a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/THHGYfwkYxI/AAAAAAAABAo/maQ65Dcmi94/s1600/IMG_1391.jpg”br /img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/THHGYfwkYxI/AAAAAAAABAo/maQ65Dcmi94/s320/IMG_1391.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508401943395197714″ //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”iThe entrance sign at Rock and River, Keene/i/span/divdivbr //divdivMy training week ended yesterday with a run along the bJackrabbit Trail/b. This 39 mile trail links the towns of Keene, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Lake Clear and Paul Smiths with the mission of promoting skiing in the Tri-Lakes area. Its unique name is in honor of Herman “Jackrabbit” Johannsen, who was one of the many influential Norwegians to introduce nordic skiing and ski jumping to the US and Canada. Jackrabbit Johannsen in particular helped promote nordic skiing in Lake Placid through the Lake Placid Club just as the town began to grow as a winter sports mecca leading up to hosting the 1932 Winter Games. His advice was sought on such projects as the construction of the 1932 Olympic ski jump or as an instructor for the Lake Placid Club’s Sno Bird Ski Club while living in Lake Placid with his family and working for the logging industry in Montreal. divbr //divdivI didn’t attempt the full 39 miles of course, but instead covered the first few miles from Keene’s Rock and River lodge back up to Placid and ended at the Olympic Training Center. After the end of a long summer of training and having spent a lot of time on some of the same trails, it was invigorating to revisit a good local trail with a point to point destination. /divdivimg style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/THHGX6rpNFI/AAAAAAAABAg/oRqMflLkiUY/s320/IMG_1392.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508401933442430034″ //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”iAt the top of the pass the trails skirts along beaver ponds below high cliffs perfect for ice climbing/i/span./divdivbr //divdivI was also curious to check out this section of the trail again because on September 18th it will be my leg of theb /b
