ESG Results!

How many gold medals can one person possible want? Apparently 5 is enough, because that is what Eileen won in a fabulous performance over the weekend at the Empire State Games snowshoe races. Her sprint races on Saturday, over a track that was similar to snowshoeing on quicksand, were all quite competitive, but Eileen prevailed in all four of them (100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m). She came back on Sunday to take another gold medal in the cross-country 5kish race (long course, more like 3.35 miles).

Lou and I battled it out in the 1500m race with 5 other guys in our age group and the race ended up with me earning the bronze and Lou finishing fourth. Overall in the masters groups (ages 30+) I was fourth and Lou fifth out of 13 competitors.

The cross-country race is in a beautiful setting at Mt. Van Hoevenburg just outside of Lake Placid. I managed to grab the silver medal and Lou ran well, with 4-6 places finishing within 9 seconds of each other!

We couldn't have raced so well without the marvelous support crew of Mike, Jan and Joanne. A big thanks to all three of you!

More photos to be posted soon!