tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765491466852689692.post6669300957539272552..comments2023-12-11T09:00:24.299-05:00Comments on Until the Snow Ends: Craftsbury Marathon Race ReportColin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289923497258059725noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765491466852689692.post-9220513720834112622010-02-08T18:51:50.354-05:002010-02-08T18:51:50.354-05:00Hey I met a guy at the start of the City Of Lakes ...Hey I met a guy at the start of the City Of Lakes Loppet (a small race in Minneapolis; only ~1000 finishers) who had a camera on his head for the whole race (and still beat me, damn): http://vimeo.com/9280839. It reminded me of something I'd seen here. He should be skiing the Birkie, maybe you can have a ski video contest there. I hope he does one for the Birkie. See you there, maybe, it Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765491466852689692.post-52402899898538441122010-02-07T21:14:50.150-05:002010-02-07T21:14:50.150-05:00Colin - thanks for your entertaining race reports ...Colin - thanks for your entertaining race reports & skatey-skier stuff...it got me motivated to dust off some very old freestyle nordic cobwebs and try my first cc race -- the lake placid 50k this weekend...v1ing the whole way left me near the back of the pack, but I loved it. Appreciate the motivation. PatrickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765491466852689692.post-43044783365618990342010-02-05T21:37:49.677-05:002010-02-05T21:37:49.677-05:00It's like a flat you can fix quickly.
In a 50...It's like a flat you can fix quickly.<br /><br />In a 50k it's pretty standard to carry some wax with you in case your initial wax job wears off or quits working.Colin Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289923497258059725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765491466852689692.post-65297687344506015712010-02-05T21:01:35.648-05:002010-02-05T21:01:35.648-05:00Is having to stop and rewax more like getting a fl...Is having to stop and rewax more like getting a flat i.e. you carry wax around with you? or more like forgetting to lube your chain and getting chain suck i.e. stopping to bang the shit out of your equipment and hope you don't make it worse?<br /><br />kthx!megAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07576587779421536530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765491466852689692.post-48891999823161167332010-02-05T11:18:42.539-05:002010-02-05T11:18:42.539-05:00When Linda asked me if I read your blog I should h...When Linda asked me if I read your blog I should have figured out she knew you through XC. I originally thought it was just your bike racing internet fame. She is an old friend and you are right - she rules! I may enlist you to urge her to do some Verge races in MA next season.KC - Threshold Cyclingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765491466852689692.post-36314925134011198522010-02-04T22:48:55.689-05:002010-02-04T22:48:55.689-05:001) Sorry about skiing all over your tails. I reall...1) Sorry about skiing all over your tails. I really tried not to. Then our strides would get out of sync and I would be back over your tails. Then you dropped me like a bad habit.<br /><br />2) I had Toko spray green binder applied in the C-bury wax cabin at a whopping 8 degrees at 9pm the night before, after my hands were already totally frozen from waxing my mother's skis. And it held the Luke Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215899775567698921noreply@blogger.com