11FEB P10-Penguin, Race Trails

I got off to a late start today and was pleasantly surprised that the grooming was still evident.  Penguin was in good shape ie. not too icy.  There is the "ridge" appearing on Ridge that is effectively reducing the skate lane a bit but this was only a minor inconvenience. The race course had seen little traffic but was flat, nice and wide-very well groomed.  It is a real pleasure to ski on those trails although I still find them confusing.  I was very surprised that on parts of the course there were only two other skate marks and this was after 2pm.  Conditions were fast with very good control.