Jay T's Big and I mean BIG Saturday Workout 1-17-04

I skied the famed Balsam Branch Vinterfest 20K Skate race. The course
held up pretty well considering the recent rain, warm temps and lack
of snowfall. We had a pretty small field which allowed me to take 7th
overall out of 38. I was 4th in the 40-49 age group but would have
been first if they had a 45-49 group... That's what happens when the
competition is at the Seely Hills Classic which probably had a much
tougher field than the National Masters 30K in Marquette. My time was
1:04.32. Ben Popp won the race in 56:58. The next fastest guy was 1:01
something. I would have been around 1:03 something but crashed on one
of the "S" turns. I was right in front of Klay Diggins at the time but
he made it through the corner. Anyway, I had my formerly slow rock
skis because of, well, the rocks... I've beaten them up pretty bad the
last couple of seasons. They're a pair of first generation, Peltonen
Supra Caps. Yesterday, I put in a coat of CH10 and then warm scraped
them. Tons of base material came up. Then, I put in a layer of CH7.
Once again, I warm scraped them. The finishing layer was Star Ultra
Tech Purple for the 10-32F range. The race temp was closer to 30F so I
ironed in some Star F2 Fluoro powder. I had good skis but still
managed another petex scrape on one of the rocks. As a result, I was
glad I used the rock skis... I went to the race with Bill Stuber and
Steve Clancey. Among the many (38)there were Bruce and Margaret
Adelsman, Rick and Lisa Wheeler, Craig and Kim Ruud (who won the
women's race), John Dewall who won the 10K, Lori Belz who raced the
10K and Jerry Engen who provided support, Len Coequyt, Bill Quinn, Dan
Alms, Erik Minge, Mark Newman, Paul Schoening, Tom Meyer and Tim
Wilke. The total time skiing including warm-up, race and cool-down was
3 hours.

Jay Tegeder
"Stick around this sport long enough and you'll beat everyone at least
once!" JT