After work skin workout on Gotcha Cutoff. At the bottom, started the clock before skins on, went up, down, up, down, skins on, stop clock. Previous time for this double lap was 1:11:14 (particular variant had ~250 more vertical gain, but 1 fewer transition).
Distance: 4.46 mi
Elevation Gain: 1340
Max Elevation: 8014 ft
Time: 49:23 Moving Time: 44:14
Transitions: 3 skins on, 2 skins off
Transition time: 5:09
Climbing speed ~ 1628/hr, though the grade of Gotcha is super gradual, and so it's hard to score vertical.
Transition times were the focus for today, and just paying attention and having a way to do them made them so much faster. Last time was roughly 13 minutes of transition, with one fewer skins-on transition. This came from having an order (Boot, binding, skin, one leg at a time, completely) and from recognizing downhill time as recovery time, so resting isn't needed at the transition. Eating and drinking while skiing will speed this up further.
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