SKIING

Yup, it's time. I'll be skiing every day this week. Call 7817101558 or email if you want to join me...

Skinnyski trail reports

Including:

Battle Creek Regional Park - Winthrop Street (Saint Paul):
Conditions: Rolled with pretty good coverage on bottom.
Coverage was pretty good actually. A few thin spots... a couple of which weren't really avoidable. It has been rolled. No tracks set. I used my good skis which was probably a mistake...it can be done, but be careful

Como Regional Park and Golf Course (Saint Paul):
Conditions: Fairly firm, well groomed except for the usual trouble spot under the bridge. Not enough snow for a classic track.
Stop 1 of 5, this one was the best. Como was well groomed and surprisingly firm...nice job St. Paul!

[For those of you not in the know, Como usually has crappy grooming. Perhaps this is a new leaf turned over]

Hyland Lake Park Reserve (Bloomington):
Conditions: Rollpacked, good 3-4" base, fairly firm.
Stop 4 of 5, beautiful early season Hyland skiing. They had the trail well packed and fairly firm, although I thought Como was a little better (but Hyland had a little more snow)

Bruce didn't make it to Terrace Oaks but I am going tonight to check it out...

Skiing in to break...

For this week:

1. If you have skis, get them scraped and waxed. We'll discuss at the meeting tomorrow (7:30) where and how to do that.
2. I'll plan on skiing at Elm Creek at least once this week. Probably Thursday. Leave at 6:00 back by 9:00. Striding is probably best as they'll have solid tracks there and hopefully have the whole 2.5k course open.
3. I may also ski Wednesday morning (Elm Creek or Hyland) if there is interest.
4. Next weekend is the Breadsmith-Hoigaards relays at Hyland. Saturday morning, and if you don't drink Friday night it's not so bad. The race is a 2.5k relay with teams of two so you each ski 2.5k twice. Think of it as a good interval session. It's fun, fast and close and suggested if you don't have finals looming.
5. We'll also discuss vacation skiing at some point tomorrow.

See you tomorrow. Someone (me perhaps) will be running 4:45 today and tomorrow. Not quite enough snow to ski (although Como might work if you are desperate).

Oh hey look Elm Creek is making snow

Yup for real. So no more Trollhaugen (no offense to them but Trollhaugen sucks). So we might have skiing close-ish by come Thursday or so. And if that is the case, we will make a beeline.

4:45 until then, see you there but not Monday.

SKIING FRIDAY

depart 5:45 a.m., back by 9:40. Yeah, it's fake snow. But it's real skiing!

Email ari with questions.

Otherwise, 4:45 every day this week. Speed tomorrow!

November cometh

Several things may impede our training in the next two days:

Monday: I will be phonebanking somewhere. If you are an Obama supporter, please find out about participating yourself. If you are a McCain supporter, please make sure that you do noting election-related on Monday or Tuesday.
Tuesday: There's some election whatchmahoozie going on. (If you are a McCain supporter, remember to vote on November 5.) I'll be voting and the probably lying on the floor shaking for a few hours. That will be a pretty sight I guarantee you.

Come Wednesday we'll be running at 4:45 as usual. See you then.

Last week in October

A bit late...

Tuesday: Run / stairs with Ari
Wednesday: on your own with whoever shows up
Thursday: Run / rollerski with Ari (if you have rollerskis please email me)
Friday: Hallowe'en!

Saturday: Loooong rollerski if anyone is interested (Elm Creek or Afton)

SNOW!

A few tidbits...for Saint Paul:

Sunday: Scattered snow showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Windy, with a northwest wind between 26 and 31 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Blustery, with a northwest wind between 18 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%

But what of the upper peninsula of michigan?

FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEKEND

If this is so, I might be going to the UP Monday night for a day of skiing Tuesday. Stay tuned...