Race Report 7th Annual Winter Warrior 10k Snowshoe Race Saturday, January 28, 2017 Durango Nordic Center Men’s Course Record Remains, But Not The Ladies! The stunning ‘bluebird’ sky on race morning turned out to be a mirror of the collective effort of 60 snowshoe racers; cold, sacred, and dazzling! 32 Ladies and 22 Men […]
Oh yeah baby….
my Winter Warrior 10k Snowshoe Race…”Where ANYTHING can happen, baby!!”
enjoy the footage and THANK YOU 4 Corners TV!!!
Durango Nordic Center was witness to a world-class 6th edition of the Winter Warrior 10k snowshoe race contested by a stacked, national-class field which resulted in a nail-biting epic battle upon the sacred snows in the most grueling of all endurance sports between rookie snowshoer yet supremely talented FLC Cross-Country runner, Christian Gering against back-to-back Durango Double Marathon winner and seasoned snowshoe racer, Anthony Kunkel in the Men’s Race.
“Are you okay Mommy if i go?”
Joy looked at her daughter through her sweat-soaked eyes and replied,
“Darling Girl? You GO, get that racer! I’ll see you at the Finish Line, my Love!!!” as her shouting voice trailed off into the divine reverberations of a snow-clad Cascade Canyon…
DURANGO TV will be filming on Race Day…What an amazingly talented field of national/world class athletes already signed up as well as those whose goal is just to walk the 5k! My treasured donators are REALLY steppin’ up again and our renown raffle prizes? Awesomeness! BLESSED! Please support my race! Need course marshals/volunteers! c’mon! join our Crazy Wisdom Parade to benefit the Durango Youth Nordic Ski Team!
The world’s original winter sport which saved the human ‘race’ remains the most demanding, mystical, and spirit-elevating pursuit on this Plane(t)….but don’t take my word for it…