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I See the (Sun)Light

Posted by sarianderson on January 18, 2016
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Ladies after the race. L to R: Jari Kirkland, Sari Anderson, Lindsay Plant, Jessie Young

Ladies after the race. L to R: Jari Kirkland, Sari Anderson, Lindsay Plant, Jessie Young

I thoroughly enjoyed the suffering of coming back to my first skimo race of the season yesterday at Sunlight. It’s not always fun to push that hard for over two hours, but yesterday was different. Racing along with friends makes the suffering more enjoyable.

I worked hard to race my own race and stay within my limits. With work and coaching, I’ve spent more time on my skate skis this season with some skinning sessions in between. I had no idea where my fitness was but figured the race was the best way to find out. I was pleasantly surprised with where I’m at in January and am motivated to get out for more training.

Jessie Young came from behind for the win with Lindsay Plant close behind in 2nd and myself in 3rd. I’m looking forward to another battle next weekend at Powderhorn.

 

Targhee SkiMo Race

Posted by sarianderson on January 10, 2011
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Photo by Crested Butte Photography

Knowing many us would be on hand for the national championships, USSMA scheduled the second worlds qualifier on Sunday at Targhee. Despite a few large margaritas and my wussy triceps being sore from Saturday, I felt surprisingly fresh.

Since most of us had raced the day before, the pace started a bit slower. I was determined to not make the same mistakes as Saturday which meant really taking care of my skins and pushing through the burning legs on the descents. Racing smart kept me going uphill well but I managed a few major tumbles on the second and third descents. I’m not sure if it was snow build up from all of the fresh powder or me tweeking my binding, but I kept pre-releasing out of the heel of my left binding. I got some great face shots but not really the kind I was hoping for. Despite my crashes, I managed to pick myself up very quickly each time and secretly enjoyed the brief break from descending.

Having a solid race and pushing through some pain, I was able to pull off a win in front of another super strong showing of women. Janelle was banging at my ski tails the whole race and Monique Merrill finished in 3rd place again. Jari Kirkland and Lyndsay Meyer had great races and secured two more of the spots on the worlds team!

Head down seems to get me up the hill and through the suffering. Photo by Crested Butte Photography.

Please visit TetonAT for complete results. The third qualifier is just next weekend at the Heathen Challenge at Sunlight just down the road in Glenwood Springs. There are a few more spots up for grabs for the men and women.

On The Road To Christmas

Posted by sarianderson on December 26, 2010
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Yes, I mean my road bike on Christmas Eve and day in the mountains of Colorado. It’s a bit ridiculous that the weather has been so warm for us to ride comfortably at this time of year. As much as I’d love to be skiing, I’m not totally complaining. That being said, the mountains have plenty of snow and are skiing great. After two days of being on the bike, I decided I better get on the skis today for some training for the upcoming ski mountaineering races.

My plan is to go to Jackson Hole in two weeks for a race at Jackson and then at Targhee the next day. Less than a week later is the second race in the COSMIC series at Sunlight in Glenwood. All three of these races are qualifiers for the US team that will go to the world championships in Italy in February so of course I would benefit from racing as well as possible.

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday as much as our family did. Now get out and train!

COSMIC Heathen Challenge Results

Posted by sarianderson on January 22, 2009
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Here are some unofficial results from the COSMIC Heathen Challenge.  These were passed on from Brian Wickenhauser.  Thanks Wick!

MALE RACE DIVISION
1 Brian Smith 1:54:32
2 Max Taam 1:56:01
3 Brian Wickenhauser 1:56:04
4 Mike Kloser 1:57:49
5 Travis Scheefer 1:58:18
6 Jon Brown 2:02:01
7 Elliott Larson 2:03:03
8 Eric Sullivan 2:07:30
9 Jason McGowan 2:09:18
10 Pierre Willie 2:10:09
11 Brad LaRochelle 2:11:29
12 Jake Jones 2:12:00
13 Dave Wiens 2:12:20
14 Brian Johnson 2:16:24
15 Jason Stuber 2:17:32
16 Mike Schneiter 2:22:04
17 Stephen White 2:23:38
18 Brian Edmiston 2:29:47
19 Mark Taylor 2:30:28
20 Todd Smith 2:33:42
21 Hadley Hentsenel 2:42:33
22 Douglas Brown 2:46:06
23 Brian Ciciora 2:48:30
24 Darren Nakes 2:53:40
25 Daniel Varamis 3:05:40
26 Cody Coneil 3:10:05
27 Peter Bronski 3:13:02
28 Russ Bollig 3:14:53
29 Robert Deveny 3:26:14
Garrett Valentine DNF
Dylan Hamilton DNF

FEMALE RACE DIVISION
1 Sari Anderson 2:15:26
2 Sue King 2:30:41
3 Jari Kirklad 2:32:14
4 Sarah Gillis 3:09:32
5 Sarah Selling 4:12:19
Robin Maxwell DNF
Sandy Williams DNF

MALE VET DIVISION
1 Dawes Wilson  2:27:54
2 John Warner  3:05:42

FEMALE HEAVY METAL
1 Kelley Cullen 2:42:05

MALE HEAVY METAL
1 Travis Macy  2:37.3 3
2 Josh Cullen  2:45:32
3 Ben Jonnson  2:47:02
4 Karl Walker  2:49:07
5 Dave Gray  2:58:48
6 Scott Beegun  3:00:50
7 Peter Joyce  3:05:05
8 Craig Burqer  3:09:12
9 Charlie Brown  3:12:58
Nick Malik  DNF

MALE REC DIVISION
1 Adam Badylak  1:30:49
2 James Kavacs  1:31:O2
3 Bart Spedden  1:39:53
4 John Wilcox  1:47.5 5
5 Leonard Hendersor 2:09:05
6 Graham Dinqley 1:28:56
7 Kavanaugh McGeougl 2:31:02

FEMALE REC DIVISION
1 Ellen Miller 1:23:08
2 Cynthia Myers 1:33:00
3 Amy Gray 1:38:54
4 Ariel Vernell 1:48:30
5 Lauri Beckwith 1:50:54
6 Elli KcKinley 2:55:21