Thursday, January 28, 2010
Craftsbury Marathon and Masters Nationals
Good old New England winter. First snow, then warm and rainy, now frigid. The snow is old and cold and hard.
The NOAA forecast is:
Friday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy and cold, with a high near 6. Wind chill values as low as -15. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Friday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around -2. Wind chill values as low as -16. Northwest wind between 8 and 13 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday: Cloudy, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -18. North wind between 7 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Iam banking on a little new snow. I would select a pair of cold base skis with a fine grind.
SOLDA Glide wax: On clean bases start by rubbing on a layer of Solda HC28. Over this melt in a base of Solda Performance Green. Scrape and brush. Then a layer of Solda F15 Blue, scraped and brused. At this point I would cover with Solda S20 if there is a lot of windblown snow in the tracks, or long areas of wind blown snow. If the wind is not too bad, then I would finish with HP05 S30 mix 70/30. Should there actually turn out to be significant new snow I would prep the same up to the F15 Blue. After that I would go with Solda S30 and cover with HP06. In new natural snow it also runs in a wider temperature range.
Kick wax could be quite tricky. If new snow in tracks I would go with a binder of Swix VG30 ironed in and corked. Then look at snow temps morning of the race. If tracks are transformed fine grain or coarse grain then I would go with the VG35 as a binder. It could be a klister if there is lots of icy track. Go with a Swix KR30 and then cover with appropriate, probably KR20. Be ready to use a base klister and cover with a hard wax if it is snowing or has loose snow in tracks.
Good Luck
The NOAA forecast is:
Friday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy and cold, with a high near 6. Wind chill values as low as -15. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Friday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around -2. Wind chill values as low as -16. Northwest wind between 8 and 13 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday: Cloudy, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -18. North wind between 7 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Iam banking on a little new snow. I would select a pair of cold base skis with a fine grind.
SOLDA Glide wax: On clean bases start by rubbing on a layer of Solda HC28. Over this melt in a base of Solda Performance Green. Scrape and brush. Then a layer of Solda F15 Blue, scraped and brused. At this point I would cover with Solda S20 if there is a lot of windblown snow in the tracks, or long areas of wind blown snow. If the wind is not too bad, then I would finish with HP05 S30 mix 70/30. Should there actually turn out to be significant new snow I would prep the same up to the F15 Blue. After that I would go with Solda S30 and cover with HP06. In new natural snow it also runs in a wider temperature range.
Kick wax could be quite tricky. If new snow in tracks I would go with a binder of Swix VG30 ironed in and corked. Then look at snow temps morning of the race. If tracks are transformed fine grain or coarse grain then I would go with the VG35 as a binder. It could be a klister if there is lots of icy track. Go with a Swix KR30 and then cover with appropriate, probably KR20. Be ready to use a base klister and cover with a hard wax if it is snowing or has loose snow in tracks.
Good Luck
# posted by Bert Hinkley : 5:41 PM
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