Hey Derrick and Neil.

I went up to the bush on Monday to cut some trees and found a foot of
snow! Quite cool as I was in running shoes...

I'll contact you offline regarding snowshoes... Isn't Christmas in
less than 4 months? (Lee Anne - are you reading this?)

--- In ous-l@yahoogroups.com, "Derrick Spafford" <djspafford@...>
wrote:
>
> Pierre,
>
> I'd definitely give you a deal on 5 pairs of Dion's ;)
>
> I have used the Dion Running #121 model for training and racing on
groomed
> and ungroomed trails.
>
> Like any other snowshoe, the more surface area, the better the
floatation on
> deep, ungroomed snow. However, the more surface area, also the less
> comfortable for running. The Dion 121's are 7" wide x 21' long, so
you don't
> have to alter your normal running stride much if any. One of the
problems
> with some snowshoes is if they are too wide, you can have problems
with
> constantly hitting the inside of your ankles (ouch). If you have a
> snowmobile trail laid down, you would find that snowshoe running is
much
> faster and easier than on ungroomed trails.
>
> You have 1.5 feet of snow??? Man, I'm jealous!
>
> Derrick Spafford
> www.HealthandAdventure.com
>
>
>
> On 11/19/08, Pierre Marcoux <Pierre_Marcoux@...> wrote:
> >
> > I'll have to check out the Dion snow shoes. Can you get 5 of
them?
> > (Dion quintuplets...) I've logged about 400 hours on my Chubbs
thanks
> > to making maple syrup, so running in them is not an option.
> >
> > Do you need groomed trails for the Dions? My neighbors and I have
a
> > closed trail system through about 500 acres near Collingwood. We
> > should meet for a fun run. There is normally a snowmobile track
laid
> > down by the neighbors. Right now there is 1.5 feet of snow!
> >
> > --- In ous-l@yahoogroups.com <ous-l%40yahoogroups.com>, "Aaron
Anderson"
> > <airman155@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dion snow shoes are available in Canada through Derrick
Spafford at
> > > http://www.healthandadventure.com/114711.html
> > >
> > > A
> > >
> > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:16 AM, <angie.ema@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > My snow shoes are collecting dust - sounds like fun!
> > > > Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
> > > >
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