Australian Pursuit, Retro Suits, 33 and Snowing

Sverre CaldwellMarch 3, 2010

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47V4vC2SLI/AAAAAAAACgc/pIXw9kwcsng/s1600-h/IMG_3106.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47V4vC2SLI/AAAAAAAACgc/pIXw9kwcsng/s400/IMG_3106.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444524170215311538″ //aWe had a great Australian Pursuit practice today. Older boys skied 15 km, older girls skied 10 km and the J2’s skied 5 km. Math geek, Sverre, seeded everyone with the slower skiers first and the hope that everyone would finish together. Winner takes all to the first across the line. It was a little tricky because we had not raced this course before (a tough 5+ km loop), people were going different distances( we had to guess at when to start the 10 km girls so that they would have an adequate lead on the boys as they came through for their first lap) and the waxing was tricky. To add to the fun, everyone was in charge of waxing and adjusting their own skis. The temperature was around 33 and there was a light snow falling onto variable tracks.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47VvgTsNSI/AAAAAAAACgU/INSOBHHCL7Y/s1600-h/IMG_3108.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47VvgTsNSI/AAAAAAAACgU/INSOBHHCL7Y/s320/IMG_3108.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444524011640599842″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47VoQ4i3qI/AAAAAAAACgM/9BgtsQsX68I/s1600-h/IMG_3109.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47VoQ4i3qI/AAAAAAAACgM/9BgtsQsX68I/s320/IMG_3109.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444523887241125538″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47VhlUySII/AAAAAAAACgE/YQ4SD9b_oVk/s1600-h/IMG_3116.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47VhlUySII/AAAAAAAACgE/YQ4SD9b_oVk/s320/IMG_3116.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444523772469201026″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47VT8-L6TI/AAAAAAAACf8/adKrm4aadcU/s1600-h/IMG_3118.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47VT8-L6TI/AAAAAAAACf8/adKrm4aadcU/s400/IMG_3118.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444523538298693938″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47U6XfZmUI/AAAAAAAACf0/y1XTubFI3G4/s1600-h/IMG_3124.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47U6XfZmUI/AAAAAAAACf0/y1XTubFI3G4/s400/IMG_3124.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444523098740726082″ //aBridger and Austin duked it out for the last 12 kms. Austin managed the victory because he had the track at the end and the track was faster.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47UpyEzzhI/AAAAAAAACfs/Z6OcKhbA7tM/s1600-h/IMG_3126.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47UpyEzzhI/AAAAAAAACfs/Z6OcKhbA7tM/s400/IMG_3126.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444522813819178514″ //aSnow was great, tracks were great, course was tough and waxing was tricky.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47UZupjpFI/AAAAAAAACfk/CCPbPQHAULM/s1600-h/IMG_3129.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47UZupjpFI/AAAAAAAACfk/CCPbPQHAULM/s400/IMG_3129.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444522538021659730″ //aFirst across the line wins…here is a heated battle!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47UHHLbkcI/AAAAAAAACfc/ZOWsCnKxFJk/s1600-h/IMG_3138.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47UHHLbkcI/AAAAAAAACfc/ZOWsCnKxFJk/s400/IMG_3138.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444522218188673474″ //aSky-dog used his zeros. They were great for the first lap, but then he started slipping…br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47SVXjdrFI/AAAAAAAACfU/fdwkxqiyFeU/s1600-h/IMG_3144.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47SVXjdrFI/AAAAAAAACfU/fdwkxqiyFeU/s400/IMG_3144.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444520264079354962″ //aIzzy C striding to victory.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47SGZi1jLI/AAAAAAAACfM/10EjhR999zc/s1600-h/IMG_3157.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47SGZi1jLI/AAAAAAAACfM/10EjhR999zc/s400/IMG_3157.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444520006915558578″ //aPost race clean up and story swapping.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47Rzu1iUUI/AAAAAAAACfE/l5jEZe1Bv6I/s1600-h/IMG_3170.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S47Rzu1iUUI/AAAAAAAACfE/l5jEZe1Bv6I/s400/IMG_3170.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444519686213620034″ //abr /Team “retro” pauses for a picture after the time trial. We found some old team suits and the team is having fun with the one piece uniforms.br /Everyone gave a great effort and it was a fun event. Ski waxing and selection played an important role and therefor the finish times were not quite as close as we had hoped, but everyone still finished in a 3 minute window and there were some excellent battles.br /Here are their actual times (remember that waxing was tricky):br /Format is lap time(s) and then totalbr /Bridger 16:58, 17:13, 17:01 51:12br /Austin Ca 16:37, 17:13, 17:01 50:51br /Magnus 17:00, 18:08, 18:03 53:11br /A Cobb 16:32, 16:41, 17:09 50:22br /Skyler 16:24, 17:47, 17:30 51:41br /Hallie 20:20, 21:02 41:22br /Issy P 20:25, 20:04 40:29br /Rachel 19:30, 20:21 39:51br /Gage 18:24, 19:16 37:40br /Cam 19:15, 19:43 38:58br /Izzy C 17:52, 18:09 36:01br /Brooke 19:56br /Heather 19:00br /Mac 17:56div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-585438909487283783?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

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