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2019 WPM W05D06: 14 LSD miles.

This too was an event I had deemed 'I am not going to race' but much like Birkie 2 weekends ago, things changed and changed in a hurry. 

The last of the officially timed ski events for 2018-19 winter season, being held in our very own backyard in the good company many of my wonderful friends, sufficient knowledge of the course and its terrain gathered over the past 3-4 seasons with help from many said friends - to an extent that I feel 'at home' on every loop and not just when I see the final stretch to the finish line, an opportunity rub shoulders with the elites, and a peroration for Pat Szubielak as he embarks on retirement a second time ... drove the said change.

The tracks/trails felt a little slow (especially in shaded areas) but it wasn't anything that any skier would/should complain about. I was fortunate enough to stay behind Makenna (#776) for about 5-7 km and Katie (#796) for another 3-5 km. Getting an opportunity to mimic their stride and strokes, energy-saving tactics and tehcniques was quite invaluable. The final 5 km proved to be the testing grounds of what I had learned from them on the fly. Plenty of sunshine, blue skies, little to negligible winds, sunshine and a plethora of cheerful faces turned out out to be the icing on the cake! The official finish time of 2:11:27 was good
enough for 55/137 overall, 40/96 in gender and 4/8 in AG.

Fresh wax per Toko recommendation (1 layer of Toko LF Black; 1 layer of 1:1 Toko HF Blue:Red; Blue structure; JetStream 2.0 Bloc Blue with Mark Mehler's help).

Weather Summary: Clear
Temperature: 20° (-7C)
Humidity: 79%
Dew Point: 15° (-10C)
Wind: SE 2 mph (1 m/s)
Pressure: 30.08 in (1018.7 mb)
Cloud Cover: 79%
Visibility: +10 mi (+16.09 km)
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