No Race 1-26-10

Hey there, ski racers, not enough snow to give you all the quality night ski race experience you have come to expect from the well oiled machine that is the Iowa City Nordic Ski Series.

Rest up and go do the Iowa Games races this weekend in Dubuque!

General Information

DATE

Saturday, January 30

DEADLINE

Early Registration Deadline
($20 Entry Fee includes both Classical and Freestyle)
Postmark: Friday, January 15
Online: Friday, January 15

Late Registration Deadline
($25 Entry Fee includes both Classical and Freestyle)
Online only: Monday, January 25

Pre-Registration is preferred.
On-site registration will be accepted with a $25 fee.

SITE

Mines of Spain State Recreation Area, Dubuque (located south of Dubuque at HWY 61/151 and HWY 52)

TIME

10:00 AM Classical and 2:00 PM Freestyle

No Race Report

Well at least 2 of our steady Iowa City ski-folk brushed aside the "sanctioned" cancellation last night. Anyone else have results they should like to share? Thanks Sean!


Hi Steve and fellow skiers,

Well, there was a race tonight. The race was unsanctioned, unfair, and unfreakinbelievable! We two (Finn and Sean) held a screaming time trial smack-down.

I can see why the race was cancelled: it was too fast.

Finn talked me into doing the time trial, but then I upped the ante: new time trial distance: 4 laps. Either 4 laps or nothing.

Deal.

I was not feeling good, I didn't get enough sleep last night, I didn't stretch, I am worried about my students, I skied with my heavy training poles, and my hat was askew: those are all the excuses I could muster.

4 laps
Sean: 39:56 (9:32, 19:40, 29:57, 39:56)
Finn: 36:55

Overall Podium:
1st: Finn K
2nd: Sean S

40+ Podium:
1st: Sean S

20+ Podium:
1st Finn K

Tonight was the fasted conditions I've ever seen at Ashton.

Peace,

Sean

No Race Tonight 1-19

Sorry folks, no go tonight. Go ski if you are into it, we just can't do a race with the snow the way it is.

MNRA was groomed, so console yourselves with that.

TT Results 1-12-10

A great night for ski racing and spectation! I brought my camera but in all the fuss forgot about it. Oops. Thirty skiers! No doubt lured by the very nice hand crafted trophies up for grabs? To the numbers, then:

Place - Name - Overall Time - Method

1 Erik Lei 19:10 (skate)
2 Gardar Signrrosen 19:12 (skate)
3 John Stanick 19:27 (skate)
4 Paul Denninger 19:30 (skate)
5 Jason Beerends 19:45 (skate)
6 Finn Kolsrud 19:45 (skate)
7 Wayne Fett 20:20 (skate)
8 Todd Gillihan 20:21 (skate)
9 Brian Eppen 20:25 (classic) (1st- m - classic)
10 Sean Scanlon 21:15 (skate)
11 Kevin McConnell 21:54 (skate)
12 Brian Abbott 21:56 (skate)
13 Jim Trepka 21:59 (skate)
14 Brent Degeus 23:27 (skate) WAX!
15 Charlie Ritter 23:40 (skate)
16 Jeff Barnes 23:52 (classic)
17 Cara Hamann 25:09 (skate) (1st-f-skate)
18 David Bartells 25:27 (skate)
19 Jean Gilpin 25:52 (skate) WAX!
20 Steve Dodge 26:04 (skate)
21 Cable Grey 27:28 (skate) WAX!
22 Kim Eppen 28:03 (classic) (1st-f-classic)
23 Grant Headley 28:20 (classic)
24 Doug Bottorf 28:24 (skate) WAX!
25 Paul Sueppel 29:28 (classic)
26 Nick Ski 30:51 (classic)
27 Sandy Kessler 31:26 (skate)
28 CT Kruckeberg 33:12 (classic)
29 Kyle Williams 37:18 (classic)
30 Robin Williams 37:52 (classic)

if you wish to protest these results, good luck with that, & sorry for any and all spellings gone awry

Huge thanks to all who came out to race, and to Brett for running the synchros, (and doing the grooming). The cash donation box was overflowing with goodwill, between the mass start race and tonight's tt $313 has been raised to keep the groomers grooving! If you see a WAX! next to your time above you won one of the Geoff's ski tunes, you can pick it up at the shop. And Erik, you left before collecting your very nice handcrafted trophy, you can pick it up at 30th Century Bicycle, or maybe at another race?

Hope we get to do it again next week!

There were some Pearl Izumi Lobster gloves picked up in the parking lot, if they are yours they are at Geoffs!

The Frozen Spoils

I'm not saying you should cheat...

I'm just saying bring your A games tonight, cause' the trophies are pretty sweet!

Thanks to the Rock Lobster for being such a pole busting monster and donating his shrapnel to the cause.