5km Skate
I've determined that March is the best (and possibly only) time to be in Fairbanks. It was wonderfully sunny out today and warmed up from 1° to over 32°F by the afternoon. After a rainy stay in Squamish getting back into the sunshine really makes it feel like spring. It was sunny and spring-like enough on my run this morning that I stopped to practice my handstands-- nothing says spring like handstands! right?
To make life better than just sunshine and handstands, there was a 5km skate race tonight at Birch Hill. I raced and finished third, although the field was pretty small, maybe 12 women. I skied one lap of the course before racing and was glad to see it was extremely well marked. It was a reassuring "Welcome back to America-- where we assume some level of idiocy!" Not that I'm complaining. It's actually kind of nice since having idiot-proof signs and flagging allows me to feel superior to all the people who actually need such signage. I can say I don't need those three huge signs to tell me where to pick up my bib, I know that already, and conveniently forget that without the signs I'd probably have to ask three different people where I was supposed to get my bib. Classic sprints tomorrow evening!
To make life better than just sunshine and handstands, there was a 5km skate race tonight at Birch Hill. I raced and finished third, although the field was pretty small, maybe 12 women. I skied one lap of the course before racing and was glad to see it was extremely well marked. It was a reassuring "Welcome back to America-- where we assume some level of idiocy!" Not that I'm complaining. It's actually kind of nice since having idiot-proof signs and flagging allows me to feel superior to all the people who actually need such signage. I can say I don't need those three huge signs to tell me where to pick up my bib, I know that already, and conveniently forget that without the signs I'd probably have to ask three different people where I was supposed to get my bib. Classic sprints tomorrow evening!
posted by LAV at 21:29
4 Comments:
I often get the urge to do cartwheels or handstands. Usually when I'm just walking down hallways, but spring weather accentuates the cartwheel urges.
:) glad I'm not the only one!
How do you base this assessment of spring being the best (and possibly only) time to be in Fairbanks? There are other nice times of year there. Certainly spring is nice, and January generally isn't, but the year does last for 12 months there as well.
anon- it's completely based on rumors. & I'm unqualified to pass judgment since the two times I've been to fairbanks have been in March. What other times would be good to be in Fairbanks?
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