Over the weekend, I finished my second snowshoe race of the season.  It wasn’t quite as long as my last race, but it sure was a fun time.  I actually raced the Swift Skedaddle last year up here in Silverthorne and won the race so I was pretty excited for the day to come.  The night before we stayed in the ski village in Keystone compliments to a friend of mine who works for the resort (thanks Dave)!  We took the boys tubing at the Nordic Center and they loved it!  The morning of the race I was feeling good as we all warmed up before the start of the 10K course.  This course was very challenging.  It almost seemed like we went up straight uphill for almost ¾ of the race!  I was leading briefly but then was soon passed by another runner.  I kept my 2^nd place position until the last 500m or so when I took a wrong turn on the course letting someone slip past me.  I finished up in 3rd in about an hour flat, and had a great time! 

On a side note, kudos to Powerbar and their latest creation, Gel Blasts.  It’s one of my new favorite energy foods.  They have the perfect amount of caffeine and sugar to get you through long workouts.  I had a few after the race and they hit the spot!  Check them out here: 

http://www.powerbar.com/products/18/POWERBAR®_GEL_BLAST_Cola.aspx

Hope everyone is doing well.

Tim