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2008 USSSA Nationals – View From the Back of the Pack

So just where is Ogden, Utah? I've found myself asking a similar question each of the past 4 years, with the answer always being the same: Why, that's where athletes from all parts of the country attach snowshoes to their feet and strive to exceed that day's personal best on a 10k snow-covered race course ... that's where the USSSA Snowshoe National Championship are in 2008!

Fresh Tracks 5K: Snow-Filled in 2008

The Fresh Tracks 5k isn't many things: It isn't 10k; It isn't at 7,000ft, and It isn't always run. However, what it is, is what's important! It is the oldest continuing snowshoe race in northern CA; It is the last chance snowshoe racers have to 'enter' the ASC High Sierra Snowshoe Series; and it is hosted by one of the great running clubs in this country - the Tahoe Mountain Milers and Sagebrush Stompers.

Tales of the 2008 ASC Snowshoe Challenge and High Sierra Snowshoe Series

The ASC Snowshoe Challenge had sunshine ... definitely the best weather and snow conditions that this race has seen, since it moved from Squaw Creek to the Auburn Ski Club Training Center (ASC) at Donner Summit 3 years ago due to insufficient snow at lower elevations. I'm writing about this 2nd of the 6 snowshoe races making up the 2008 ASC High Sierra Snowshoe Series, while yet another winter storm isolates the Sierra's from most of Northern California for the 3rd racing event in the Series.