Cobble Update from Jay Curry

Hello all!
Well, another good day of snow shoe racing by DRR. Eileen,Steph,Dan,Bill, Stu, Sal, Art, Patrick, were joined by DRR's first time snow shoe racers Liza, Dan S.,Richie, and Mike D. The temps were perfect in the 20's with no wind. The course was mostly on groomed cross country trails, but with all of the snow they have it still made for a tough run on this course. There was a lot of climbing in the first 4k or so. The single track back country snow shoeing which had 2 sections was tight single track with snow around knee deep on either side. This made for some tough running trying to negotiate the turns. Coming off of Cobble Mtn was very challenging due to the un groomed snow and tight turns. Although we were missing Crystal and Chris, we still managed to get to podium spots with the master men. Congrats to Patrick and Mike D for a stellar performance!! Just about everyone walked away with a prize at the end. The big winner was Art Gray, who won a brand new pair of snow shoes that are valued over 200$! Way to go Art, not bad for a free race. Next up is the qualifier for snow shoe nationals at Sidehiller. This race is on Feb 7th. Info on the race can be found on www.acidoticracing.com . The team competition was tough, DRR was 2nd again with 12 racers. Acidotic was 1st with 20plus runners. Oh well, A good time was still had by all!!
See some of you tomorrow at the Stew Chase in Lynn.
Jay