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The Craftsbury Marathon is coming right up! Conditions are looking great with plenty of snow, some more snow expected, and a great course.

For the official Toko wax tip, see Dave Boucher’s notes HERE.

Here are a few other suggestions:

• For glide, a mid-range wax should cover bases well. Swix CH/LF/HF7 is a safe bet, and even a little CH/LF/HF8 on the tails of the skis could help glide late in the race.
• For grip wax, it is looking like a violet/red range kick wax is ideal. Looking at the forecast, some waxes I’d test (in addition to Dave’s Toko notes) are listed below in order of colder->warmer

-Rode National Team -1/-7

-Rode Super Blue

-Swix VR45

-Rode T-Line VPS

-Rode Violet

-Rode Multigrade

-Guru Red

-Rode T-Line VXPS or Viola Extra

Great cover waxes would be Swix VR40, Rode T-Line VO, or Guru Blue

• A binder is key, so don’t forget to iron in a green basewax like Toko Base or Swix VG35!
• Structure could come into play if it doesn’t snow too much and the tracks get skied-in. Adam’s suggestion is a fine linear structure like the Toko Blue Structurite tool.
• The MNC tent will be on-site, and Coach Rick and Coach Liam will be set-up in the indoor wax room as well (look for the MNC banner!)

Have a great race everyone!