793510683110994″ //abr /divParticipants of the Jackrabbit Trail run started in the cool fog Saturday morning, passing along the beaded Kenyan gecko from runner to runner from Paul Smiths to Lake Clear to Saranac Lake to Lake Placid and ended at Keene’s Rock and River Inn and guiding service./divdivbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”While on the trail just past the beaver dam:/divdivbr //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavb_D883I/AAAAAAAABCw/6nX9QHvRZN0/s1600/IMG_1473.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavb_D883I/AAAAAAAABCw/6nX9QHvRZN0/s320/IMG_1473.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518791288708461426″ //adivdiv style=”text-align: left;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size:medium;”ubr //u/span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavb_D883I/AAAAAAAABCw/6nX9QHvRZN0/s1600/IMG_1473.JPG”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; ” /span/aa onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavbA4ybCI/AAAAAAAABCo/02qbqNAkIpw/s1600/59838_473929974135_117010894135_6813050_2462962_n.jpg”/adiva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavbA4ybCI/AAAAAAAABCo/02qbqNAkIpw/s1600/59838_473929974135_117010894135_6813050_2462962_n.jpg”/aI had some special company at the end of my run in addition to the ladies above. Jenna, a student and Bill Koch skier, whom I met at the Lake Placid Elementary school last year, joined me for the last mile or so. Getting to go for a run and chat was great fun. I hope we get to do it again some time!/divdivbr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavaV6psRI/AAAAAAAABCg/8pMmMkAS2qM/s1600/63362_473929524135_117010894135_6813029_4662822_n.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavaV6psRI/AAAAAAAABCg/8pMmMkAS2qM/s320/63362_473929524135_117010894135_6813029_4662822_n.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518791260483727634″ //adiv style=”text-align: center;”The joint effort made us both a bit “taller” and stronger that day:/div/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; “img src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavbA4ybCI/AAAAAAAABCo/02qbqNAkIpw/s320/59838_473929974135_117010894135_6813050_2462962_n.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518791272018635810″ style=”text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; ” //span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color:#0000EE;”br //span/divdivHere’s the crew that finished out the last leg of the run from Mountain Rd. on Rt. 86 to Rock and River. Well, actually I was the only one to join in for the last leg. The others were having such a great time that they continued on leg after leg of the journey to make it to the end./divdivbr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavaOX27oI/AAAAAAAABCY/2AZW8gNQNzI/s1600/60408_473930914135_117010894135_6813108_4935413_n.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavaOX27oI/AAAAAAAABCY/2AZW8gNQNzI/s320/60408_473930914135_117010894135_6813108_4935413_n.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518791258458746498″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavY0xwmfI/AAAAAAAABCQ/L7JwqUMANeI/s1600/62805_473930329135_117010894135_6813074_8378968_n.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TJavY0xwmfI/AAAAAAAABCQ/L7JwqUMANeI/s320/62805_473930329135_117010894135_6813074_8378968_n.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518791234408192498″ //aThanks for hosting such a fun event Keela! Glad it has been so successful for Reason 2 Smile!/div/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1362992899157556571-3620126412095183766?l=comeskiwithme.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

  • A letter to the IOC


    It doesn’t get any better than this!

  • A letter to the IOC


    It doesn’t get any better than this!

  • A letter to the IOC


    It doesn’t get any better than this!

  • A letter to the IOC


    It doesn’t get any better than this!

  • Grinding Schedule Resumes

    a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T8lplfcx_Ro/TJY1VgMjL_I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/4t6o0JpIYwg/s1600/GrindingMan.JPG”img style=”float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T8lplfcx_Ro/TJY1VgMjL_I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/4t6o0JpIYwg/s400/GrindingMan.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518657036925218802″ border=”0″ //aThe first day of Autumn is this week. And with it, the normal winter grinding schedule resumes at Nordic Ultratune. br /br /That means that I’ll be running a batch of skis each week, and that turn-around on service will be fast. Skis that arrive by Thursday each week will be shipping back out on Monday by FedEx.br /br /Granted, there isn’t any new snow in the lower 48, but the days are getting shorter and you only need to flip a couple of calender pages to get to the first on-snow camps.br /br /Get your skis to Ultratune for a