Let Us Eat Wait

We got a pile of snow, temps are good, and I have a stopwatch in my pocket. What is to stop us now? Maybe ungroomable conditions and high winds drifting the course all up. A recon team has been dispatched to Ashton (I think?) to assess, call on racing will be made by 3 this afternoon. If no race go ski or snowshoe or whatever anyways, as always.

Stay tuned!

Take the Ski-Heads Bowling

We here at ski race world HQ understand there is some kind of collegiate sporting event involving an oblong ball made of pigskin going on tonight plus it is going to be really cold (more so for us standing around running the syncros than you lucky racers) so we are going to go for Thursday this week, call will be made by noon on said Thursday.

Please believe we really just want to have races, not postpone them, but there is much to take into account, so as always, just go out and ski your two laps and have fun, because that is the name of the canteloupe.

Mass Start Mania!

Today the 2010 Iowa City Ski Race Season double poled off the line and straight into the wind. Fine snow conditions, really cold temps, and a sizeable field (for 2 days notice, even) made the day a total success. Finn Kolsrud busted out the fancy pants and showed how skate skiing is done, narrowly holding off the indefatigable Brian Eppen and his slick as flourocarbon glide wax classic technique for the outright win and the 72 slices of American Cheese!

Brian and all the classic skiers may have skied further (farther? Scanlon, a little help please, sir!) but that is one for ski race historians of the future to debate, not for a mild mannered ski blog writer to contemplate.

Full results are posted here.

Hope the Tuesday tt series can get going soon, keep yer tips crossed!

New Year's Mass Start Ski Race!!!

Short notice, but quit yer complaining, the race is not till next year...

New Year's day, 2010, 1pm 2 lap Mass Start ski race at Ashton!!

Details to follow as soon as we get it all worked out, maybe a Geoff's Bike & Skeedo division for special prizing?

Getting Results

Alright, the numbers are pouring in like the freezing rain is out.

First up, Brian Eppen cracked out a clockwise classic loop in 9:29, just holding off a hard-shooshing Kim Eppen who crushed her classic loop in 10:56! Wax was reported to be "dialed" and the Rock was called out!

Matt Hartman, skated two laps, 27:30, and did the laps counter clockwise.

There you have it, our podium!

Hope we get to have a real race someday...