I think we all should just be HAPPY we were able to get at least one decent race this year. With the lack of snow, what is an extra 1.7K. I think we should thank the foundation for their efforts NOT nit pick (one man's opinion).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:08 AM Subject: RE: [XC] 46.7km Birkie > It did not help that the 45 k sign was at the bottom of a hill. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rudolph, Stuart E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [XC] 46.7km Birkie > > > Scott, > > I was similarly disappointed and only figured it out when I came to the 45K > sign and could hear that the finish line announcer was still way in the > distance. It was my first Birkie. I was skiing classic with too much klister > (no kick due to icing, and terrible glide). Past the 45 K sign I saw smoke > from a fire in the distance, and assumed it was the snack stand at the > finish, and they had a warming fire, or were burning the cups, like at all > the previous food stations. Ha! It was somebody burning trash behind their > garage. > > I also was giving it what push I had left, knowing if I could speed it up > just a bit I would hit the 45K at under the next hour mark on my elapsed > time, which I did, but finished the 46.7K at 5 min past the hour. (I'm too > embarrassed to say what hour it was...) > > It is good training to deal with the unexpected. However, I don't think it > is unreasonable to ask the foundation that they get the mileage correct in > pre-race press releases. They know exactly where Duffy's Field is. > > Stuart Rudolph > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Bachmeier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [XC] 46.7km Birkie > > > OK, I've heard similar things from enough other folks now to know > that it wasn't just me who was a bit surprised by the "extra length" > of the Birkie. You see, I thought it was a 45km race, so at 43km > I decided to use up what was left in the tank (which wasn't much)... > but that extra 1.7km they added was *really* tough for me. I bonked > pretty hard right at 45km, and then got a bad attitude when the > tracks all but disappeared the rest of the way. > > So my question is: were the rest of you surprised at the extra > distance at the end? When did they decide to make it 46.7km? > Should comments be directed to the Birkie Foundation, or should > we just have the attitude "what's a couple-a kilometres amongst > nordic friends?" > > -- > Scott Bachmeier University of Wisconsin - Madison / SSEC / CIMSS > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~scottb > _______________________________________________ > http://www.MadNorSki.org/ > XC mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc > _______________________________________________ > http://www.MadNorSki.org/ > XC mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc > _______________________________________________ > http://www.MadNorSki.org/ > XC mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc > _______________________________________________ http://www.MadNorSki.org/ XC mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc
