During the Beginner Clinic this afternoon, I was asked about the difficulty of our first race, which is scheduled for Friday 12th December.  It is a Freestyle Relay in the Meadow at Kirkwood Cross Country.  Last year the weather was beautiful and there was just enough snow (it was gone within the week).  The previous year the morning started off cold and fine but by the time of the High School start we had near blizzard conditions which made a tough race.

To show our newcomers what to expect I have posted a low resolution video from both the girls and boys race from last year on Youtube  (the boys race had previously appeared on Facebook).  Both Delphine and Cody wore my Gopro on their heads while they skied the lead off leg of their relays.  The Girls  video is 13:37 long and the Boys  video is 11:20 long. The course is a fairly flat 3 Km with the only technical difficulty being a sharp right hand turn.