Snowshoe - Northfield and Moody Springs

Snowshoe Double number 3 for February

Well this weekend was my final snowshoe double of the year.  This would be the toughest to date, partly because I was race directing the first event and partly because both courses are pretty tough.

I headed out to Northfield on Friday and met up with Paul Bazanchuk, Tim Mahoney and TiVO and we had free reign of the trails, which were closed, because of rain.  We picked up a few hundred flags and hit the trail.  After 1:48 of rain, fog, sleet, freezing rain and snow we finished the loop, which was 5.5 miles and had 1,300’ of climb/descent.   As we came back in the snow was coming down hard and Kevin Tilton had just arrived after a LONG drive from N Conway NH.  We hit the trail again to put out mile markers and give KT the opportunity to preview the course.  1:18 later we were done and my ankle was swollen and I felt beat.  Perfect way to prepare for the Northeast Federation Snowshoe championships J

Saturday morning was a treat with the weather being nearly ideal for racing.  I was at Northfield by 7am and finished up marking the course.  Despite being a very tough course it looked like the footing would be firm and fast.  The DRC crew showed up and we finished registration promptly at 845.

At 9am 85 runners took off for a trek around the mountain.  They’d get plenty of twists and turns and ups and downs…heck even the downs had some ups!  I took it out as relaxed as I could, knowing what lay ahead.  After the initial half-mile loop I was just inside the top 20.  We hit the single-track and started climbing.  By a mile I was into the top 15 and had started reeling in some of the fast starters.  Once we got to the pipeline section I’d caught up to the small train that Ben Nephew was leading.  I passed a couple of the guys on the road to the summit but soon after on the downhill I stepped aside and let Danny Ferreira and Ben by, along with TiVO who’d been tracking me closely.  He was suffering from some lung ailment and probably shouldn’t have been racing.

The guys really buried me on the downill, my ankle was killing me and I was just trying to recover on the long drop from 2 to a little after 3 miles.  On the final big climb to the top of Rose Ledge I began to close.  I almost caught back to the group at 4 and then we plummeted between the ledges.  I kept it close until the bridge at five miles but never quite got back into the group.  All in all I was pretty happy with my finish and certainly with the effort I put in.

I only hung out at the finish line for a few minutes before Tim Mahone and I headed out for another loop to clear the course.  That is the toughest duty on race day, but much easier with a friend along to help.

            Time            First            Last                  Age            Sex            Team

1           45:49            Kevin Tilton             29            M            CMS/INOV-8

2          45:53            Jim Johnson            33            M            CMS/INOV-8

3          45:54            Nicholas Wheeler    25            M        

4          47:52            Ryan Kelly                 29            M            Acidotic

5          48:44            Judson Cake                 33            M            Acidotic

6          49:42            Geoff Cunningham            33            M            Acidotic

7          49:53            Ben Nephew                        35            M            CMS/INOV-8

8          49:59            Tim Mahoney                       31            M            CMS

9          50:00            Charles Therriault            25            M            Acidotic

10         50:03            Tim Van Orden               42            M            CMS

11         50:07            Danny Ferreira            28            M            Acidotic

12         50:38            Dave Dunham             46            M            CMS

13         53:15            Ross Krause              31            M            RunReg.com

14         53:33            Robert Jackman            28            M            TNT

15         53:59            Amber Ferreira            28            F            Acidotic

Jim Johnson joined TiVO and me at the Red Roof Inn for a relaxing post-race evening. Our plan was to head to Hawley for the Moody Springs race on Sunday morning.  Wow, did it snow overnight and we were lucky to have JJ’s truck to get us there. 

We were among the earliest to arrive, giving plenty of time in the tricky conditions.  I felt beat from lack of sleep and race directing duties.  Ed Alibozek gave an enthusiastic greeting and we hung out by the fire until it was time to warm-up.  Tim Mahoney, Paul Baz, and JJ joined me for three miles on the road.  My ankle wasn’t too bad but I felt pretty beat.  Not a great way to head into a 5.5 mile race that had 800’ of climb/descent.

Ed’s pre-race briefing gave us all we’d need to know about the course…the snow would be deep and the going would be tough.  Just the way I like it.  Off we went and I settled into around tenth place to start.  Ross Krause was out almost immediately as his Velcro straps came loose twice in the first 100m of the race.  JJ was in front and blasting away, with apparently no fear of leading the way onto the single-track.  I slowly moved up into 6^th place and held that spot as we exited the snowmobile trail and hit the single-track.

