{"id":247481,"date":"2016-01-24T19:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T00:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/?p=247481"},"modified":"2016-01-24T21:26:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T02:26:35","slug":"groundhog-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/?p=247481","title":{"rendered":"Groundhog Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend marks a new chapter in the 2016 season: The first races on natural snow!<\/p>\n

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A huge thank you to Saratoga biathlon and their squad of volunteers led by Curt and Jim for turning a few inches of snow into a well groomed rock free trail.<\/p>\n

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(Racers were greeted by a warm fire in the new range building)<\/p>\n

What was to be a duathlon followed by a classical race turned into 2 nearly identical sakte races. So in addition to counting their laps, racers needed to surpress their strong feeling of deja vu<\/p>\n

Paul Alison and Alyssa Daussman took the top of the podium Saturday. Sunday there was a change in the men’s field with Paul taking a day off, and Alex Benway moving up a spot.<\/p>\n

Results<\/a><\/p>\n

Next weekend Saratoga will be hosting biathlon races while XC skiers travel north to Lake Placid for the Harry Eldridge\/JNQ\/EHSC\/U16 qualifiers. \u00a0Saturday features 1k skate sprints, and Sunday has a 10k classic.<\/p>\n

Current weather forecasts suggest we might be back on man made snow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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