Rain rain go away

nateJuly 21, 2009

Truth be told, my lawn really needed the rain, but as I drove towards Afton this evening and my radio was saying “severe weather going through span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_0″span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_0″Woodbury/span/span and Afton right now” I was not thinking of my lawn. Tonight was the first set of 5k time trials for the summer (we do them three times each summer). The time trial consists of a 5k skate, a bit of recovery, and then a 5k classic. Tonight I got to the time trial location on span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_1″span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_1″Nybeck/span/span road 45 minutes early hoping to get a little extra skiing in, but this is what I saw rolling in:br /pimg id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361121782811046226″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/SmaH22YPsVI/AAAAAAAAAE0/vwW3gs-mRiY/s320/P1030076.JPG” border=”0″ /Instead of skiing in I got to sit in my car and watch the clouds roll through and dump quite an impressive amount of rain. span class=”blsp-spelling-corrected” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_2″Fortunately/span by the time that we were supposed to start it had pretty much passed, and we were left with just a drizzle./pimg id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361146206048992786″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/SmaeEeB7vhI/AAAAAAAAAE8/mrXD2ownirE/s320/P1030078.JPG” border=”0″ /By the time we finished our warm up the rain had stopped and the sun had come out. It actually got pretty hot! (or at least muggy). The time trail went well. My arms could span class=”blsp-spelling-corrected” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_3″definitely/span feel the 2:45 classic ski from Sunday, but I was still able to post a personal best time in the skate race (the classic was a bit slow for me). Dave should send out results in a day or two.br /pMore span class=”blsp-spelling-corrected” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_4″pictures/span:/pimg id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361147471378561474″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/SmafOHwAucI/AAAAAAAAAFE/WNSXI1JTStY/s320/P1030080.JPG” border=”0″ / img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361147638215338610″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/SmafX1Q_6nI/AAAAAAAAAFM/nJStRTVgM6g/s320/P1030082.JPG” border=”0″ / img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361147770558450914″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/SmaffiSDjOI/AAAAAAAAAFU/uD2LRnVQ2Ss/s320/P1030083.JPG” border=”0″ / img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361147916349760242″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/SmafoBZaYvI/AAAAAAAAAFc/mIzuODz1w1E/s320/P1030085.JPG” border=”0″ / img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361148071479184882″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/SmafxDTJjfI/AAAAAAAAAFk/WNDqAALxfyk/s320/P1030087.JPG” border=”0″ /It was Cheryl’s birthday, and that meant treats! But don’t try to steal any of her brownie – she will cut you! img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361148220305605554″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hvZteNu0E40/Smaf5tuIg7I/AAAAAAAAAFs/Fn7rA_A-7xI/s320/P1030088.JPG” border=”0″ /div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1572647974447867713-2093495822419888522?l=vakavaraceteam.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

nate

Former collegiate skier at GAC. Currently a dentist in MN who can still win a few local races if the CXC guys don't show up.




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