Talk about a change of pace, we slowed down to a crawly in the deep powder.  I could see Tim Mahoney ahead and a couple of guys not far in front of him.  TiVO was right behind me keeping the pressure on.  I just tried to relax and pay out my remaining energy over the 3 miles of tough twisting single-track.  By the time we hit the switch back climb JJ had stepped aside and let the train by.  I was still in sixth but could see the entire lead pack only about 5 seconds ahead.  I NEVER quite got into the back of the group.  At one point I dropped TiVO but he closed in the last mile of the single-track.

We exited back onto the snowmobile trail with one mile plus to go and the leaders now sprinting out of sight.  TiVO went by me right away and noted “I’m red lining, you’ll catch me on the climb”.  I wasn’t so sure about that, my legs felt like led.  A quarter mile later I passed TiVO on the climb and started reeling in Tim Mahoney.  I got close but never quite got him.  I gapped TiVO by 30 seconds but he closed back on the final drop as my ankle was screaming and I just wanted to get to the line.  I crossed in 6^th and TiVO got 7^th and was crowned the 10,000^th WMAC finisher of all time.  Great way to end the weekend.

1 56:36 Chris Hayhurst            38            Male    

2 56:36 Brian Rusiecki            32            Male    

3 57:12 Jim Johnson              33            Male            CMS

4 57:38 Chris Taft                 30            Male            RUNREG

5 58:42 Tim Mahoney             31            Male            CMS

6 59:00 Dave Dunham             46            Male            CMS

7 59:10 Tim VanOrden            44            Male            CMS

8 59:45 Ross Krause              31            Male            RUNREG

9 1:02:41 Amy Lane                 33            Female            INOV8

10 1:03:23 Ken Clark                48            Male    

Week Ending 02-27-11

My first 80 mile week of the year.  Worried a bit about my left ankle that is giving me trouble.  It swelled up on Friday (after 3 hours of snowshoe) and looks like a sprained ankle.  Two snowshoe races didn't help the ankle.  I'm tired from race directing and a general lack of sleep. 

M - 430am Mt Kearsarge run 1:15 RT.  Nice relaxing 3m run after in 2714.
T - 430am Industrial park 5 in 3538.  Lunch 3 on treadmill in 2052.  PM 4m on treadmill in 2644.
W - 430am Ind Pk 5 in 3506.  Lunch 3 on treadmill in 2044.  PM treadmill 3 in 2039.
Th- Lunch 3 on treadmill (sore achilles) 2046.  PM Dan's road 8 in 5754.
F - Relaxing 3m run in the morn in 2559.  5.5 setting the Northfield course in 1:43, then again putting out mile marks in 1:18.
S - 1m setting part of NF course, then another mile warm-up.  Then raced to 12th place (2nd 40+) in 5039.  Warm-down clearing the course in 1:18.
S - 3 warm-up at Hallockville in 2412.  5.4m tough snowshoe race in 59:03.  1+ warmdown in 9:37.

Totals
Week - 82
Month - 291
Year - 489
Life - 110,690

Me, Danny F, and TiVO in the early going at Northfield.

Masters Snowshoe rankings

Rank	Last wk	# raced	Avg Pts	Name		Age	Team	This week
1	1	13	97..81	Tim	Van Orden	42	CMS	1st at Moby & 1st at Hallockville
2	2	10	92.37	Dave	Dunham	46	CMS	1st at Kingman & 3rd at Hallockville
3	5	7	82.65	David	Principe	44	TNT	1st at Beaver Brook & 3rd at Kingman
4	6	9	84.56	Chris	Dunn	42	Acidotic	Idle
5	7	9	82.47	Steve	Wolfe	46	Acidotic	3rd at Beaver Brook & 2nd at Kingman
6	8	6	85.51	Sean	Snow	44	GSRT	4th at Kingman
7	UR	6	85.41	John	Pajer	48	CMS	2nd at Beaver Brook & 2nd @ Hallockville
8	UR	5	84.35	John	Agosto	46	Shenipsit Striders	6th at Hallockville
9	9	13	86.43	Ken	Clark	48	HTC	3rd at Moby & 7th @ Hallockville
10	10	6	85.78	Erik	Wight	51	SMAC	Idle

Mount Kearsarge Presidents day run

Mt Kearsarge

I decided on a mountain run for President’s day, but with time tight (I really had to get my Northfield gear organized) I decided to stay somewhat local.  I’ve run to the summit of Kearsarge eight times but only once previously had I gone up in winter.  That time was a very cool sunset run with Albee, Dan, and Boltski back in March of 2005.  I knew that the surface would be hard packed as it is a very popular snowmobile destination.  I also knew I wouldn’t have company with a 5:30AM start.

