Snowshoe racing continues with Braveheart Series

Only one early February race remained for Midwestern snowshoe racers wanting to qualify for the U.S. Snowshoe Championship in Cable, Wisconsin, March 11-13. That qualifying race was the Twin Cities Snowshoe Shuffle in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on February 5. For more information, go to www.esns.org." target="_blank">www.esns.org.

Another competition is still under way for snowshoers throughout the region, however. The Braveheart Snowshoe Racing Series, now in its second year, is encouraging participation in as many as 25 snowshoe events, 11 of which are still to take place in February and March.

Awards will be given to all participants who complete at least seven races in the series. And for each event an individual snowshoer completes, that participant is entered into a drawing for prizes that include pairs of Dion-brand snowshoes. The series awards will be given at the Upper Midwest Trail Runners November 2011 Fall Fest. For the series rules and more information, go cutemoose.net/snowshoe_series.htm.

The Braveheart series includes the citizens race and relay race taking place in Cable on nationals weekend.



• Sat., Feb. 5: Twin Cities Snowshoe Shuffle, Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton, MN; 5K & 10K, 10 a.m., Jasmine Danielson, 612/787-4030; jdanielson@esns.org; www.esns.org

• Sat., Feb. 5: Yukon Day, White Bear Lake, MN; 3 miles & 1 mile, 10 a.m.; www.vacationsports.com

• Sat., Feb. 5: Udder Snowshoe Race, Erbach Park, Athens, WI; 3 miles, 11 a.m.; Chris 715/257-9178, cjranch@yahoo.com

• Sat., Feb. 5: Lake Wissota Snowshoe & Moonlight Ski (noncompetitive), Sanderling Nature Center, Chippewa Falls, WI; 0.75-mile lighted trail, 5-8 p.m.; Allen Middendorp, 715/382-4574, allen.middendorp@dnr.state.wi.us

• Sat., Feb. 12: Lake Effect Snowshoe Race (or Trail Run), Muskegon Winter Sports Complex, Muskegon, MI; 5K & 10K; www.msports.org

• Sat., Feb. 19: Jack Rabbit Challenge, Teaching Family Homes Campus, Marquette, MI; 5K & 10K races, 1K run-walk; Mike Smith, 906/249-5437, msmith@tfhomes.org

• Sun., Feb. 20: Scotch Creek Woodland Waddle, Scotch Creek Woodland Preserve, Edgar, WI; 5K & kids' race, 10:30 a.m.; Mark Stankowski, 715/574-1101, mastankowski@frontier.com

• Sun., Feb. 20: Tahquamenon Falls, Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Paradise, MI; 5K, 10K, 20K; Jeff Crumbaugh, 715/701-0360, info@greatlakesendurance.com; www.greatlakesendurance.com

• Sun., Feb. 27: Stomp the Swamp, Nine Mile County Forest, Wausau, WI; 6K, 12K, 1K kids' race, 11:30 a.m.; Judy or Jay Punke, 715/675-5850, jjpunke@aol.com

• Sat., March 5: Timm's Hill Trudge, High Point Village, Ogema, WI; 5K & 7 miles, 9 a.m.; Kathy or Lyle, 715/767-5287, LyleB@centurytel.net, www.highpointvillage.com

• Sat., March 5: Keyes Peak, Keyes Peak Ski Lodge, Florence, WI; 5K & 10K; Jeff Crumbaugh, 715/701-0360, info@greatlakesendurance.com, www.greatlakesendurance.com

• Sat., March 6: Klondike Days Snowshoe Challenge, Eagle River, WI; 3 miles & 6 miles, kids' race, 11 a.m.; Christine Hare, 715/891-1207, christines.hare@gmail.com, www.klondikedays.org

• Sat., March 12: USSSA National Snowshoe Championships, Lakewoods Resort, Cable, WI; 5K & 10K; T.C. Rasmussen, 715/794-2561, info@lakewoodsresort.com, www.snowshoeracing.com



• Sat., Feb. 19: Snowshoe Scamper, La Crosse, WI; 5K & 10K, 10 a.m.; Jeremy Penkert, penkertj@cityoflacrosse.org, www.cityoflacrosse.org

• Sat., Feb. 19: Book Across the Bay, Ashland-to-Washburn, WI; 10K, 6:10 p.m. (ski race, 6 p.m.); www.batb.org

• Sat., Feb. 26: Campus Trail Trek, Medford, WI; kids' race only; Brian Wilson, 715/748-2408, wilsonkb@tds.net

• Sat., March 5: Lake Wissota Loppet, Lake Wissota, WI; 10K & ski races; Dawn Bye, dbye@charter.net, lakewissotaloppet.webs.com