John Wood, 78, holds his own with teenagers on the ski trails. At the Tour of Anchorage ski race on March 8, he earned a seventh-place finish in the 25-kilometer classic event.
“Youth will be served,” Wood said, a day before he left to go to Talkeetna to ski the 50-kilometer ski race known as the Oosik.
“My intent was to ski within myself,” Wood said. “I’m not getting any younger.” Because Anchorage had received a lot of fresh snow in the 48 hours before the race, times were slower than normal by about 15 minutes…