Lake Placid, N.Y. - The 23rd Annual Lake Placid Loppet was held today on the cross-country ski trails at the Verizon Sport Complex. Tim Donahue made the course, featuring 1,850 of total vertical climb and designed for the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, look easy. His time of 1:10:00.4 was almost 2 minutes clear of Kevin Emblidge 1:12:01, the second place finisher. Tim easily lead the race from start to finish. A good picture of the Team CW-X juggernaut getting underway was posted to the ORDA Wed site, http://www.orda.org/05.Loppet.25classic.htm
In the 50 km event, Team CW-X’s Sproule love skied a sensible race to finish 2nd in the 30 – 34 class and 5th in the over all.
In the 25 km classic event, Rosanne Lent skied to 2nd in the over all and 1st in her age group.
Joe Moore put in an outstanding performance finishing 2nd in the men’s 40-44 age group.
Ed Lis just missed a podium age group finish with a 6th in the men’s 35-39. John Tomlinson finished 7th in the men’s 40-44.