Old Man Winter has not been kind to the mountains this year. Over the Holiday's we saw maybe 2 inches but all was blown off the planet by gail force winds on Saturday. Small dog alert, as we saw poodles flying by the condo with owners still attched to the leases. The winds also caused the race to be postponed to Sunday which was a much milder and sunny day. This meant no New Years party...
Eventhough it was sunny it turned out to be a tough day to shoot. None of the racers had a good day. Swirly winds, Sun? Not sure what was going on, but after good zero's everyone seemed to shoot subpar. The skiing seemed fast in some areas and slow in others, due to the dirty, icy snow. A slower paced start lead out by Kyle kept most everyone together, except for Brian that managed to stay right out in front of us. By the 1st shooting bout, race was in full swing. Lots of back and forth as shots were missed, but started to string out by the 4th shooting. I think Dean was the only one that managed to shoot clean on one of the stages. Good turn out (almost 50), but still a few missing due to the postponed race. Well organized and run race by Kyle, Dean, Bill and his wife.
Top finishes: Brian 1st, Walter 2nd, Kirk 3rd, Kyle 4th, Matt 5th, and Dean 6th.
Eventhough it was sunny it turned out to be a tough day to shoot. None of the racers had a good day. Swirly winds, Sun? Not sure what was going on, but after good zero's everyone seemed to shoot subpar. The skiing seemed fast in some areas and slow in others, due to the dirty, icy snow. A slower paced start lead out by Kyle kept most everyone together, except for Brian that managed to stay right out in front of us. By the 1st shooting bout, race was in full swing. Lots of back and forth as shots were missed, but started to string out by the 4th shooting. I think Dean was the only one that managed to shoot clean on one of the stages. Good turn out (almost 50), but still a few missing due to the postponed race. Well organized and run race by Kyle, Dean, Bill and his wife.
Top finishes: Brian 1st, Walter 2nd, Kirk 3rd, Kyle 4th, Matt 5th, and Dean 6th.
Kirk, thanks for the biathlon report, punched up nicely with Lisa's sports photography. The storm was crazed and left a mark on Sunday's courses (and our skis) but the races were well fought; erratic shooting notwithstanding.
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