Training Log Archive: jima

Event: GSSS Beaver Brook Snowshoe Race
 

Warmup for Gunstock weekly time trial - so-so conditions, but then it was warm and raining overnight.

Classic time trial.
Silver klister seemed to work pretty good. Didn't seem to drag, other than when i was hitting dirt clods. Would have been nice to have a consistent track all the way around, but was able to fuddle through.

First lap about 35 seconds faster than the second.

A short break, then switched over to skating. Think these were stillwaxed with CH10 from winter storage, rubbed some CH8 over that and ironed it in. Seemed to do the trick.
Seemed to be skiing in bursts - have lost the feel for skiing at speed for extended distances and carryign it up hills, around corners, etc.

Noticed that my max speed was faster on classic skis than on skate skis - flex or grind??

Second lap slower by about 30 seconds than the first.

Evening ski at Gunstock - snow cover is getting thin is a few spots, but with a headlamp, often don't see that until you're already in the patch of gravel/dirt.
After a brief warmup on some of the Cobble race trails, headed out counter-clockwise on Cobble, then out/up Maple. Not too bad, even the s-curve still has reasonable cover. Did some back and forth on the uppper part fo Maple, then the Oak loop, coming down along the stream. Back along Birch (a couple of bare spots appearing along it), then took the cutover and into the ski-o maze.
Think I need to change the map to show these as snowshoe trails, rather than narrow groomed. Until/unless I can get someone to take a snowmobile through there with a sled, better to under promise.
A lot of fun - the uphills were OK, as the snow cover is not too bad. Much deeper and ski tips getting snagged will be more of a problem. Downhills OK, although I was rather wimpy - using my poles in front of me to slow me down.
Picked up a few extra gouges - not all the rocks are covered.
After about 18 minutes on narrow trails, finished up continuing ccw on Cobble, after popping out on the Wood Loop.

Evening snowshoe sorta-run at Gunstock. Hitting some trails again to widen them, then some others for the first time. Went S on Maple, up the S-curve, then up the hill - a bit more snow with that extra elevation and NE exposure. Back down the same way, then did the short trail that drops from just above the S-curve and hits at the lower crest. Not sure if I'll use these for ski-o, rather steep and gnarly.

Slow going on sections, but able to get in some bursts of speed here and there.

Brief chat with the roving security guy when I got back to my car. No hassle or anything, just a friendly how-ya-doing, glad you're out of the woods.