Free Burgers and Beer

After a lovely weekend with my parents visiting, Robin and I went for a walk to the library and grocery store on a cloudy but relatively warm Sunday afternoon. On the way we found 30 dollars in the street. We didn't really know what to do with it at first, as anyone could feasibly claim it was theirs. And with no one really about, we decided to go out for happy hour.

Our intentions were to go to the Sanctuary, which we have not visited in some time. But they are closed on Sunday. So on to Orchard Green we went. They had a new (to us, at least) Belgian Blonde on tap. I forget the name of it, but I know it starts with an "A" and it is yummy. I recommend.

Even though we stopped at the store for food we decided to save that for Monday and stay for burgers, they were practically free afterall. We left the bar in a happy haze. Kind of like how I felt in the photo below, except the tippsyness came shortly thereafter.

Birkie by Numbers

10,000 The number of skiers who competed in the various ski events over the weekend.

5,079 The number of skiers who completed the marathon distance.

1,433 Classic skiers went the distance.

298 My overall position in the classic marathon category.

54 The number of kilometers in the classic race.

35 As in VG35, the base binder I ironed into my skis. This stuff is sticky, and it was perfect for the old, hard, and fast snow.

8 Layers of kick wax. I put down 4 layers of Violet Special, put the skis outside to cool for 20 minutes and then put down 4 layers of Blue Extra. Kick was good until the last 8k or so. Then it was herring bone up the hills and a lot of double polling.

7 The wave I started in.

3:43:38 My time. And I'm pretty happy with it. Under 4 was the general goal. 3:30 would have been amazing. So being in the middle is just fine by me.

2 The wave I can start in next year.