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Monday
Jan 23 |
Cleared snow from deeper areas of
the Middle Trail. Walked entire course,
marking route with flags. 3 hours. |
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Friday
Jan 27 |
Shoveled part of Spring, Spring connector,
and Middle to clear a foot of snow,
even as new snow was falling. 2-1/2 hours. |
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Saturday
Jan 28 |
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Jan 28.
6 inches of new snow yesterday!
Ride course. Middle is fairly easy. The Luge
is pretty tough. Spent an hour clearing spots. |
Jan 28. Lambert's Luge northbound.
Tough
riding, tricky, and occasional hike-a-bike, even
after we've stomped and shuffled the snow aside. |
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Sunday
Jan 29 |
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Jan 29. Eight inches of new snow during the
night.
Hey! What happened to that trail I just
cleared? Photo on the Spring Connector. |
Jan 29. This is the lap/finish
fork on
the Spring Trail. Spent 4 hours
shoveling trail and posting "thataway" signs. |
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Monday
Jan 30 |
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Jan 30. Another six inches of new
snow.
On Lambert's Luge, working
southward.
You can barely see bike tracks from yesterday. |
Jan 30. Same spot a few minutes
later.
After 4 hours of work, all sections of the
race
course are ready to ride. |
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Tuesday
Jan 31 |
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Jan 31. An inch or two of fresh
snow during
the night. We're on the Middle Trail.
This section is snowshoe-packed. |
Jan 31. Looking northwest on the
Middle
Trail, near the water tank road.
No need for new shoveling today. |
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Wednesday
Feb 1
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Feb 1. Four new inches of snow!
Here's the resting bench on the Middle
Trail, near the little tricky double-dip. |
Feb 1. It's possible to ride,
but very
difficult. After the test-ride, I spent
two hours working the shovel. |
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Thursday
Feb 2
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Feb 2. Snow and rain has been
falling for most of the past 36 hours.
The tire tracks from yesterday afternoon
are almost completely covered here. |
The trail is buried in 6 inches of very heavy
glop.
It's an almost-impossible
ride today.
Mike and I spend much of the afternoon
clearing Middle, Ziggy, Luge, and
Spring. Again! |
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Friday
Feb 3
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Feb 3. A little touch-up on Friday (about 4 hours
of "touch-up") and the trail is looking good.
No further snow is forecast before racetime.
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On some sections, there's occasional dirt.
As night falls, we're still working on
ruts from riders during the afternoon.
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Saturday
Feb 4
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RACE
DAY !
Bruce and Matt show the shirts of manly men.
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RACE
DAY !
With our sponsors logos, of course...
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