Race Face Season

Watch out for GG in one of these

Race season is about to kick off for me.. .Yay!  The first race on deck is The Orginal St. Patricks Day 5k.  Short and sweet to get things started.  The best part about this race is that I have made a small wager with my friend Gareth on who is going to win between us.  What’s the wager you ask?  Well…. right now it stands that whoever loses has to wear one of those running skirts (or skorts) at the next race.  So keep an eye out for GG in a ‘skort’ sometime this year.

The Race after that is one of the new Smith Event Races.  The series is being put on by Tony Smith.  These are bound to be a lot of fun and the first one looks great so far.  Its XTERRA Winter Triathlon at Mt Norquay.  We Bike from the bottom of the paved Norquay Access Road to ski hill base village. 5.75 km. Vertical Rise 353m From there we transition to the Foot Race – Climb From Mt Norquay ski area base (via Shenanigan & Lone Pine) to top of North American Chair Lift. 1.00 km. Vertical Rise 400m. Then put on the ski boots (this might be the hardest part) and transition to Downhill Ski – Descend from top of North American Chair Lift (via the North American and Shenanigan ski runs) to finish line at ski area base. 1.5 km. Vertical Descent 400m. Whooot! sounds fun

The best part of the race is going to be the start.  ”09:45 Athletes ride bicycles down the access road to race start. 10:30 Sharp ! Race Start.”  From what I’m reading it sounds like a mass start bike up the hill….. All most Crit Style!  Ya…. cant wait.

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