Continental Ski and Bike presents Snowflake Sprint Results

by Nikolai Anikin
December 21, 2008
With all the fresh snow and cold temperatures the sprint like last year turned into an interval workout.  The ~1.5k course was hilly and slow.  Each interval took about 5 minutes.
We were not able to offer a Rossi demo because the driving conditions on I35 were too dangerous. 
Thank you to Snowflake and George Hovland for allowing us to bum around on his trails, Dave Johnson for grooming and Eric Viken for the pictures and video.

Prologue
Andre Watt did an interval by himself.  He dominated this interval.

1st Run finishing order (We went without Swank cause it was too cold to stand around and wait for Swank to warm up his nose)
1. Nikolai Anikin
2. Andre Watt (Lead most of the way)
3. Anders Osthus
4. Josh Tesch
5. Casey Krueger
6. Patti Harvieux

2nd Run
1. Nikolai Anikin (Lead the whole way)
2. Adam Swank
3. Andre Watt
4. Anders Osthus
5. Josh Tesch
6. Casey Krueger
7. Patti Harvieux

3rd Run
1. Nikolai Anikin
2. Adam Swank
3. Andre Watt (lead most of the way)
4. Anders Osthus
5. Josh Tesch
6. Casey Krueger
7. Jenna Dickinson (decided it was too cold to stand around and watch)
8. Patti Harvieux

4th Run
1. Nikolai Anikin
2. Adam Swank
3. Anders Osthus (lead most of the way)
4. Jenna Dickinson
5. Casey Krueger (I don't know how he feels about getting beat by his fiance Jenna)
6. Josh Tesch (decided to rest in the fluffy snow)
7. Patti Harvieux

5th Run
1. Adam Swank (Won by an incredible margin)
2. Nikolai Anikin (getting tired)
3. Anders Osthus
4. Jenna Dickinson
5. Patti Harvieux (I don't know where she gets her work ethic)


I think next year we do a mass start 10k skate cause these intervals are too hard.  Let's hope the annual snow storm continues.