Mini Marathon and Spring Biathlon Races This Weekend

We will be holding the Great Sacandaga Mini Marathon on Saturday. This is a 30 km freestyle cross country ski race. There is also the option of registering for the 13 km Micro Marathon. Bib puck up and day of registration will open at 10:00 AM. The race will start at 11:00 AM. The start will either be waves or a mass start depending on the number of athletes registered. The entry fee is $25 for pre-registered, $35 day of race. Pre-Registration closes on Friday at 6:00 PM.

Pre-Register for the Mini Marathon

Schedule for Saturday:

• 10:00 AM – Registration Opens
• 11:00 AM – Start

On Sunday, we will hold our annual Spring Biathlon Races.This is a fun event to close out the racing season. In the race two person teams will compete, by skiing alternating loops of 1.4 km. There will be two divisions, Men’s (two men on a team) and Mixed (at least one woman).

You can register as a team, or as an individual. Individuals will be paired up the morning of the race, before zero.

Pre-Register for the Spring Biathlon Races

All competitors must have completed a prior safety clinic.

Format of the Race:

• Each team will complete six laps of the course (3 by each skier).
• The teammates will alternate laps.
• There will be five shooting stops, the first skier will shoot three times (prone, prone, standing), and the second skier will shoot twice (prone, standing).
• On the second skiers third loop, they will ski to the finish line.
• Each team will be assigned a target for the race. All shooting (including zero) should be done at this point.
• Relay rounds will not be used in this race (in other words, you only have five bullets for each shooting stage).
• A penalty loop must be skied for every miss.
• The tag zone will be located immediately after the exit of the penalty loop.
• The race will begin as a mass start, the first team across the finish line after six laps is the winner.

After the relay races we will hold a short mass start biathlon race.

Schedule for Sunday:

• 9:00 AM Registration Opens
• 10:00 AM Zero Opens
• 11:00 AM Relay Race Start
• 12:00 PM Mass Start

Entry Fee: $15 pre-registered; $20 day of race