Friday, April 18, 2014

Propinquity!

Yesterday was the 3rd Annual Propinquity Employee Uphill Skinning Race at Loveland and I was pleased to be able to pull out the victory over a really solid field.

The course is about 1.3 miles and climbed 1150' vertical feet to Ptarmigan cabin at the top of chair 2.

I also won this race two years ago and was third last year after being injured and not able to train for most of January, February, and about half of March.

This year I was surprised to open a little gap on the field right on the flat areas near the start. I was able to keep that gap for the remainder of the race, but I really didn't open it up too much more. I was hurting bad towards the end and looking over my shoulder a little bit. Thankfully, I could tell I had a pretty safe margin so I even let off the gas a little towards the end.

Mainly I'm just happy to know that my fitness is at a good level. My time of 30:42 is the fastest verified time I have ever done on that route.

Last year's winner was a little late to the start and he still managed to pull up into 3rd place, so he might have put some serious heat on if he had made it on time. I had about 3 minutes on him at the finish so I am pretty sure I was a minute or two faster.

Here is the GPS:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/482366591


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