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40 Ski Marathons?
I think this last American Birkebeiner was my 40th ski marathon since
1984. I'll count them up; American Birkiebeiner x 23 times Swedish Vasaloppet x 1 Norwegian Birkebeiner x 1 Finlandia Hiihto x 1 Swiss Engadin x 1 Czech Jizerska x 1 Austrian Dolomitenlauf x 1 Canadian Keskinada x 1 Minnesota Vasaloppet 58K x 1 Minnesota Vasaloppet 42K x 1 Minnesota Governor's Cup 48K x 2 Minnesota Cannonball 42k x 1 Minnesota Pepsi Challenge 48K x 1 Wisconsin Superior Municipal Forest 42K x 1 Wisconsin Pre Birkie 43K x 1 Michigan Noquemanon 48K x 1 Well, I guess that's 39... Jay T |
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40 Ski Marathons?
I have you beat Jay w/ 106 including 30 birkies and 17 other world loppet
races The FrontRunner (not really that competitive) wrote in message ... I think this last American Birkebeiner was my 40th ski marathon since 1984. I'll count them up; American Birkiebeiner x 23 times Swedish Vasaloppet x 1 Norwegian Birkebeiner x 1 Finlandia Hiihto x 1 Swiss Engadin x 1 Czech Jizerska x 1 Austrian Dolomitenlauf x 1 Canadian Keskinada x 1 Minnesota Vasaloppet 58K x 1 Minnesota Vasaloppet 42K x 1 Minnesota Governor's Cup 48K x 2 Minnesota Cannonball 42k x 1 Minnesota Pepsi Challenge 48K x 1 Wisconsin Superior Municipal Forest 42K x 1 Wisconsin Pre Birkie 43K x 1 Michigan Noquemanon 48K x 1 Well, I guess that's 39... Jay T |
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40 Ski Marathons?
I should add mine up sometime.
-18 Birkies -Probably 6 long Pepsi's before I figured out there's a short race -A few long Seeley classsics -Bear Chase (only 1) -A couple 58 Vasaloppets (skate) and two classic -Does the 42 km? Gov Cup count? That's all I can think of. Jay |
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40 Ski Marathons?
On Feb 27, 9:07*am, Jay W wrote:
I should add mine up sometime. -18 Birkies -Probably 6 long Pepsi's before I figured out there's a short race -A few long Seeley classsics -Bear Chase (only 1) -A couple 58 Vasaloppets (skate) and two classic -Does the 42 km? Gov Cup count? That's all I can think of. Jay Hey guys you haven't done the Lake Placid Loppet! More total vertical than the other marathons. The Porter Mt Trails will kick your butt and you have to do them twice. |
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40 Ski Marathons?
On Feb 26, 3:01*pm, wrote:
I think this last American Birkebeiner was my 40th ski marathon since 1984. I'll count them up; American Birkiebeiner *x 23 times Swedish Vasaloppet x 1 Norwegian Birkebeiner x 1 Finlandia Hiihto x 1 Swiss Engadin x 1 Czech Jizerska x 1 Austrian Dolomitenlauf x 1 Canadian Keskinada x 1 Minnesota Vasaloppet 58K x 1 Minnesota Vasaloppet 42K x 1 Minnesota Governor's Cup 48K x 2 Minnesota Cannonball 42k x 1 Minnesota Pepsi Challenge 48K x 1 Wisconsin Superior Municipal Forest 42K x 1 Wisconsin Pre Birkie 43K x 1 Michigan Noquemanon 48K x 1 Well, I guess that's 39... Jay T I've heard there's some marathons outside of the midwest? 8-). Seriously, that's a good record. I've only done about 8, but then again, I only made the transition from touring in the woods to groomed trail skiing in 01 or -02. |
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40 Ski Marathons?
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:56:17 -0800 (PST), wrote:
I've heard there's some marathons outside of the midwest? 8-). Seriously, that's a good record. I've only done about 8, but then again, I only made the transition from touring in the woods to groomed trail skiing in 01 or -02. I'm similar -- about four Lake Placid 50ks, three Keskinadas and once each Rangeley and Sugarloaf. |
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40 Ski Marathons?
Are you allowed to count the same race 23 times? That's a lot of
marathons, either way. I have done 21 in seven seasons (if I can count the 3-day Arctic Circle Race as 3 marathons, and the abominable London 4-hour roller- ski race (115km)): Transjurassienne Engadin Arctic Race x3 Savoyarde Traversee du Queyras Dobbiaco-Cortina North American Vasa (twice) Transpyreneenne Sgambeda Keskinada classic Keskinada skate London R-ski 4 hr Pustertaler skate Noquemanon (three times) Birkie Craftsbury Those days are gone now: I can't go long enough for a marathon or fast enough for a 5km, so I am trying a back-country race this weekend. My log tells me I have done a total of 247 races (covering 3,963km) in my 17 seasons of skiing. The most in one season was 35. 50 skate 54 classic 101 biathlons 9 military (fancy-dress) races 21 roller-ski 12 roller-biathlon That seems a lot to me, but I guess anyone who spent a few seasons racing seriously would beat it by a long way. Can you tell I'm an Excel fan (the spreadsheets as well as the poles)? Hugh |
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40 Ski Marathons?
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:55:31 -0800 (PST), Hugh P
wrote: abominable London 4-hour roller- ski race (115km)): Whoa. |
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40 Ski Marathons?
Interesting thread ... used to consider myself a runner, then became a skier
who ran to stay in shape for skiing, now gradually switching back to a runner that skis to stay in shape in winter for running. 17 ski marathons (2 Birkies, one Vasaloppet and the rest local) 9 running marathons 66 total ski races (from 5k to 90k) 256 running races total (from 800m to marathon) and hopefully this summer my first 50 mile ultramarathon. JKal. "John Forrest Tomlinson" wrote in message ... On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:55:31 -0800 (PST), Hugh P wrote: abominable London 4-hour roller- ski race (115km)): Whoa. |
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40 Ski Marathons?
Jeff and Stephanie Kalember wrote:
Interesting thread ... used to consider myself a runner, then became a skier who ran to stay in shape for skiing, now gradually switching back to a I ski to stay in shape. Otherwise I would have to start spending time on ski prep, instead of just go out and ski. runner that skis to stay in shape in winter for running. 17 ski marathons (2 Birkies, one Vasaloppet and the rest local) 9 running marathons 66 total ski races (from 5k to 90k) 256 running races total (from 800m to marathon) OK, if we're allowed to count these things, then I have completed about 45-50 orienteering competitions/year for a _lot_ of years. I started orienteering when I was 10, but probably didn't average more than about 30 races for the first 10 years. Lets call it 40x43 =~ 1700 races. :-) (I have started in some ski marathons (tour races) as well of course, along with a bunch of other sports.) Terje -- - Terje.Mathisen at tmsw.no "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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