Saturday, February 28, 2004

2nd Covered Bridge Snowshoe Races
February 28th, 2004 - Greylock Glen - Adams, MA

PH and I continued organizing events at the Glen, using the Gould Covered Bridge as part of the route.

We had an 8-Mile "Covered Bridge" event, and a 3.5-Mile "Hoxie_Thunderbolt" option.  Everyone took off together on the Hoxie-T Bolt section, and when back at the Gazebo you could continue with the Covered Bridge Race or stop with a Hoxie-Thunderbolt finish.

Interestingly, when my Pop got the gazebo, and was asked if he was continuing, he turned the question around and asked "how many have stopped?"  When told none, he said "I'm done".  It would be his first and only snowshoe overall race win!

I managed to finish 5th out of 36 finishers in the long race, and we had 29 complete the short version.

Additionally, two course markers completed the route on the previous Monday.