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I made a valiant effort to complete my birthday miles this year. Aiming for 72 km and finished 60. The weather was COOOOOLD (-18C at the start), the skies were clear and the tracks were fast.
John and I got up early and he did the first 30 km with me. The plan was for Rosie and Amber to pick me up in the afternoon after I did the rest. I went out for my 2nd loop and was feeling pretty good until swinging around the backside of the Norweigan loop. Started to get blisters, feet started hurting, all of my clothes were wet and I was running out of time. I was worried that Amber would get impatient waiting for me to finish, so I took the fast way back. I *would* have had time to finish, because Amber went home with Umpa and Rosie went out for a ski looking for me!
I wish I had finished, but all in all I felt strong for the majority of the ski and wasn't hurting too much afterward aside from a bit of light fatigue. I think I would have made it, if we hadn't had to stop for as long to warm up.

I made a valiant effort to complete my birthday miles this year. Aiming for 72 km and finished 60. The weather was COOOOOLD (-18C at the start), the skies were clear and the tracks were fast.
John and I got up early and he did the first 30 km with me. The plan was for Rosie and Amber to pick me up in the afternoon after I did the rest. I went out for my 2nd loop and was feeling pretty good until swinging around the backside of the Norweigan loop. Started to get blisters, feet started hurting, all of my clothes were wet and I was running out of time. I was worried that Amber would get impatient waiting for me to finish, so I took the fast way back. I *would* have had time to finish, because Amber went home with Umpa and Rosie went out for a ski looking for me!
I wish I had finished, but all in all I felt strong for the majority of the ski and wasn't hurting too much afterward aside from a bit of light fatigue. I think I would have made it, if we hadn't had to stop for as long to warm up.