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Great Bear Chase Report
This year's Bear Chase was much different than last year's edition.
Gone were the images of people skiing with duct-taped faces and frostbitten cheeks. This year it was a balmy 30 deg at start time, about 35 degrees warmer than last year. The bears were out, too. Although they had to scramble pretty fast to get out of the way at the start, definitely the fastest start of the races I've done the last two years. I started too fast and ended up skiing myself into a stupor at the 10k point. It's amazing what my brain will tell me when that happens: "You should have done more hills; maybe your getting the flu and you should pull out; too much bike training this week; maybe you should pull out." You get the idea. I figured I would survival ski the next 14k and then decide at the halfway feed station located at the beginning of the second loop, in front of the very cozy and comfortable Swedetown Chalet. I'm sure that this is the single greatest cause of all of those DNF's in the Bear Chase, coming around and stopping in front of the chalet and forcing oneself to continue a second loop. My wife says that every race is a few hours dedicated to doing we love without the distraction of the rest of our lives and this (and a couple of awful tasting chocolate Carbboom gels) carried me up the hill and onto the second lap. My times for each 10k went something like 34m, 45m and then settled into the 41m range and the second lap brought a nice rhythm. The snow was warm and humid and very well-groomed; Cera F over Salmon over Tan with little structure gave me great glide and except for losing a basket with 10k to go, everything went well and I finished with a smile on my face. What a great race and what great people! One interesting thing, with the popularity of the internet and this group, I experienced this thing where people kept asking for names during and after the race; maybe we should wear name tags or identify ourselves in postings with our ski suit colors??? Still smiling, Chris Sauer ne iowa Red Holstein suit (old US Master's colors) |
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