I savored skating just over 2K doing many loops on the largest of the remaining patches of man-made snow at Spirit at 66F, for my 202nd consecutive day skating -- every day since November 13, setting a new longest-known XC ski streak by topping the 200 days in a row of the amazing Tom Stensaker of Norway. It's been a wonderful season that kept on giving right through June. The snow is dirty but still fun. Thanks to Spirit and Grand Avenue groomer Larry Mishkar, to all the groomers of Duluth, to everyone who supported me on my quest to ski over 200 days into June, and to everyone at SkinnySki! Cheers, skiers! :-).

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(Lane Ellis)