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Kuan · #1 02-05-2006, 10:30 AM

In exactly 1 hr. I'll be starting the City of Lakes Loppet 35k ski race. Send me good vibes everyone.

#2 02-05-2006, 10:38 AM

Best Of Luck Bro!!! Hope You Win!

GermanStar · #3 02-05-2006, 10:44 AM

Good luck -- I hope this doesn't end in traction.

Lebenz · #4 02-05-2006, 11:58 AM

Go Kuan!

#5 02-05-2006, 12:35 PM

I hope you win. There is no such thing as second place. There are "the winners" and "the rest."

#6 02-05-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by intelligent

I hope you win. There is no such thing as second place. There are "the winners" and "the rest."

CONGRATS!! The above was suppose to be a joke. HaHaHa. I know....not a very good one. Congrats for doing it.

Frank X. Morris · #7 02-05-2006, 07:57 PM

Howdy Kuan,
I guess the Beach Boys didn't make it there in time to help ;-)

Botnst · #8 02-05-2006, 12:44 PM

May the snow be with you, Obe Kuan.

iwrock · #9 02-05-2006, 01:00 PM

I hope I'm not too late. Good Luck!!!

Kuan · #10 02-05-2006, 06:50 PM

Hi all, I finished a solid 600th.

Thanks all. Some sections were quite icy and I managed to fall 6 times, broke a tip so finished the last 15k with a broken pole. All in all a good first time race for me.

koop · #11 02-05-2006, 07:09 PM

Congrats on being "the rest"

iwrock · #12 02-05-2006, 07:11 PM

Its not wether you win or lose, its how you play. Congrats on your victory.

Your a winner, because you did your best. (Taken from my soccer coach when we were 3-12)

Zeus · #13 02-06-2006, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuan

Hi all, I finished a solid 600th.

Thanks all. Some sections were quite icy and I managed to fall 6 times, broke a tip so finished the last 15k with a broken pole. All in all a good first time race for me.

Ah, don't feel too bad Kuan. Better a broken tip than a hip.

I did almost the same thing in high school. I was a senior and our school team entered in a big 10K ski race without my having really ever learned to ski cross-country properly. I also broke my skis during the race and I ended up coming in dead last.

The really funny part was that the juniors raced after the seniors. I was so slow in finishing the race that everyone at the finish line thought I was a junior (the rest of the senior division had all finished ages ago), so they all cheered me madly as I came close to 'finishing'. I was actually awarded the gold for the junior division and my coach, who apparently didn't know me too well, thought that we had actually won a medal.

Kuan · #14 02-06-2006, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeus

Ah, don't feel too bad Kuan. Better a broken tip than a hip.

I did almost the same thing in high school. I was a senior and our school team entered in a big 10K ski race without my having really ever learned to ski cross-country properly. I also broke my skis during the race and I ended up coming in dead last.

The really funny part was that the juniors raced after the seniors. I was so slow in finishing the race that everyone at the finish line thought I was a junior (the rest of the senior division had all finished ages ago), so they all cheered me madly as I came close to 'finishing'. I was actually awarded the gold for the junior division and my coach, who apparently didn't know me too well, thought that we had actually won a medal.

Man tell me about it! I'd say I'm happy with my result. Out of almost 1000 skiers, of which about 200 opted for the 10k race, I finished 600 out of six hundred fifty something finishers, and then there were about 20 or so DNF's. I was so over my head on parts of the course. I walked two downhills because they were 30 meters of icy single track with a sharp turns. It was like mountain biking, only no brakes! There were parts of the course where 5-6 people crashed in a row at the same spot. I got a big old bruise on my hip from one crash. Hurts, good thing it's not broken like you said.