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Tech Trails w/ Mansur

Ate meh and slept well last night.

Studio 13 https://www.xmaticdesign.com and Swedetown Trails Club http://swedetowntrails.org teamed up to sponsor the rebirth of Season Opener - a once mainstay of our Copper Country's Cross Country Skiing. chris schmidt https://www.instagram.com/thirteenhertz/ shed light on the format of previous editions and for 2022, it was a self-supported 7.5 km freestyle event with 30-second interval/individual start.

My goals were to start slow, keep a steady moving effort, maintain good form/technique, spend approximately equal amounts of time on both sides, minimize slow downs and stops, and average 6:00 min/km for the entirety of the course.

Immaculately groomed trails, pleasant weather, excellent company of fellow skiers, lessons and tips on the go from mentors, and support from organizers and volunteers made it a fantastic experience. Skiing the course yesterday without poles certainly helped. Quite content with the effort and the result - 4:19 min/km (0:34:09 was the official time for 7.95 km).

Lovely to see and catch up with many friendly faces before, during and after the ski. Good outing while celebrating the life and works of the world's first programmer and a fantastic poetical scientist, Ada Lovelace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace.

Ski: Fischer Speedmax Skate Plus 186 Cold; Glide: Toko GHW BP Blue applied, stripped and brushed on 2022-12-09. Toko GHW BP Red applied, stripped and brushed on 2022-12-09; Structure: Toko Red

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Start: 10:29, 29/19 F, 11 mph ESE, 83% humidity, Overcast clouds; Middle: 10:47, 29/20 F, 10 mph ESE, 85% humidity, Overcast clouds; End: 11:04, 29/20 F, 10 mph ESE, 85% humidity, Overcast clouds; Air quality: 28, O3

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2022 Swedetown Season Opener

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