The City Of Lakes Loppet, which started as an idea posted on Mpls Issues less than a
year ago, was a huge success yesterday.
The snow right now is great but we had plenty yesterday, thanks for volunteers
who shoveled and groomed the course, and the people from the Mora Vasaloppet, who sent
down a machine that grinds up ice into snow.
We expected a couple hundred people to compete but by early Sat. morning, more
than 850 people had entered and registrations closed! We think this makes it the
third largest ski race in north America (after Mora and the Birkie.) Friday night
there were also about 150 people on the lake, many of them kids skiing for the first
time.
Some of the best skiers in the region were there....and a lot of us who aren't.
(For the record, I put the lope in loppet by finishing near the very end of the pack.)
Even better there is now a very strong base of volunteers who want to make this
even better next year. We have established a foundation to put on the race, but also
have the added goals of improving ski grooming in the city and bringing more kids into
the sport.
The Park Board did a great job in helping,(thanks esp. John Erwin, John Olson
and Annie Young) as did the sponsors, Abbot Northwestern, Clear Channel, Lifetime and
a group of others.
Anyone who wants to be part of this can email me and we can put you on a list.
R.T. Rybak
Happy but sore
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