Needless to say there weren't very many particpants just because of the frigid weather. There was one team that signed up and 4 individuals. The course was a 1.25 mile cross country ski around the golf course, a 2.5 mile modified bike route do to excessive amounts of snow and drifting that left us riding on the road, and a modified running route that was a little over 1.5 miles finishing at the main street area of Kemmerer.
During the cross country section I only had a few mishaps... The first one being that my boot came disconnected from my ski, so I had to stop and put it back on, and the second one was that towards the end I got my skis crossed and had to stop and untangle them before moving on.
The bike ride portion was by far the coldest. My lungs were starting to burn at this point and I had a chest cold that I had been trying to fight off for the past few days which didn't help at all. I was in third place when the bike section was over. The runner from the team and one other individual were ahead of me. I rode my bike into the transition area and launched it into the snow, threw off my helmet, and took off running to catch the only guy who was ahead of me that counted.
I got first place last year, and I wasn't about to let my title get snatched away from me. When I first started running it felt like my feet were blocks of cement that I was just pounding away on, but after a few minutes they started to warm up.As it turns out I ended up passing the guy who was in front of me and cruised in to first place for the individuals. So I did defend my title for the 2nd year in a row. If the race gets any bigger though I'm guessing that I won't come in first.
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| heading to the race... 4 layers on top & 2 layers on the bottom. |
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