{"id":136,"date":"2010-01-13T13:13:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T17:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/?p=136"},"modified":"2010-01-13T13:19:03","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T17:19:03","slug":"mini-marathon-and-shen-classic-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/mini-marathon-and-shen-classic-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Marathon and Shen Classic this weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conditions should be excellent for the Shenendahowa classic and the Great Sacandaga Mini Marathon this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend starts with the Shenendahowa Classic, a race organized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/shenendehowanordic.homestead.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shenendahowa Nordic Club<\/a>. Open and masters ski 10 k, juniors ski 5 km. Registration is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skireg.com\/events\/register.asp?EventID=3058\" target=\"_blank\">skireg.com <\/a>through 10:00 PM tonight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/map-shen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142\" title=\"map-shen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/map-shen.png\" alt=\"Course Map for the Shenendahowa Classic\" width=\"386\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Course Map for the Shenendahowa Classic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/brianhalligan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-137\" title=\"brianhalligan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/brianhalligan-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Halligan at the start of last years Shen Classic\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/brianhalligan-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/brianhalligan.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Halligan at the start of last years Shen Classic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" style=\"width: 309px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/carlywynn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138\" title=\"carlywynn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/carlywynn.jpg\" alt=\"Rockett on skis...Carly Wynn at last years Shen Classic\" width=\"309\" height=\"447\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rockett on skis...Carly Wynn at last years Shen Classic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sunday features the Great Sacandaga Mini Marathon, a 30 km skate race. Registration is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skireg.com\/events\/register.asp?EventID=3039\" target=\"_blank\">skireg.com <\/a>through 4:00 PM on Friday. Day of race registration will also be available at a slightly higher fee. This year we are also giving competitors the option of competing in a half distance race (the micro marathon?) Anyone may sign up for the 15 km race, however only juniors will be eligible for awards.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/map-mini.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141\" title=\"map-mini\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/map-mini.png\" alt=\"Great Sacandaga Mini Marathon Course Map\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/map-mini.png 400w, https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/map-mini-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Sacandaga Mini Marathon Course Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The course is very similar to the one that will be used at the <a href=\"http:\/\/champs.saratogabiathlon.com\" target=\"_blank\">2010 NYSSRA Champs <\/a>at the end of February. Expect to see some heavy hitters getting a sneak peak of the course. Mike Wynn is the four time defending champion (he was last beaten in 2004 by Curt Schreiner), will this be the year that someonelse claims the crown?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conditions should be excellent for the Shenendahowa classic and the Great Sacandaga Mini Marathon this weekend. The weekend starts with the Shenendahowa Classic, a race organized by the Shenendahowa Nordic Club. Open and masters ski 10 k, juniors ski 5 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/mini-marathon-and-shen-classic-this-weekend\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mini Marathon and Shen Classic this weekend!<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13],"tags":[29,23,31,25,32,30],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-races","category-winter","tag-classic","tag-cross-country","tag-mini-marathon","tag-registration","tag-shenendahowa","tag-wynn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratogabiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}