Race 10-114 Northstar Resort Snow Race 10k

December 18th, 2010
10k - 1:28:08 - 8th/14

This year due to a change in the United States Snowshoe Association National Qualifier schedule, I found myself entered in the Northstar at Tahoe Series. There is a race in December, January, and February. 5 of us made the trip from the Bay area - me, Tina (who volunteered to drive her 4 wheel drive vehicle), Erika, Rachel, and Enrique. We left Friday night at 6:30PM and drove to the North Lake Tahoe condo that we were staying at. We arrived late, but the race started Saturday at 11AM so we still got a good night's sleep.

We got to the race over an hour before the race but used most of the time taking a bus from the parking to the main area, finding the hidden location where we were to confirm out entry to get Gondola passes to the top, and then riding the Gondola. We all got split up a little due to restroom trips, some people having to rent snoeshoes, etc but we ended up checking in a little before the race start. They delayed the race long enough to give everyone an opportunity to get fully registered.

The course was a 5k loop and there was a 5k race and a 10k race, with the 10k going around the loop twice.