Elm Creek Relays

Thursday, January 13, 2004

To the Cold God's surprise, 7 brave souls showed up at Elm Creek Thursday night and raced the 5K (skate) in the coldest night of the season. The temp fell quickly to -8F with wind chill -21F. The snow was cold, and the course was icy and packed hard. Chip Tabor, Pete Hanson, and Mark Byrne raced neck to neck until the last hill up from the woods. Chip pulled away and topped the rest with 13:15. Dan Whipple and Andy Schakel traced right behind the first group until the last part of the second loop. Pam Sorenson, encouraged by her friend, finished the first loop and won the Subaru Factory Team door prize. Pete Hanson won the Rainbow Rendezvous cup as a door prize. All in all, this made the race director, Melinda's day. As the race director and the coach to many junior Olympic skiers and master group skiers, Melinda was delighted to see people show up in such a chilly night -- it was a great night to be with these smiley and steamy spirits.

Here are tonight's race results:

1. Chip Tabor   13:15
2. Pete Hanson  13:21
3. Mark Byrne   13:26
4. Dan Whipple  13:37
5. Andy Schakel 13:41

                  

Race Director/Melinda Silbernick