Running and Snow Shoes
Next time I decide to race Snow Shoe Nationals I may try running--in snowshoes--before Nationals. A a 10km race with spring loaded circular metal ring things attached to your feet at 10,000ft--didn't know a 10km could be the same type of pain as a half marathon and take almost as long to complete. The things our friends make us do. Peer pressure is under appreciated in endurance sport. The start The first three minutes where incredible. Then. It. Went. Hypoxic. Amber and Ryan are the dots in lower left. Our idea of a good time: Saturday: AM: Easy morning spinout PM: 10km Snow Shoe Nationals at Snow Basin (9,000ft) Superior Peak, UT Approach to Superior Fresh air and endorphin; purest stuff on earth Sunday: AM: 4 hour ride with over an hour of tempo work Off the bike: 4 hour snow shoe run/climb/traverse up Superior Peak (approx. 4,000ft of gain at 10,000ft) Monday: 2AM: 4hr Practice Exam for the boards (