Not really closed for the season

There would be no sunrise to view on this day, it was snowing lightly and there was some wind as I parked at the base of the Auto Road.  I quickly got into my Kahtoola’s and was off.  I had my headlamp on for the first mile but really didn’t need it.  The surface was smooth and at 11 minute pace I wasn’t going to take a spill.  I slowly climbed, not working especially hard, just enjoying being outside and listening to the satisfying crunch of every step.

I hit the parking lot (3.5 miles) in 38 minutes and then hit the single-track trail for the final half mile.  This section is usually very rough, but with 2’ of snow and snowmobile traffic packing it down it was smooth and run-able.  I hit the summit 7 minutes later.  The wind was howling and clouds had pretty much cut off any view.  I took a few shots of the fire tower ( a couple of windows were blown out) and then quickly climbed the tower.  It was around zero degrees and with the wind it was nasty.  I didn’t spend long on top.

It took me just over 4 minutes to cover the ½ mile back down to the parking lot and then the fun really starts.  The final 3.5 was very run-able and even the steeper parts didn’t require braking because of the nice cushion of the snow.  I came down in near 7:00 pace (25:03) for a very satisfying 8 mile round trip in 1:15.

I threw in another relaxing three miles after that to close out the day on a very satisfying note.

Snowshoe double

Snowshoe double (again)

We’ll this was the second weekend that I chose to do two snowshoe races, but it didn’t work out as well as last weekend.

On Saturday I headed up to Kingman Farm for a night snowshoe race.  Talk about unusual!  I remember marking a course in the dark with Richard, Kevin, Paul, at Massebesic a few years back.  That was my only (non-Orienteering) snowshoe experience at night.  I recall we had a lot of fun.

I warmed-up on the course with Kevin T and JJ which was probably the smartest thing I did this weekend.  I went in Kahtoola’s and the footing was very firm.  The race would be fast, so knowing at least a little of the course would be helpful.  We ran it as the sun set and it sure looked different in full dark.

I got next to Kevin on the line (seemed like no one wanted to get on the line) and felt like I was sprinting as we headed off at full speed down the trail.  The course was mostly double-track (wide enough for two runners side-by-side) which meant passing would be easy.  I settled into 5^th place as I saw KT and JJ’s headlamps slowly pull ahead.  Ryan Kelly fell into third and Geoff Cunningham was alone in fourth.  I had Bob Jackman right behind me and Ryan Welts and Danny Ferreia just a couple of steps further back.

At around 2 miles we hit the big open field and Bob went around me just as we hit the field.  It was good to have someone in front, having him right on my tail made it hard to see as his headlamp cast a huge shadow and I was having trouble seeing anything.  Bob started moving up on Geoff and I tried to go with him.  It was cool with the twists and turns to see all the headlamps behind.  Damn, Ryan and Geoff were only a few seconds back!  I felt like I was sprinting.

We hit the big climb up Hicks Hill and I closed a bit on Bob and Geoff.  As I crossed the summit I saw Kevin and JJ coming back across on a parallel trail (they were in a great battle).  On the first descent I was really watching my footing and Bob and Geoff gapped me by about 10 seconds.  At that point we took a sharp left and suddenly I saw their headlamps going off into the woods!  I yelled out “I think you guys missed a turn”, but I wasn’t 100% sure until a few seconds later when I saw flagging.  Now I had no headlamps in front of me so I had to be very cautious.  It was hard to pick out where we were turning with all of the switchbacks.  I heard footfalls and on the final 180 degree turn I stepped aside and Danny F blew by. We only had less than a ¼ mile to go but I had nothing left. I struggled to go with him and ended up finishing six seconds back.  I was surprised to find out that Ryan Welts went off at about the same spot and ended up running to the finish before realizing his mistake.  Too bad as he was having a terrific race.  So I ended up in fourth rather than 7^th so I guess hitting the course prior to the race paid off.  Times were really fast for this 3.4 mile race due to the incredibly fast footing.

