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14 Adirondack Sports HIGH ADVENTURE SKI SHOP Specializing in All Boot Fitting & Custom Footbeds Full Service Ski Tuning & Mounting Alpine Touring & Backcountry Department HighAdventureSBP.com All of Your Favorite Brands, Great Prices & Expert Service HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS Skis • Boots • Bindings Helmets • Gloves • Parkas Pants • Boot Heaters & More 518-785-0501 for Men, Women & Children Route 7, Latham 2 Miles West of Northway Exit 6 Be Part of the Magic! This winter at Double H Ranch, hundreds of kids living with serious illness will have the chance to learn a winter sport in an inclusive and medically safe environment. Activities include 1:1 instruction in alpine skiing and snowboarding. Volunteer instructors are trained in adaptive teaching techniques, childhood behavior, and more! Volunteer Positions • Ski & Snowboard Instructors • Equipment Room Techs • Conveyor Lift Operators • National Ski Patrol • Lodge Hosts • Family Pals With every new Subaru purchased or leased, Subaru will donate $250 to your choice of charities. North Country Subaru will also donate a minimum of $50 in total to the Under the Woods Foundation and Riley’s Village here in our community for each vehicle sold or leased. Additionally, for every routine Subaru vehicle service visit during the Subaru Share the Love Event, North Country Subaru will donate $5 to our hometown charities. Promoting Your Active Outdoor Lifestyle Visit: doublehranch.org Follow: @doublehranch Discover the all-new 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness North Country Subaru 616 Quaker Rd, Queensbury The best-selling all-wheel drive cars in America for the past 10 years (518) 798-1577 • NorthCountrySubaru.com Cars you can count on, people you can trust
DECEMBER 2023 15 ■ MARBRY WITH MARYANN LANSING. ATHLETE PROFILE Marbry Gansle AGE: 68 FAMILY: Husband, Steve; Daughter, Ashley RESIDENCE: Newtonville (summer); Florida (winter) HOMETOWN: Old Chatham ■ ASHLEY, MARBRY AND STEVE. CAREER: Retired physical education teacher and varsity coach at Shaker High School for cross country, gymnastics, outdoor track & field; high school and USATF official ■ LEADING THE RACE AT THE ARMORY. By Kristen Hislop “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” – George Bernard Shaw, 1905 play, Man and Superman We all know that is a fallacy, read on for proof. According to Barbara (Bobbi) Palma, who brought many women’s sports programs/teams to the Capital Region, Marbry Gansle was a world class runner. Bobbi notes, “she had incredible determination plus talent to go far. She always exuded joy with a big smile.” For reference understanding great talent, Bobbi also coached Joan Benoit Samuelson early in her career. Just a few years back Marbry raced head-to-head against Francie Larrieu-Smith, veteran of five Olympic teams and co-winner of the 1985 Freihofer’s Run for Women 10K. Marbry raced the 800 against Doris Brown Heritage. For context, in 1966 Doris became the first woman to run a subfive-minute mile indoors, clocking 4:52. By the following year, she began her string of five world cross country championships. Bobbi took Marbry under her wing, providing training and accompanying her to meets. A first airplane ride, Junior Nationals in Ohio beating Mary Decker (now Slaney), then Nationals in Albuquerque, New Mexico and California. Her best finish was 27th in Nationals, just missing the international team by two places. Bobbi told me at the 2023 USATF national meeting that Marbry would have made the international team. In the 70s there was no funding for women’s sports, so Bobbi’s girls paid for their races and travel via fundraising with candy sales. Bobbi shared a story of being on the NYS Thruway in bad weather. They and many other cars were stopped and semi stranded. Marbry took advantage of the situation by jumping out of the car and selling candy to other motorists! Let’s take a step back. Growing up on a dairy farm in Old Chatham, Marbry was no stranger to hard work and pushing her body. Sports were a draw in part due to Mr. Lambert, her elementary physical education teacher. Knowing she wanted to teach, she played every sport in high school – four years of varsity basketball, varsity gymnastics, three years of varsity track, one year of softball, one year of volleyball, and one season of cheerleading. “I did every sport that we had. I wanted to experience what we had to become a well-rounded PE student. In college, I commuted an hour each way before I-90 was completed, so no sports except for running. My last two years, when I lived on campus at Russell Sage College, I did play field hockey and lacrosse. There was no track team at Russell Sage College, but senior year, Russell Sage College let me attend a meet at SUNYA (now UAlbany) as an individual,” says Marbry. Her running career started in ninth grade on the girls track team at Chatham. At the time the longest race for girls was the half-mile (800 meters). Marbry wanted to do the 800, but her coach put her in the 100 because she was “short.” “I’ll never forget it and jogging around the track one day for warm up, the girl that was in the 800 was upset she didn’t want to run it. I said I’ll run it, please go tell coach. I ran the 800 and broke the school record the first time out on that horrible oval track” recalls Marbry. It was See ATHLETE PROFILE 17 ▶
Page 1 and 2: COVERING UPSTATE NY SINCE 2000 FREE
Page 3 and 4: DECEMBER 2023 3 CONTENTS 5 NEWS BRI
Page 5 and 6: News Briefs Double H Ranch Pays Tri
Page 7 and 8: BICYCLING DECEMBER 2023 7 SMBA’S
Page 9 and 10: DECEMBER 2023 9 GURNEY LANE POWDER
Page 11 and 12: SKIING, RIDING & SNOWSHOEING Get On
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Page 19 and 20: COMMUNITY DECEMBER 2023 19 Bikepack
Page 21 and 22: DECEMBER 2023 21 DAY 27 - SUNSET AT
Page 23 and 24: CALENDAR OF EVENTS DECEMBER 2023 TO
Page 25 and 26: DECEMBER 2023 25 11 Osceola Festiva
Page 27 and 28: DECEMBER 2023 27 2-11 Saranac Lake
Page 29 and 30: RUNNING & WALKING Winter Races By M
Page 31 and 32: DECEMBER 2023 31 HIKING & SNOWSHOEI
Page 33 and 34: RACE RESULTS 1ST ANNUAL FLUTTERS &
Page 35 and 36: RACE RESULTS MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 4
Page 37 and 38: RACE RESULTS 11TH ANNUAL REVOLUTION
Page 39 and 40: RACE RESULTS 48TH ANNUAL MVP HEALTH

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