Broda skis Denali State Bank virtual 30 km Sonot Kkaazoot

After skiing the virtual 10 km Sonot Kkaazoot twice, Byron Brode completed his classical virtual 30 km today. He writes:

“Beautiful sunny day. The dusting of snow made the trails look covered in jewels, squeaky slow jewels to start. You’re missing out if you not on these trails. My longest ski of the season and I can feel it.”

So Byron Broda becomes our second finisher for the classical virtual 30 km Sonot Kkaazoot with an official time of 3:18. Congratulations on the great effort.

JJ skies the 10 km again

Jerome Jackson like Bill, Byron, and Carl decided to ski the 10 km Virtual Sonot Kkaazoot a second time.

He writes: “Had to take grandkids to birch tonight.  So why not give it another go?”

So Jerome Jackson’s official time for the classical Denali State Bank virtual 10 km Sonot Kkaazoot time is 59:42. Congratulations! For Jerome, going solo was faster than chasing SCUM.

Hemming skis faster 10 km virtual Sonot on warmer snow

Carl Hemming improved upon his 10 km classical virtual Sonot Kkaazoot that he did on Wednesday (not Sunday when he was in Anchorage or Talkeetna).

He wrote: “Conditions were  faster today than on Sunday so this may account for a slightly faster time. I started at 2 so it may have been 10 degrees warmer. The time on my watch was 1:01.14; the time on the phone included removing phone from fanny pack removing poles and gloves and finding the right button to push, which is quite a big deal for someone approaching 70 yo. This process occured at both start and finish.”

So Carl Hemming’s official classical 10 km Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot is 1:01.14 .

The Sonot Kkaazoot reporting guru (and Carl’s coach) won’t take any additional 10 km results from Carl unless he skate skis. He needs to ski the 30 or 50 km virtual Sonot next if he doesn’t want to be reminded of his underachievement for the next 20 years.

It looks like Carl was the fastest bombing down the Tower loop and White Bear access. Congratulations on your improved time.

More remedial SCUM times for 10 km virtual Sonot

All the remedial SCUM were classical skiing.

From Mike Mathers:

“I went to the Sonot blog site and enjoyed the depiction of my fall as Bugs Bunny,  I left unaware how to post to it other than a reply to someone’s comments.  My time was 56 flat.” 

From Frank Soos:

“my time was 1:01.47

wayward scum”

From Jerome Jackson:

“Sorry. Did not time.  Finished about 25 secs behind Big Frank.”

No problem. So your time will be 1:02.12 based upon Frank’s result.

From Dan Johnson:

“I had to rush home and then here to the Carlson Center. Still here. My time was 60 minutes 45 seconds.”

Thank you, Dan for spending your Wednesday giving Fairbanks residents their COVID-19 vaccine.

Travis Kulp skates 10 km Sonot

Travis Kulp, Fairbanks firefighter, Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks groomer, and skate skier finished his 10 km Virtual Sonot Kkaazoot this afternoon in 42:41.

Travis writes:

“You could feel the tracks get faster under the sun- 
Male/ 46y/o/ skate ski”

Thanks for the report and all your work keeping us safe and skiing on great trails.

Blast from the past: the all Chena River Sonot Kkaazoot

While you may be cursing Bad Bob Baker for his Virtual Sonot Kkaazoot courses all at Birch Hill, in 2010, the Sonot Kkaazoot had NO HILLS. Both the 20 and 50 km Sonot Kkaazoot races were held all on the Chena River. No resting on the downhills.

Here is the pre-race class of 2010 SCUM photo with Bill Husby in his Lathrop High School speedsuit. Back then, Owen Hanley also wore a speedsuit but it was less flashy.

Husby improves his 10 km time by chasing rabbits

Bill Husby couldn’t stand that Corrine Leistikow had finished the 10-km virtual Sonot Kkaazoot faster than he did. So he let all the remedial SCUM start this morning and then chased them like rabbits.

Bill writes: “It was good to have rabbits to chase this morning.” His time was 53:10.

Well, the rabbits were waging war among themselves while you dallied in the stadium. This is what Mike looked like on the South Tower after Dan stressed him out.

Hemming earns his Sonot facemask

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.