We hit the road and did 2 easy miles before I headed for home and a late night.

Morning came way too fast!  I was out the door by 6am for the 2:30 drive to Hawley for the Hallockville Orchard race. 

I like the race at Hallockville, despite knowing it would be way too fast for me.  I like a slow grind and Hallockville is anything but slow.  Tim M and I did a nice 3 mile warm-up on the road and then got racing gear on.  I headed out for another mile in snowshoes and was surprised at how tired I felt.  I put it down to pre-race jitters.

At the start Ed huddled up the guys who might be among the leaders and went over the course description.  Then we were off and BAM I felt like I was swimming against the tide.  TiVo was gone right away with Tim M right with him.  John Pajer, who is gaining strength with every race, was alone in third and I was in fourth with the crunch of footfalls right behind me.  I tried to focus on reeling in John but was also thinking I need to lose whoever was behind me.  At the Orchard (1.5 miles) John was 20 seconds up, but I got great traction on the crusty section and really closed on him.  As we headed back into oncoming traffic I had closed to 3 or 4 seconds.  I just couldn’t seem to get any closer.  I never got a second wind and at 2.5 miles Chris Taft blew by me and tucked in behind John.  At 3 miles I still thought I might have a shot at them both, then the final uphill ended any thoughts of catching up.  Chris kicked it in to take third and John held strong for fourth place.  TiVo won the race out-right (his 5^th consecutive WMAC win) and Tim had a solid run 46 seconds back.

I’ll chalk this one up as a learning experience.  I learned that I have a lot of trouble fueling properly for a night race and it seems to carry over to the next morning.  I also learned that although I can do a double, it probably isn’t a good idea to do a night/day double-header.  I also learned that if you race enough, some days you are going to not have any race in your legs.  I’d rather do that than not race at all!

On to this weekend where I’ll try to double again and add in that I’ll be race directing at Northfield.  Is that a recipe for disaster?  Maybe, but that won’t stop me from trying.

Kingman Farm Moonlight 3.4 mile Snowshoe

 Madbury, New Hampshire - February 19, 2011

    1   22:51 Kevin Tilton                  CMS   

    2   22:53 Jim Johnson                CMS           

    3   25:35 Danny Ferreia             ACIDOTIC         

    4   25:41 Dave Dunham                CMS 40+       

    5   25:46 Robert Jackman           TNT  *went off course      

    6   25:49 Ryan Welts                   ACIDOTIC   

    7   25:57 Ryan Kelly                     ACIDOTIC  *went off course      

    8   26:07 Geoff Cunningham        ACIDOTIC *went off course     

    9   27:36 Reeder Fahnestock      ACIDOTIC        

   10   28:00 Christoph O'Donnell    TEAM PSYCHO         

Hallockville 3.5 mile snowshoe race

Hallockville, MA 02-20-11

1  22:50            TIM VANORDEN          Male     44        CMS 40+

2  23:36           TIM MAHONEY            Male     31         CMS

3  24:57           CHRIS TAFT                Male     30        RUNREG

4  25:02           JOHN PAJER               Male     48        CMS 40+

5  25:13            DAVE DUNHAM            Male     46        CMS 40+

Snowshoe - best of the best through 02-13

Here are my picks for the top snowshoe racers in the Northeast.  I’m hoping that most of them will come mix it up at the Northeast Federation championship @ Northfield Mountain on 02-26-11.  The 5.5 mile race will have two brutal climbs while covering 4.5 miles of single-track.  So here are my picks for the top 20 in the Northeast. 

The first group are guys who I think have a great shot at winning on any given weekend. 

Jim Johnson (CMS) has run 11 races this year and won nine of them.  Double-J has a lot of talent and is not only fast but also a strong climber.  He is preparing for SS Nationals and could really have a breakthrough there.

Tim Van Orden (CMS) has five wins in 11 races.  Tim is easily the top master in the Northeast.  He is also preparing for Nationals where he should be in a battle for the top age group spot.  Image what he could do if he ate a real meal?

Jeff Beck has three wins in the three races he’s done in the Syracuse area. He is a proven talent having finished second at the Nationals in 2008.

