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RRCA Challange 10mi. Howard CC 8am
Got up at 5:50am so I would have plenty of warmup time. Checked the website before leaving to be sure the race was not canceled because of pending bad weather. A little sleet at my house but roads were clear. Drove 45 miles to Columbia MD where the weather was clear and dry and 34F only to find the race had been cancelled. Considered running the course anyway, many others who had showed up were about to start. Started to warm up then decided it would be better to go home and run. The 10 mile course has no restrooms so I would still have to have a long warm up and then I would have to drive home tired and cold.
XC ski long (classic) 2:00:16 [2] 5.6 mi (21:29 / mi)
Still sleeting when I got home so I put off running for awhile. A short while turned into a long while and when I thought about running again was surprised to see it was snowing heavily and there were 4 inches on the ground. Weathermen were way off today. A wet snow like this was not going to last so I waxed up the skis and headed out the door. Wish I had a good place to ski without driving but the roads looked really bad for driving although some could be skied.
A bit around the apartment complex, then over to Pine Spring school and a couple of loops of the fields. Decided to risk some sidewalks along plowed roads so I could get to a bike path loop thru some woods about 1 mile away. Slow getting there but the loop was nice and someone else had skied part of it so I could use the existing tracks. In 2 hours I had hoped to get 8+ miles but I estimate I actually only went 6.5. I measured and it is even less 5.6
other (snow shoveling) 32:25 [2]
Stopped snowing before I finished sking and was starting to melt already. Wanted to get the shoveling done while I was still dressed for snow. Shoveled out my car and 2 1/2 others from the piles left by the plows. Used the big grain scoop shovel which can move a lot of snow. Shoveling last week must have built up some strength, not nearly as much strain on the back this time.