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These official results have several corrections that have been made after consulting with the timing datasheets. Thank you all for your input, and thanks for coming out!!

I've done lots of long races in my life, but when asked to write a story about my best bonk I was surprised at how few times I've really bonked.

Today is “leave your car at home day” in Gatineau. Karl and I rode our bikes to work for an easy recovery Monday.

Cross Country Skier-Cross $1,000 for 1st Place

This is a common problem: You start the workout with the strap firmly around the chest and you end the workout with a second belt. But there are tricks to avoiding this.

Last weekend two XC Ottawa skiers, Megan and Dave, travelled to Sudbury to represent Carleton University at the Ontario University Championhips. The races took place at Laurentian University on some fun, challenging and well groomed trails.

The new snow and mild temperatures will make this a spectacular weekend for skiing in the region, and there are many other nordic events happening.

XC Ottawa athletes will be competing in early season races in Sovereign Lake and Canmore.

The race is a typical ‘stage race’ format where every day is a mass start event, and time is cumulative over the course of the 6 days. Each stage varies in length between 25 and 45km.

Traditionally XC Ottawa holds an early on-snow training camp in November at Foret Montmorency. This is the first year I have attended the camp, although I have been to Foret Montmorency several times before for racing.