Josh Ferenc (BAA) has only raced once this winter and won handily.  Josh seems to snowshoe every year but never runs more than a couple of races.  Too bad, he could probably make the US team and get a fancy USA singlet J

Nicholas Wheeler (Adidas) ran his first snowshoe race early this season and took home the victory.  He may be the fastest guy coming to the Northeast championships who doesn’t own a pair of snowshoes.  This guy could really rip up the course.

Kevin Tilton (CMS) has one win in three races.  Kevin has won five times at Sidehiller.  No one in the history of WMAC has five wins at one race.  Oddly enough, those are Kevin’s ONLY wins in WMAC (the fact that he lives way up north in the shadow of Mt Washington may have something to do with that).  Kevin is preparing for Nationals and is having a very good winter of training.

Judson Cake (Acidotic) has two wins in six races.  Ran a very fast marathon last year and seems to be getting into faster shape as the season progresses.

Ben Nephew (CMS) has one win in two races.  Ben would probably prefer longer races (he is an excellent ultra runner) but his strength carries over to even the shorter snowshoe races.  Ben has finished as high as second place in the National championships.

Matt Westerlund has one win in three races.  He is gaining momentum as the season progresses.

The next group are guys who also have a great deal of talent but haven’t gotten a win this year.  I think on the right day any of them could break through.

Greg Hammett (CMS) has only raced once this year on the tough Northfield course.  I hope he comes back for the longer tougher version on the 26^th.  Longer and tougher are where Greg excels, although his indoor track times show he also has a lot of speed!

Ross Krause (RunReg.com) has run four WMAC races and had solid performances at all of them.

Tim Cox (Acidotic) has raced three times so far this winter, all in NH series races.  He is coming back from an injury in December and undoubtedly will be a contender if he races at the NH championships.  He had equipment issues at his last race and still managed a fourth place finish at Horse Hill.

Ryan Kelly (Acidotic) has raced five times and has improved with each performance. Acidotic has the most consistent team racing this winter.

Weslye Dinnan (Quick fix) has raced three times.  Very solid run at Sidehiller against a solid field.

Geoff Cunningham (Acidotic) has race four times.  His best race was a solid second place to Cake in a Maine race.

Tim Mahoney (CMS) has raced seven times and seems to be in the hunt consistently.

Dave Dunham (CMS) has raced eight times and finished as high as third place.  Only Tim Van Orden has topped him in the masters competition.

James Pawlicki (CMS) has raced twice and run well both times.  Check him out on NH Chronicle descending the hill at Sidehiller.

Ken Clark (Hartford TC) has one win in 11 races.  No one has amassed as many points as he has.  They have a category for overall points in the Trail Series (called Stone Heads), we really need an equivalent category in snowshoe.

Connor Devine has raced 6 times and is showing he can run with the top dogs.  The kid is only 17, may be one of the future stars.

Week Ending 02-20-11

Another 70+ mile week which is more than I could have hoped for, but I was out of gas at the second snowshoe race.  I guess I need more than 16 hours between races.  Keepin' it rolling...

M - Lunch 3 in 2053.  PM Dan's work 8 in 5740.
T - Lunch 3 in 2049.  PM Dan's work 8 in 5739.
W - 430am Industrial Park 5 in 3636.  Lunch 4 on treadmill in 2650.
Th - Lunch 3 in 2049.  PM Dan's work 8 in 5739.
F - Lunch 3 in 2046.  PM Dan's work 8 in 5650, felt great.
S - 630am Petey easy 3 in 2730.  430PM warmup at Kingman farm with JJ and KT, 6PM night race at Kingman, 645PM 2m group warm-down.
S - 9am 3m on the road with Tim Mahoney 2341.  Then 3.5 snowshoe race...ugly...2515, then 3.5 clearing the course in 3500.

Totals
Week - 76
Month - 209
Year - 407
Life - 110,608

If Jim Johnson crosses a finish line and no one is timing it, does it count?

NH snowshoe double-header

Another weekend meant another opportunity to race multiple times.  This winter has not been great for roofs or for finding a parking spot, but it has been great for snowshoe racing.  I made the decision to go to NH twice rather than head out to Saratoga again.  This saved me nearly 6 hours of driving.

I headed up to Merrimack on Saturday for the Horse Hill 7k and as an early arriver I was able to park in the lot/ice skating rink.  The footing was treacherous!  I met up with JJ and we headed out to run the course which we heard was a well packed 4.6 miles.  We both used traction systems on our shoes but not snowshoes.  The going was pretty decent and we covered the course in just over 45 minutes.  I guessed that JJ would race it in less than 30 minutes and I have been running about 10% slower than him so I had a decent idea of how long the run would take.

