4.3 Mile Walk at Five Rivers
Friday, January 31, 2014
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
NO SNOWSHOEING IN SIGHT...
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Well... technically, that's not true, since Sunday the Dion WMAC series will finally kick off with the Sidehiller race up in NH... and it should be on snowshoes to boot (though last I heard with a greatly modified course.) But so far we've cancelled or postponed 5 races and the forecast is not so great for next weekend either...
What this reminds me the most of is my first season of snowshoeing, which followed a similar pattern... a couple of races with great snow and then not much else for the rest of the season, with a lot of races held either as trail runs or cancelled. Except this season the good snow happened about two weeks before the start of the season... and conditions have been pretty poor ever since.
Of course, it's probably all my fault... I purchased several new sets of snowshoes at the end of the season last year...
On the plus side, I've gotten to spend more time with Ann so far this season, since I'm not traveling to races in eastern NY and western New England, and I'll get to do a few events I might have otherwise missed (like the upcoming Highland Forest 10k... which I suspect will be a trail run...)
And now that I've actually qualified for Nationals... I hope we get some snow in the next month both so that I can actually train a bit and so that they are actually SNOWSHOE Nationals... right now I believe Prospect Mtn XC Ski Center is closed due to the difficulty of skiing on ice and bare ground...
JMH
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Well... technically, that's not true, since Sunday the Dion WMAC series will finally kick off with the Sidehiller race up in NH... and it should be on snowshoes to boot (though last I heard with a greatly modified course.) But so far we've cancelled or postponed 5 races and the forecast is not so great for next weekend either...
What this reminds me the most of is my first season of snowshoeing, which followed a similar pattern... a couple of races with great snow and then not much else for the rest of the season, with a lot of races held either as trail runs or cancelled. Except this season the good snow happened about two weeks before the start of the season... and conditions have been pretty poor ever since.
Of course, it's probably all my fault... I purchased several new sets of snowshoes at the end of the season last year...
On the plus side, I've gotten to spend more time with Ann so far this season, since I'm not traveling to races in eastern NY and western New England, and I'll get to do a few events I might have otherwise missed (like the upcoming Highland Forest 10k... which I suspect will be a trail run...)
And now that I've actually qualified for Nationals... I hope we get some snow in the next month both so that I can actually train a bit and so that they are actually SNOWSHOE Nationals... right now I believe Prospect Mtn XC Ski Center is closed due to the difficulty of skiing on ice and bare ground...
JMH
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
A PLEASANT SURPRISE
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
I figured I'd be lucky to qualify for snowshoe nationals this year, since it's practically in my backyard (about 90 minutes away, just east of Bennington VT) and there will likely be record turnout at qualifying races this season - after all, I had to drive to northern VT to qualify back in 2010 when nationals were near Syracuse. And I'm working under a definite handicap this season - my trail run times are resembling my slower snowshoe times, so I'm slower than ever!
Except... turnout at the Mendon Winterfest race was incredibly light, possibly the fewest I've ever seen. And there were only four runners in my age group... which means I'm in!
That certainly takes some of the stress out of the other qualifying races I'm hoping to run... if we ever get any snow...
JMH
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
I figured I'd be lucky to qualify for snowshoe nationals this year, since it's practically in my backyard (about 90 minutes away, just east of Bennington VT) and there will likely be record turnout at qualifying races this season - after all, I had to drive to northern VT to qualify back in 2010 when nationals were near Syracuse. And I'm working under a definite handicap this season - my trail run times are resembling my slower snowshoe times, so I'm slower than ever!
Except... turnout at the Mendon Winterfest race was incredibly light, possibly the fewest I've ever seen. And there were only four runners in my age group... which means I'm in!
That certainly takes some of the stress out of the other qualifying races I'm hoping to run... if we ever get any snow...
JMH
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
RAINY DAY, NICE NIGHT
2.2 Mile Walk in the Pine Hills Neighborhood
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Rain, rain, and more rain today... so I gave my legs a break and did some work at home after school, then went for a walk later in the evening when the rain had stopped. While I was walking the clouds cleared out and revealed a gorgeous full moon with Jupiter shining brightly nearby. It was such a nice view that I grabbed my camera once I got back home and took a few photos from the backyard...
-JMH
2.2 Mile Walk in the Pine Hills Neighborhood
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Rain, rain, and more rain today... so I gave my legs a break and did some work at home after school, then went for a walk later in the evening when the rain had stopped. While I was walking the clouds cleared out and revealed a gorgeous full moon with Jupiter shining brightly nearby. It was such a nice view that I grabbed my camera once I got back home and took a few photos from the backyard...
-JMH
Monday, January 13, 2014
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