Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
7th Annual Brave the Blizzard 3.9-Mile Snowshoe Race
Guilderland Elementary School
January 16th, 2011 - Guilderland, NY
Guilderland Elementary School
January 16th, 2011 - Guilderland, NY
Snow once again in Guilderland! I didn't make the event, but 207 finishers did! This is a new record for snowshoers at a WMAC Dion Series Race! The previous high was Saratoga Spa Winterfest with 196 to the finish line in 2009.
Closer to home, the Old Goat and I rambled along the Metacomet for 4-miles, with Tippi romping along as well.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
12th Annual Greylock Glen Snowshoe Race
January 15th, 2011 - Adams, Massachusetts
January 15th, 2011 - Adams, Massachusetts
Race Directing duties at another Greylock Glen Snowshoe Race at the Mount Greylock State Reservation, in the Adams Glen...
78 total finishers, with a 78th for me as I counted my flagging/marking time from early in the morning. I wrote a bit about this one as follows:
"... We had our first Greylock Glen Snowshoe Race in ‘99. It was unofficial, as many of them were back then. We have held snowshoe races in the Glen each year since.
This one was special for me, because PH came out to visit us for a while. PH, my dad and I have spent hundreds of hours in the Glen and on Greylock together through the years. although PH isn’t able to get out as he once did, but there wouldn’t be Greylock Snowshoe Races if it weren’t for him.
He directed all the early events here, and the current course is what he had come up with a few years back after the beaver had taken over the north side. I want to thank everyone for participating; I am honored to have shared this day with all of you, your spirit made it worthy!"
Once it was over, Tippi and I had 6.5-miles of snowshoeing on our legs.
78 total finishers, with a 78th for me as I counted my flagging/marking time from early in the morning. I wrote a bit about this one as follows:
"... We had our first Greylock Glen Snowshoe Race in ‘99. It was unofficial, as many of them were back then. We have held snowshoe races in the Glen each year since.
This one was special for me, because PH came out to visit us for a while. PH, my dad and I have spent hundreds of hours in the Glen and on Greylock together through the years. although PH isn’t able to get out as he once did, but there wouldn’t be Greylock Snowshoe Races if it weren’t for him.
He directed all the early events here, and the current course is what he had come up with a few years back after the beaver had taken over the north side. I want to thank everyone for participating; I am honored to have shared this day with all of you, your spirit made it worthy!"
Once it was over, Tippi and I had 6.5-miles of snowshoeing on our legs.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
4th Annual Massachusetts State Championship
2010 Mass State Championship
(make up from March 2010 & December 2010)
North Pond / South Pond 3.0-Mile Snowshoe Race
January 2nd, 2011 - Florida & Savoy, Massachusetts
2010 Mass State Championship
(make up from March 2010 & December 2010)
North Pond / South Pond 3.0-Mile Snowshoe Race
January 2nd, 2011 - Florida & Savoy, Massachusetts
Race Directing duties.
Long story behind this one, my friend LC said it best in an article about the event... Here is how the story unravels:
"... the Massachusetts State Snowshoe Championship, originally scheduled for March 2010 in Northfield, was postponed to December because of lack of snow cover.
December fared no better, with December 25 being the only day that showed promise. Needless to say, Santa holds exclusive rights, so the 2010 date stealthily tiptoed across the border to January 2, 2011, hoping no one would notice. Hardly anyone did.
A fireworks meltdown over the New Year’s holiday left our race director (incidentally from CT and standing in for official MA representative DD) hunkered down with his email list. “Here is what I suggest,” he cautiously typed, “– stay home and skip the race if you have any doubts or want to avoid potentially poor snowshoe conditions. Truthfully, most of you should avoid our race tomorrow. Do something else…”
Well, conditions were as advertised. The snow was minimal and roots were showing for much of it.
I managed 25th of 25 participants, using my time from marking the course early on.
Long story behind this one, my friend LC said it best in an article about the event... Here is how the story unravels:
"... the Massachusetts State Snowshoe Championship, originally scheduled for March 2010 in Northfield, was postponed to December because of lack of snow cover.
December fared no better, with December 25 being the only day that showed promise. Needless to say, Santa holds exclusive rights, so the 2010 date stealthily tiptoed across the border to January 2, 2011, hoping no one would notice. Hardly anyone did.
A fireworks meltdown over the New Year’s holiday left our race director (incidentally from CT and standing in for official MA representative DD) hunkered down with his email list. “Here is what I suggest,” he cautiously typed, “– stay home and skip the race if you have any doubts or want to avoid potentially poor snowshoe conditions. Truthfully, most of you should avoid our race tomorrow. Do something else…”
Well, conditions were as advertised. The snow was minimal and roots were showing for much of it.
I managed 25th of 25 participants, using my time from marking the course early on.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Lewis Farm Bird Sanctuary for 3-miles of snowshoeing with Tippi.
The site is almost 90 acres of former farmland that has been reverting to woodland for four or five decades. Mostly wooded, traversed by a stream emerging from a wetland and with a small pond in another low area, it lies at about 150 ft elevation in central Suffield, CT.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
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