left: The Cold Start. Photo by Jim Rodrigues/NENSA.An intrepid group of Frosties ventured forth in the sub zero weather for the Craftsbury Marathon. The tour was postponed due to the rain earlier in the week, but the 25K and 50K races went off as scheduled. Frost Mountain Nordic had strong showings in the 25K with both Mia Allen and Andrew Gardner winning their age groups in the Masters National Championships. Andrew was also second overall. Yay Frosties!
Bill Hegman had the unfortunate or perhaps comic experience of stepping on a packet of energy gel left on the trail. The chocolate goo affixed itself to his green klister and stopped him dead in his tracks, which sent him tumbling head over heels. Bill picked himself up, scraped the mess off and skied on to place a respectable 12th in his age division.
New friends were made in the course of the day and sometimes in unusual ways. Dia Jenks introduced herself after the race to a woman she did not know wearing a red Frost Mountain hat.
"You have got to be kidding," the woman exclaimed as she whipped off her hat to show the name Dia Jenks magic markered in the inside. "My husband picked this up in the lost and found at Trapp's." A new acquaintance and a hat returned...
From Nensa:
Craftsbury, VT -- It was cold for the start of this morning's TD Bank Craftsbury Marathon. Most athletes covered their faces, wore mittens instead of gloves, and added an extra layer under their spandex racing suits. The lead pack of men included 2006 Olympian Justin Freeman, home-club athlete Jeurgen Uhl who is a recent graduate of UVM where he was an NCAA all-American, and another home-clubber Crafsbury Green Racing Project standout Tim Reynolds (a Middlebury alum and forever a Frostie, finished 2nd overall! Go Tim Go!). The lack of wind and absolutely perfect tracks made everyone quickly forget the -4F temperatures as the gun sounded to start the race.
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