The first 200m was wide enough for two or three runners across but the front of the line saw only two runners across…JJ and Judson Cake.  I lined up behind Jim and Tim Cox lined up behind Judson.  We were off and JJ and Judson seemed to be at an all out sprint.  Ryan Kelly pulled up along side me and said “it’s going to be quite a race”, then he motored by and as we hit the single track I found myself in 6^th place.  On the first climb over Blodgett Hill I closed in on Chris Smith from Dungeon Rock Racing and on the downhill he stepped aside and I moved into 5^th.

Ryan was soon gone from sight and I found myself running alone.  I checked my watch at the Power line and knew from the warm-up that I was about 2/3^rds of the way through the course.  For the first time in a while I saw an Acidotic singlet in front of me (way in front).  I thought it was Ryan but later was surprised to see it was Tim.  About ½ mile later I had closed quite a bit on Tim and thought that maybe he was hurt (I found out after the race he had some shoe troubles and had to stop a couple of times).  The climb over Horse Hill was taking a toll and I was hoping to hold off a charging Ryan Welts.   The switchback climbs back over Blodgett Hill gave me a chance to gauge how far Tim was ahead and how far Ryan was behind.  By the top I was pretty sure I wouldn’t get caught nor would I be catching anyone.  The course was just too fast and didn’t have enough “slog” for me to do well.

I crossed the line in 5^th place and was happy to have held on.  The effort was good but the finish of slightly more than 10% behind JJ was not what I hoped for. Typically a good race is 7-8% behind Jim and not so great is anything slower.  Fast courses like HH aren’t where I’m going to excel…I’m looking forward to the climb at the NH champs in March J

Horse Hill 7K Snowshoe Race

Merrimack, NH - February 12, 2010

    1   30:47  Jim Johnson            CMS POLAR BEARS            33 M             

    2   32:16  Ryan Kelly             ACIDOTIC RACING            29 M          

    3   32:45 Judson Cake            ACIDOTIC RACING            33 M       

    4   33:36  Tim Cox                ACIDOTIC RACING            37 M     

    5   34:13  Dave Dunham            CMS POLAR BEARS            46 M         

    6   34:47  Ryan Welts             ACIDOTIC RACING            30 M       

Summit of Blodgett hill

My ankles were a bit sore on Sunday morning but otherwise I didn’t feel bad.  I must have been early to the race because I beat JJ to registration (that is the only way I’ll beat him).

We headed out for a warm-up mixing it up doing the first ¾ of a mile on the course then heading out on the road.  I switched to snowshoes and headed out for another mile.  I felt a bit flat so I skipped doing strides, hoping the early pace would be reasonable and I could work my way into the race.

Fewer than 50 lined up for this first annual race which was a senior project.  JJ took off from the start with Tivo not far behind.  I settled into third and was soon on my own.  I could see JJ and Tivo go thru the first loop and knew I wouldn’t see them again until the power line section (hopefully).

I mostly tried to stay on my feet on the single-track.  The footing was fast but my ankles were pretty sore on the tight turns.  The power line hill was tough but it was reasonably short.  I could see JJ hitting the top and timed Tivo (he was 1:30 ahead of me).  There wasn’t much left once we hit the top, just a little single track then back onto the opening loop.  JJ was crossing the line while I was on the final loop, unfortunately he ran so fast that the timers weren't even at the line!

The final repeat of the loop was tough as it had been chewed up and the snow was soft.  This slowed things down but didn’t help me close ground at all (but it also kept Ryan from closing on me).  So another fast course in the books with a third place finish (2^nd 40+).  I’ve now got four NH races done and one more will make me eligible for the series.  I’m hoping for a top 5 finish.

Bear Paw Snowshoe Classic

Northwood, NH - February 13, 2011

    1   25:49 Jim Johnson            CMS POLAR BEARS            33 m             

    2   27:16 Tim Van Orden          CMS POLAR BEARS            42 m      

    3   29:02 Dave Dunham            CMS POLAR BEARS            46 M      

    4   30:37 Ryan Welts             ACIDOTIC RACING            30 m     

    5   31:28 Chris Dunn             ACIDOTIC RACING            42 M        

Tivo, JJ, and me (and the bear mascot)