Results Rehash: American Birkie, Great White Ski Chase

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Andy

This is still a rough time of year for riding and running in the Cleveland area, but it’s perfect for skiing!

The major news of the weekend is Mike Schaefer’s assault on the American Birkebiener, a 57k race modeled after legendary ski races in Scandinavia. Dr. Mike was 203rd out of over 4000 entrants from around the world, landing him again among the country’s best distance ski racers. We have some pictures and a race report that will make your quads ache– click through below.

Also this weekend, Kevin Krol, Leah Halloran and Andy Cornwell competed in a very fun local ski race– the Great White Ski Chase, held in North Olmsted. The format was a relay, on a 1.2k loop. Andy raced with Jason Halloran, and Leah raced with Jessica Cornwell. Jason and Andy traded leads with Rudy Sroka of the Lake Effect team for 15 laps before Jason put him away for good to finish in 1st overall (Of course, Rudy did the whole thing by himself…). Leah and Jessica won the women’s team division, skiing classic style, and seemed to have a great time. Krol suffered through an hour by himself, winning the men’s solo Classic style division. This was a very fun local race, and a huge thanks to the volunteers from the Ohio Nordic Ski Club for putting on a great time.

Click through to see more of Mike’s weekend and see more pictures from both events.

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