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Birkie Thoughts
Birkie is coming up. Once again a lack of time on skis due to cold weather
(NoDak) and cold/flu bugs, am second guessing which race to do. Classic or skate? Bumped back to the 5th wave this year. Had a couple of lousy years and missed last year. Any comments? Mike |
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Birkie Thoughts
Conditions aside, it's a matter of comfort and picking one's enjoyment
and poison. Skating calls for more intensity, lots of ups and downs, while striding allows the skier to better control intensity, while being a more continual full body effort. My fallback is striding, but for the next person it might be skating. Gene "Mike" wrote: Birkie is coming up. Once again a lack of time on skis due to cold weather (NoDak) and cold/flu bugs, am second guessing which race to do. Classic or skate? Bumped back to the 5th wave this year. Had a couple of lousy years and missed last year. Any comments? Mike |
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Birkie Thoughts
On Feb 7, 12:48*pm, wrote:
Conditions aside, it's a matter of comfort and picking one's enjoyment and poison. Skating calls for more intensity, lots of ups and downs, while striding allows the skier to better control intensity, while being a more continual full body effort. *My fallback is striding, but for the next person it might be skating. * Gene "Mike" wrote: Birkie is coming up. *Once again a lack of time on skis due to cold weather (NoDak) and cold/flu bugs, am second guessing which race to do. *Classic or skate? *Bumped back to the 5th wave this year. *Had a couple of lousy years and missed last year. Any comments? Mike how many kms do you think you did on skis this year? A rule of thumb I stick to is you have to have ~500 km on skis before a serious marathon like the Birkie. |
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