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DIY Race Medal & Bib Rack

By stephanie 30 Jun, 2017

One of the fun souvenirs that one receives upon completing a race is getting a medal, or being given a race bib. A lot of the obstacle course races give out medals and headbands, and a lot of the road and trail running races give out race bibs. Some road/trail races do give out medals

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Today was a great long #ski day! Sunday mornings Today was a great long #ski day! 

Sunday mornings, I'm one of the masters co-leaders. Usually, I'm with the same group every time, but today, I was with a different group because of available leaders/co-leaders. We skied less than my regular group but I was happy about this, because I knew I had already planned to do a long ski, after. 

I haven't been getting many long ski days in, due to various circumstances, and I was determined to crank it out today. 
I registered for the @s2s_nordic race on April 1st. My first 20km race since the Cariboo Marathon (20km) back in 2009. 

Today, I really wanted to ski up from Lars Taylor at Sovereign Lake, across Comin' Round the Mountain, to whichever next trail was going to take me to Silver Star village. 

It was not a comfortable ski day. It was foggy, then raining, and I would alternate between being comfortable and then really really cold! 
My #SkateSkiing up Lars Taylor was mostly walking. But having only done that trail twice before, and though I went slower today, I certainly didn't hate it. Though I was working hard, I didn't feel it was hard. It felt like a 5/10 RPE, rather than a 7/10 RPE (like when I last tried to do hill repeats up the first segment of Aberdeen). Perhaps I am finally at peace with going slowly being a ME problem and not a gear problem, or maybe my brain was just into it, today. 
I also didn't want to let the conditions be a reason to not head out because who knows how it would be on race day! 

Lars Taylor is high up enough that the Nordic #trails cross some snowmobile trails. Much to my surprise, some snowmobilers got lost and we're coming down the ski trail! I was so startled that I fell into a snowbank! They were already going slow but I had a brief moment of panic thinking that I missed my turn, not them. Luckily, we were at a Nordic trail/snowmobile trail intersection, so I told them to hang a left behind me and they would get somewhere that wasn't where I was. Nordic trails are usually pretty quiet! 

Crossing the downhill trails along the Paradise #CrossCountrySki trail was nerve-wracking. Especially when I saw some downhillers on the Nordic trails jump into the trees to break trail!
Yesterday was the BEST day!! Why? Not only am I Yesterday was the BEST day!!

Why? 

Not only am I having the time of my life learning to be a #Masters leader at @sovereignlake with the best group of leaders, but I finally got the coaches' jacket!! 

(The bright toque is also for the leaders)

I think I need to get my name embroidered on these...

Also finally, the self-scanning stations for our passes! 

Helped that it was a sunny day with perfect conditions!!

Setting down roots here feels good! 

#TrainToTrain #SkateSkier #TeachToLearn #GetOutside #SkateSkiing #MySovereign #OkanaganLove #VernonBC #CrossCountrySkiing
Today was the #SkateSki day I wanted yesterday! It Today was the #SkateSki day I wanted yesterday! It was a surprise! 

After I finished #SkateSkiing yesterday, I went straight to the hardware store to buy silicone spray, to spray on the underside of my ski pole baskets, so they wouldn't stick to the (wetter) snow. I also applied some warmer liquid wax to my skis. 

It really made a difference, today! The conditions also seemed better overall. 

This morning, I was coleading the Masters. We had such a great day, doing a new route and #practicing more technique drills; I LOVE watching people have their "AHA!" moments! Literally, nothing makes me happier than watching something make sense to someone, when it comes to moving their body or learning a new physical skill. 

I was so jacked from the session and conditions, that I decided to head out on the #trail I didn't do yesterday. Silver Queen, my favourite black trail at @sovereignlake ! First time doing it this season, so I didn't have any expectations. The #ski to the trail head along upper Passmore and down the Black Prince switchbacks felt FAST, despite stopping a couple of times to stretch my calves. The first half of Silver Queen felt awesome! The descent was fun and I knew I would have to #climb out of there. It was only just before the Prince of Wales intersection that I started to get tired. Stopped more often, took more photos, ate some Dextrose tablets. But I was never in a bad mood. Just tired. 

If I had started my day with this jaunt, I would have been good for energy, but the second jaunt was 10km and the Masters session was 5.5km, so how I felt was proportional to the work I did. I hadn't skied 10km yet this season, let alone 15km. I have to work my way up to 20km by the end of March for the @s2s_nordic race. I will have to practice the Montezuma climb more (I did it two days in a row this weekend) and the famous Lars Taylor climb. Which actually isn't so bad to Coming Round the Mountain.... it's much harder to go all the way up to the top of Aberdeen. 

And even though I felt tired and not the most efficient #skier today, seems like I still had some good personal best segments according to @strava . I am getting faster! Slowly! 

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