Cariboo race cancelled
Posted by bckcrainbow on January 27, 2012
Bit of a bummer with the news that the Cariboo Marathon has been cancelled due to lack of enough snow to safely hold the race. This was the highlight loppet of my season, and I was feeling quite ready for the 50 km classic race. Oh well, time to switch to skate mode to prepare for the Sigge’s P’ayak, a 50 km skate event at Callaghan where they have lots of snow. So did my first skate ski session last night after a couple weeks focusing on classic…and my legs really felt it. The techniques are so different and I quickly lost the strength in my skating muscles. I think the slow snow conditions didn’t help but I’m quite certain it wasn’t the only reason for my tiredness.
Wednesday was an interesting ski at Cypress, it was snowing buckets on the mountain making for very soft tracks with lots of loose snow on the trails…it felt more like back-country skiing. Was fun to be out there in such snowy conditions, especially once I gave up on trying to go fast.
