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A great day
for snowshoe racers, but where were they? Most of them stayed away and missed
one of the nicest days for outdoor activity so far this year! That's all
relative, as our temperatures since January 1 have been in the figurative
dumper, bottoming out at an official -51°F four days ago. And one year
earlier, this same race was run in -35°F temperatures. However, today,
sunshine and balmy +25 degree ridgetop temperatures awaited the five snowshoers
after their climb up out of chilly Goldstream Valley. Today's route followed
the same Heart of Darkness course run in December, and warmer temperatures and
less running gear must have made a difference as today's running times were
faster than those, for the same runners, from early December. A highly placed
government official, who elected to remain anonymous, placed today's temperature
range along the race course at Zero°F to +25°F. |