It should be a perfect Saturday for running in the snow at this weekend's Calgary Roadrunners Nose Creek 4k/8k Cross Country Race, which is race 6 of their 10 race season. Frontrunners have included: Trev Williams, Mark Cowllie, Calvin Zaryski, Carter Birt, Maria Zambrano, Rhonda Clark, Kim Collier, John Vanderveen, Evan Bayer, Jessica Kaiser, Mevlut Kont, Anne Marie Landry, Andy Reed, Phillipe Lagace.
If you'd like to see a nasty cold version of the course, Neil Zeller filmed part of the race in 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acXODI_SDps Watch that and then imagine it about 30 degrees warmer. Should be quite pleasant. If you'd like to see a cross country race in Calgary in the winter before trying it yourself, this course offers some good sightlines for spectators. As always, there's a potluck lunch for race participants at a nearby community hall (please bring your own mug, bowl and spoon) where age group medals are handed out (often in the form of a cookie).
Races cost $10, CRR members pay $7 and students pay $5. There is also a free kids 1km race around 11:45am. Races start at noon sharp-ish.
Brochure for the course: http://www.calgaryroadrunners.com/sites/default/files/2014-01-11_nose_creek_trifold.pdf
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My lentil soup's heating up and the brownies are baking - now, which trail shoes for these conditions? Hmmm...
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