You might have liked the trail race I ran this morning - 29 people showed up total for the 1hr, 3hr and 6hr on a 2.125km loop of mixed rail trail-ish, a parking lot lap, and 3/4 singletrack through the snowy woods.
Edited to add: no potato soup but there are always crock pots of chili (one with meat, one vegetarian) for post-race warmups and refueling.

Of course it was -13c / 9f with 60kph / 37mph wind gusts making it feel like -22c / -8f , and a couple of hundred metres (in each direction) was beside an open field with the north wind whipping snow directly across it. Got a little hard to see at times, but it sure was pretty.










Did the 3hrs (11 laps / 23.375km), waited 1hr15m chatting with people, then headed out for another 3 laps (6.375km) in much deeper and heavier snow and wind to make it a REAL double day.

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