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Birkebeiner-Rennet cancelled - wow
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Birkebeiner-Rennet cancelled - wow
Wow is right! Safety does come first obviously, especially when people haven't signed up to an expedition-style adventure. I'm thinking of doing the Birkebeiner-Rennet next year. I think of all those people who put serious effort into training and then the serious money going there from a far, for this to happen... I think of RSN's Peter Hoffman... I wonder how bad it really got. Parham. On Mar 17, 6:11 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: http://www.fasterskier.com/racing4176.html -- JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visithttp://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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Birkebeiner-Rennet cancelled - wow
As I watched NRK between the coverage of the various World Cup events they
cut away to an interview with some old guy competitors at one of the checkpoints on I guess part of the course that breaks out on an open plateau. The wind was way brutal, the snow looked like it was sandpapering everybody's faces, think storm scenes out of a movie like "Scott of the Antarctic". All I got to say those master age groupers are tough! I might be able to make a small video clip torrent if there's enough demand. I'm going to have find it buried in my 5 hours of Holmenkollen recording this morning. "Eddy Rapid" wrote in message oups.com... Wow is right! Safety does come first obviously, especially when people haven't signed up to an expedition-style adventure. I'm thinking of doing the Birkebeiner-Rennet next year. I think of all those people who put serious effort into training and then the serious money going there from a far, for this to happen... I think of RSN's Peter Hoffman... I wonder how bad it really got. Parham. On Mar 17, 6:11 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: http://www.fasterskier.com/racing4176.html -- JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visithttp://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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Birkebeiner-Rennet cancelled - wow
Wow, it must have been really bad. I came very close to traveling to
Norway just to ski that race this year, I'm now glad I didn't. I decided to go ski the Tour of Anchorage instead. The friendly people, cold and biting wind, cold sunshine, and the packed snow/ice everywhere reminded me of growing up in North Dakota. Except that ND doesn't have any mountains, or trees, or oceans, or glaciers, or bears, or fjords. Come to think of it, it wasn't much like ND. Speaking of the Tour, I had a great time skiing the tour, very nice course. I was doing great through 45K, but I planned my food/liquids/ pace poorly and hit the wall hard. I struggled throught the last 5K and lost a lot of time and places, but I still finished OK. I'd definitely do it again, but woe to those who ski that on a windy day. Much of the course is right on the Cook Inlet with marginal wind protection, it would not have been fun a couple of days earlier. Jon |
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Birkebeiner-Rennet cancelled - wow
Eddy Rapid wrote:
Wow is right! Safety does come first obviously, especially when people haven't signed up to an expedition-style adventure. I'm thinking of doing the Birkebeiner-Rennet next year. I think of all those people who put serious effort into training and then the serious money going there from a far, for this to happen... I think of RSN's Peter Hoffman... I wonder how bad it really got. According to the organizers, they had measured a maximal gust of 62 m/s (!) on Raudfjellet at the moment when they decided to cancel. Average wind was up to 20+ m/s at that time. 20+ m/s is about 45-50 mph, 62 m/s is well into hurricane territory, i.e. 140+ mph. Terje -- - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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Birkebeiner-Rennet cancelled - wow
"Terje Mathisen" skrev i melding ... Eddy Rapid wrote: Wow is right! Safety does come first obviously, especially when people haven't signed up to an expedition-style adventure. I'm thinking of doing the Birkebeiner-Rennet next year. I think of all those people who put serious effort into training and then the serious money going there from a far, for this to happen... I think of RSN's Peter Hoffman... I wonder how bad it really got. According to the organizers, they had measured a maximal gust of 62 m/s (!) on Raudfjellet at the moment when they decided to cancel. Average wind was up to 20+ m/s at that time. 20+ m/s is about 45-50 mph, 62 m/s is well into hurricane territory, i.e. 140+ mph. Why don't they thing of using sunday as a spare day; bad weather on saturday may not mean cancelling the race if sunday also is available for racing? -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes 69:41:41N 30:00:28E |
