Day 41 - West Mountain

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Day 40 - West Mountain

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Day 39 - West Mountain

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Day 23 - Hunter Mountain

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Day 22 - Hunter Mountain

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Day 21 - Hunter Mountain

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Day 20 - Hunter Mountain

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Day 10 - Hunter Mountain

Mid Atlantic Race Camp Day 4. Out 9:00 to 2:45 with lunch in the cafeteria again; heavy rain overnight, but no rain and cooling temps today - temps might actually get back below freezing tonighyt; 13 runs; 6,360 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; conditions continue to deteriorate - Hunter races cancelled; nobody else out again; GS in Doug Lewis' group, actually skied okay.

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Day 9 - Hunter Mountain

Only out 9:00 to 11:30 - had to go home and pick up the speed suits I forgot; 5 runs; overcast with temps in the fifties again; 6,240 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; more wet snow, snirt and running water; nobody else out again - given the weather it's not surprising; GS training in Jim T's group - we replaced Tobi and ? with Peter and Scott.

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Day 8 - Hunter Mountain

Mid-Atlantic Masters Race Camp Day 2. Out 9:00 to 2:30 with lunch in the cafetereia again, warm and rainy with temps in the lower fifties; 13 runs; 7,197 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; soft snow, slush, snirt and running water; nobody else out today; SL training again - Lisa D B's group with the same group as yesterday; actually skied okay;

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Day 7 - Hunter Mountain

Mid-Atlantic Masters Race Camp Day 1. Out 9:00 to 2:30 with lunch in the cafeteria in the main lodge; overcast and warm with temps in the upper forties; 13 runs; 8,416 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTigerSL World Cups; slush, snirt and plenty of running water; in John P.'s group with Dave W., Alex, Lisa and Bill Z., Tobi, and Steve; took a little while to get my feet back under me this morning.

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Day 45 - West Mountain

Mid-Atlantic Master SL. Out 8:30 to 11:00 with a quick warm up break in the car before my only race run; coating of snow overnight with cloudy skies and temps in the twenties; 6 runs, 5,112 vertical; skied both pair of Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; groomers; holiday crowd; skied horribly again; DNF'ed first run and just left.

- 51 Burns, Martin M7 DNF DNS -

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Day 44 - West Mountain

Mid-Atlantic Masters GS. Out 8:30 to 2:00 with a couple of warm up breaks in the car; clear, clod and relatively calm again; +5° today in the parking lot; 11 runs; 12,326 vertical; skied the Atomic REdster D2 3.0 Race GS's and the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; groomers; holiday crowd, but not horrible; what was horrible was my skiing - again.

55 51 Burns, Martin M7 1:22.72 (57) 1:18.78 (56) 2:41.50 (55)

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Day 43 - West Mountain

Mid-Atlantic Masters SG Doubleheader. Out 8:30 to 3:00 with a couple of warmup breaks in the car; clear, cold and calm; -5° this morning, probable around 10° today; increasing clouds all day; 11 runs; 12,336 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's; groomers; not much of a crowd; skied horribly.

SG #1: 38 51 Martin Burns M7 1:29:22 (38)

SG #2: 38 51 Martin Burns M7 1:28:89 (38)

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Day 30 - Greek Peak

NY Masters Race. Out 8:30 to 1:30 with a couple of breaks in the A-Frame to get warm; 2" new snow overnight; cold and blustery - temps in the teens with come-and-go clouds and wind; 17 runs; 12,846 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; groomers; skied okay, except for run 4 - I hit a cross rut with too much weight on the inside ski and went down and slid through the B-net into the edge of the brush - first fall of the season; DFL in my class again today.

GS #1: 39 40 M7 Martin Burns 54.94 (45) 54.20 (38) - 1:49.14 (39)

GS #2: 44 40 M7 Martin Burns 58.65 (44)

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Day 29 - Toggenburg

NYS Masters Race. Out 9:00 to 12:30 with a quick break in the lodge between races; 6" new snow overnight; cold and snowy with a little wind; temps in the teens; 12 runs; 7,200 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; powder; skied okay; first run in this morning's pow was very very nice; DFL in class race 1, but with Tomassetti's DNF and Lenda's hike in race 2 I wasn't DFL in class - mission accomplished!

SL #1: 21 21 M7 Martin Burns 48.93 (24) 48.76 (23) - 1:37.69 (21)

SL #2: 19 21 M7 Martin Burns 45.45 (21) 46.32 (20) - 1:31.77 (19) 

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Day 70 - Elk Mountain

Mid-Atlantic Master GS. Out 8:30 to 12:00 without any breaks; sunny with temps rising into the thirties and a slight breeze; 10 runs; 7,000 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; skied horribly.

25 51 Burns, Martin M7 39.58 (24) 42.41 (26) 1:21.99 (25/4)

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Day 33 - Elk Mountain

Mid-Atlantic Masters SL Race. Out 8:30 to 11:15 with a couple of quick warmup breaks; clear and extremely cold and, thank god, no wind, -11° in the parking lot when I arrived, 5° when I left; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; 8 runs, 6,900 vertical; firm and grippy snow on Slalom; surprisingly there were a lot more people out on the hill today; after a nice first run, i was very disappointed with my effort in the second - rather than fightng to stay in the course I just skied out after getting the tinyest bit late on the third gate.

59.34 (13)    DNF    -

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Day 32 - Elk Mountain

Inagural Mid-Atlantic GS Race! 'Out' 9:15 to 1:00, although most of that time was spent in the lodge; -5° in the parking lot this morning, 0° when I left, otherwise sunny skies and a little windy; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; 6 runs; 5,100 vertical; Slalom was groomed flat and the snow in the course held up very well - smooth and grippy with very few chatter marks; very few people out for a Saturday - they only ran one of the lifts in front of the lodge and there was never a liftline; skied ok; feeling ok.

41.32 (25)     41.54 (23)     1:22.86 (22)

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Day 31 - Elk Mountain

Race Training. Out 9:30 to 2:00 with several short warm up breaks; 0° with mostly cloudy skies and a stiff wind; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; 14 runs; 11,900 vertical; the snow was relatively soft and groomed flat; 9 runs through a wide open GS course on the top half of Slalom; despite plenty of traffic the course held up well; high and round worked best given the pitch of the hill; skied my new boots for the first time - I think they're too soft - they also need blown-out for the heel spur on my right foot - I'm using my old boots in tomorrow's GS; today's training was the very first event held by the newly formed Mid Atlanti Masters organization.

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