A day after seen posing in a 34th annual Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot facemask, Carl Hemming (known among the SCUM as the Oosik Poser), took off ahead of the gang this morning. Carl’s official 10 km time was 1:04.
Carl wrote: “Great fun on the trails w/scum.”
Carl was wearing his Oosik bufff during his 10 km virtual Sonot Kkaazoot. He wanted Bad Bob to know that the ear slots on his Sonot Kkaazoot face mask don’t work for him.
A group of 9 SCUM, who had been COVID-19 vaccinated, gathered to ski the Denali State Bank Virtual Sonot Kkaazoot 10 km course this morning (or to improve upon their previous times). It was about 5 deg F in the stadium when we started with skies clearing as we skied.
As the only female and oldest skier among those skiing today, I had the distinction of being the red lantern, but the SCUM were still in the finish area when I fnished with a time of 1:07:12, which included the time of getting mitts on and off to push my watch’s buttons.
Here is my Polar GPS trace than is slightly shorter than that of Garmin watches.The 30 km and 50 km virtual Sonot courses remain.
Now just the 30 and 50 km courses remain.
Bad Bob writes:
“Got the 10km out of the way this afternoon. ½” of fresh cold slow snow blanketed Birch Hill, but I SKATED anyway…only my second race of this season, my first was the Skiathon. My time….47:47, and that was with MUCH EFFORT! And PAIN, as I have not been skating much at all. So, just the 30 and 50k to go. I will wait for faster snow for those two. I measured the SONOT KKAAZOOT 10k on my Garmin GPS @ 10.08 kilometers…pretty close. Ended up double poling quite a bit. Most definitely the hardest effort this season.
We also received the face masks today. I’ve given out about 30 of them already! I’ll be working out some method of distribution.”
Congratulations, Bad Bob! You’re our first skate skier and the fastest submitted time (so far) for the virtual 10 km Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot.
Corrine writes: “Snow was slow and I wasn’t feeling my racing mojo but I got it done. Tuesday evening is not a great time to do the race as I had to keep dodging around the Jr. Nordic kids out having fun. I’m sure I lost at least 15 seconds doing that! I will be in the White Mtns the next 2 weekends so this may be my only chance to do the Sonot.”
Even though Corrine wasn’t feeling her mojo and spent time dodging Junior Nordic skiers, she moves into the lead for the fastest Virtual Sonot Kkaazoot 10 km with a time of 54:00.
Bill Husby writes: “Classic skied the 10K Course this morning.The temperature read 9 deg F and there was a dusting of gritty dry snow in the tracks. My time was officially 54:49. The best part of day was running into Bad Bob Baker and receiving a 34th annual Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot mask.”
We’ll believe Bill because he is such a great trail groomer. He becomes the first skier to finish the 10 km Virtual Sonot Kkaazoot in under an hour.
The special swag from this year’s Sonot Kkaazoot may be able to keep everyone safe from COVID-19 if you happen to be in the warm-up hut when these guys are there.
Did Carl ski a virtual Sonot Kkaazoot or is he a professional model?
On Sunday, Glen Gambrell, who is 54 years old, a pup compared to the first two entries in this year’s virtual Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot, finished his 10-km Sonot Kkaazoot course in 1:25:19 on classical skis. He commented “it was a glorious sunny Sunday afternoon with temps in the upper teens. Snow was fast and I was not!”
Speed is relative and anytime you can skii long enough to burn 1333 kcals, I think you’re moving right along. I’m glad you enjoyed the sunshine and glorious tracks.
If you’ve been waiting for warmer temperatures to do your virtual Sonot Kkaazoot, you might find yourself plodding through more new snow. The extended weather outlooks for the remaining weeks before the 2021 Denali State Bank Virtual Sonot Kkaazoot ends are not springlike.
Here are the predictions for this weekend’s temperature and precipitation:
And here are the predictions for the following week:
So, those skiers who wait until the Sonot Kkaazoot weekend may have kilometer markers, but there’s no guarantee of springlike weather. So enjoy the great grooming now and start skiing your virtual Sonot Kkaazoot.
Byron Broda has finished his 10-km Virtual Sonot Kkaazoot for 2021. He wrote in submitting his result:
“Old guy on slow snow but great tracks. Fun, sunny morning. About 5 degrees F in the stadium. Get out and enjoy the grooming. “
Byron’s time was 1:06.00. So right now SCUM skiers are the only official Sonot Kkaazoot entries. Where are all the younger skiers?
Eric Troyer reports:
“Only the 50 and 10 K versions left!”
He continutes, “After I did the 30K I went and got my first COVID vaccination shot. Then I picked up Thai takeout and when I got home Corrine had a chocolate cake for me (my birthday was yesterday). It was a good day!”
Happy belated birthday, Eric! You are the first official entry in the 2021 Virtual 30 km Sonot Kkaazoot with a time of 3:01.39!
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