Last Saturday I was invited to jump into The Yeti snowshoe 10 km at Grouse Mountain.  This year the race was the World Snowshoe World Championships.  I haven't exactly been snowshoe running this winter; but, I have been running and riding.  I figure fitness is fitness so other than a high heart rate I would be able to fake it.  My plan was working until about 6 km into the race.  I was hanging tight with local legends Andreas Hestler, Seamus Mcgrath, Johnny Fokima and the rest of the clan.  We weren't close to the pro teams from Europe.  Then again we didn't really care - it was more about bragging rights with the clan.  I was thinking of glory with the clan then my hip flexors let me down.  It was all over when they decided to remind that they were out of shape.  I managed to jog into the finish and finished at the back of the clan.  Good times!  It has been 3 years since I strapped on those snowshoes.  What a mistake.  I forgot how much fun it was to run hard on the single track of snow in the woods.  The guys at YETI did an amazing job.  I will be back next year but with a few more sessions in me before the gun goes off.