Posts made in February, 2006

Canadian Ski Marathon: View from the Back of the Pack

Posted by David on Feb 18, 2006 in Adventures, Blog, Exercise and Fitness, Race Reports | 0 comments

I am a front of the (FOP) pack triathlete. I chase the leaders or am the leader. I am not used to being passed, especially by ten years old. In the second weekend of February I found myself crawling along at a snail’s pace as hundreds of skiers passed me. I could only watch them go by as I wondered if I could even finish. December 17 I picked up a free copy of Vermont Sports from a small pile of magazines. One of the headlines caught my eye – “CSM: Two Ultimate Days of Skiing.” “What is CSM?” I wondered. Laura and I were in Stowe, Vermont for the weekend. Taking advantage of...