The post post TT post (sorry for the lame name)

I have decided to overrule Chris' decision of the last post to not post the results, so I will add them at the bottom here for your perusal.

But first... This Saturday marked the most recent installment of the annual Clarkson Team Time Trial to decide who gets first dibs on the team uniforms and the seed order for next weekend, and it was a fierce day of competition.

We woke up to -15 degree weather in the morning, with a few inches of fresh snow on the ground and the prospect of not knowing what the conditions would be like at Higley for the day. The game plan was to do a ~7km classic race take a short 45 min break and then get into a ~7km skate race and call it a day. However the groomers did not seem to get the memo and left us to alter the plans a little bit.

The classic race got off as planned with nice tracks and blue hardwax conditions. The course was in good enough shape and the occasional tourist was the only real battle of the day, and trying to avoid losing your stride/falling into the snow on the side of the trail while they seemed oblivious to the fact that a race was going on.

However, by saying that the tracks were nice, it also meant that the skate lanes were non-existent, so we were forced to result to plan B. Go back to campus and ski on the ROTC trails, a 1.5 mile loop littered with people, dogs, footprints, the occasional rock and ice patch, and a hill not quite wide enough to skate up efficiently. It was destined to be an eventful race. While we sadly had no casualties or wounds to account for, everyone was a trooper for the day, braving the cold conditions and adverse schedule.

Up next we head to Jericho, VT for the Army invitational this weekend for a 15km classic on Saturday and a 10km skate mass start on Sunday.

Sorry for the lack of pictures and creativity, but my camera is in a sad state and keeps telling me to see the user's guide for error # E45. If anyone knows what that is please let me know. In the mean time here is a video of Gregor Schlierenzauer setting the hill record on Kulm's ski flying hill this past weekend.



Results:

	SKIER	CLASSIC	PLACE	SKATE	PLACE	TOTAL
1	MATT D	0:21:36	1	0:20:03	1	41:39
2	ALEX	0:21:56	2	0:21:00	2	42:56
3	ANDY	0:22:37	3	0:22:16	3	44:53
4	DERRICK	0:22:48	4	0:22:28	4	45:16
5	LAMOTHE	0:23:43	5	0:21:50	5	45:33
6	TALBS	0:24:35	6	0:24:22	7	48:57
7	JOSH	0:25:30	7	0:24:07	6	49:37
8	DAN	0:25:53	8	0:24:46	9	50:39
9	MATT G	0:25:55	9	0:25:03	10	50:58
10	NED	0:26:00	10	0:25:22	11	51:22
11	BRIAN RE	0:27:22	12	0:24:40	8	52:02
12	DREW	0:27:10	11	0:25:53	12	53:03
13	BOB	0:28:10	14	0:26:00	13	54:10
14	NEAL	0:28:00	13	0:26:26	15	54:26
15	BRYAN RO	0:29:23	16	0:26:02	14	55:25
16	TIM	0:30:20	18	0:26:52	16	57:12
17	ERIC	0:29:13	15	0:28:30	17	57:43
18	DAVE	0:35:58	19	0:31:30	18	67:28
1	CHELS	0:22:04	1	0:18:58	1	41:02
2	ANDREA	0:24:30	2	0:21:09	2	45:39
3	ALICIA	0:25:22	3	0:21:40	3	47:02
4	ALYSSA	0:28:26	5	0:23:23	4	51:49
5	KATHLEEN	32:20:00	9	0:32:50	9	52:50
6	AUDREY	0:29:20	7	0:24:10	6	53:30
7	HOLLY	0:28:40	6	0:26:09	7	54:49
8	SUZIE	0:32:50	10	0:23:55	5	56:45
9	KALLIE	0:30:25	8	0:28:22	8	58:47
	EMILY	0:28:25	4	TBA
	BRUCE	0:29:53	17	DNS