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Photo of the Week: Anyone Got a Shovel?

Posted by Dawn - Pink Chick Filed Under: Photos

Welcome to 2009! I hope you all had a good holiday season and are ready for a new year.
I’m not sure even a shovel would have helped the runners on this race course.

Saturday was the Nose Creek XC race in Calgary. We’ve had a lot of snow and well, try as I might, there was no way of setting up the race route without running it through deep snow at least once or twice. Oh yeah, I’m the Race Director. Thankfully, while it was termed “nasty” by at least one runner, most had a good laugh and slept well after a tough slog through a snowy, just over 7k route. Being a double loop route, those doing the 7k had to trudge through this 3 foot snow bank at least twice.

This photo comes to us courtesy of Kathy Taerum & the Calgary Roadrunners. Be sure to check out her other photos from the race. When I reviewed them, I laughed so hard I cried.

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6 Comments
  1. Running in the snow « Miss P’s Miscellaneous Musings on January 12th at 8:58 am

    [...] getting in this morning and seeing this post from RunnersWorld.com, I realize things could be alot worse.  Happy training season everyone and just remember to feel [...]

  2. crossn81 on January 12th at 9:00 am

    That looks like a lot of fun!!

    crossn81s last blog post..Week in Review

  3. Dawn - Pink Chick on January 12th at 5:20 pm

    It was and I’m sure the runners will be talking about this one for a long time. Thanks for dropping by.

    Dawn – Pink Chicks last blog post..Nose Creek XC – Flagging the Race Route

  4. cherie on January 15th at 1:33 pm

    I am SO glad I didn’t do that race…it looks like it would have been fun if you wore Goretex shoes, rubber pants and a down coat.

    cheries last blog post..who we are

  5. Grant - Untamed Adventure on January 23rd at 5:29 am

    That is a great photo — glad I came across it. Subscribed!

    Grant – Untamed Adventures last blog post..Compass Zones and Declination

  6. Duff on January 28th at 7:02 am

    That is amazing. I ran in something close to that for a training run last year. It was was fantastic. I miss the snow. Here in Delaware they have shut down the schools for about an inch or snow.
    Maybe next year I will have to give this a try.

    Duffs last blog post..The Goofy race and a Half Challenge: Part 1-The Half

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