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Birkebeiner-Rennet cancelled - wow
On Mar 18, 11:29 am, "Terje Henriksen" wrote:
"Terje Mathisen" skrev i ... Eddy Rapid wrote: Wow is right! Safety does come first obviously, especially when people haven't signed up to an expedition-style adventure. I'm thinking of doing the Birkebeiner-Rennet next year. I think of all those people who put serious effort into training and then the serious money going there from a far, for this to happen... I think of RSN's Peter Hoffman... I wonder how bad it really got. According to the organizers, they had measured a maximal gust of 62 m/s (!) on Raudfjellet at the moment when they decided to cancel. Average wind was up to 20+ m/s at that time. 20+ m/s is about 45-50 mph, 62 m/s is well into hurricane territory, i.e. 140+ mph. Why don't they thing of using sunday as a spare day; bad weather on saturday may not mean cancelling the race if sunday also is available for racing? I was thinking of exactly the same thing. I was thinking it would be good if all Worldloppet races were held on Saturdays so that there is always a chance to shift them, if the conditions are poor one day and they improve for the next. Anyone know what the weather conditions were like for the Birkibeiner- Rennet course on the Sunday? -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes 69:41:41N 30:00:28E- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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On Mar 18, 11:29 am, "Terje Henriksen" wrote:
"Terje Mathisen" skrev i ... Eddy Rapid wrote: Wow is right! Safety does come first obviously, especially when people haven't signed up to an expedition-style adventure. I'm thinking of doing the Birkebeiner-Rennet next year. I think of all those people who put serious effort into training and then the serious money going there from a far, for this to happen... I think of RSN's Peter Hoffman... I wonder how bad it really got. According to the organizers, they had measured a maximal gust of 62 m/s (!) on Raudfjellet at the moment when they decided to cancel. Average wind was up to 20+ m/s at that time. 20+ m/s is about 45-50 mph, 62 m/s is well into hurricane territory, i.e. 140+ mph. Why don't they thing of using sunday as a spare day; bad weather on saturday may not mean cancelling the race if sunday also is available for racing? -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes 69:41:41N 30:00:28E- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I was thinking of exactly the same thing. I was thinking it would be good if all Worldloppet races were held on Saturdays so that there is always a chance to shift them, if the conditions are poor one day and they improve for the next. Anyone know what the weather conditions were like for the Birkebeiner- Rennet course on the Sunday? |
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Birkebeiner-Rennet cancelled - wow
Terje Henriksen wrote:
"Terje Mathisen" skrev i melding Why don't they thing of using sunday as a spare day; bad weather on saturday may not mean cancelling the race if sunday also is available for racing? The same question was asked about the American Birkebeiner this year - why not move it to Sunday. The answer was that they could not afford the staff and community impact on volunteers, law enforcement, bus drivers, businesses and everything else that is involved. Financially, it might be more ruinous to delay the event by a day than to cancel it completely. I'm just amazed at the sheer logistics of collecting all those folks, most of whom are now no longer dressed for standing around, and busing them to the finish. And to make the traffic management decisions _on the fly_ must have been simply amazing. It's been a very odd winter! Marsh Jones Minnesota |
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Birkebeiner-Rennet cancelled - wow
"Marsh Jones" skrev i melding ... Terje Henriksen wrote: "Terje Mathisen" skrev i melding Why don't they thing of using sunday as a spare day; bad weather on saturday may not mean cancelling the race if sunday also is available for racing? The same question was asked about the American Birkebeiner this year - why not move it to Sunday. The answer was that they could not afford the staff and community impact on volunteers, law enforcement, bus drivers, businesses and everything else that is involved. Financially, it might be more ruinous to delay the event by a day than to cancel it completely. In the case og the Norwegian Birkebeiner, it would mean to use the spare day (sunday) once in 70 years. I think that would be affordable. I don't like economic arguing. -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes 69:41:41N 30:00:28E |
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