I don't know, what are you doing?

1. When biking with the local biking gang last week in Colton, we saw a big black bear. Holy crap!

2. Yesterday, with that same group, we raced an Amish buggy. The old woman riding shotgun was loving it. We clocked the buggy at 30mph. Let's just call this race a draw.

3. While doing some light plyos on the Science Center hill, my friend drove by. He thought it would be fun to chase me up and down the hill in his car. He was right. Unfortunately, the geese scared him away.

Training is fun!

Hmmm...

I was in Colorado one month ago enjoying beautiful blue skies, a refreshing dose of sun, and some wicked tough competition/ racing conditions. Since then I've gotten my bike up and running (finally) and started running again. It's been nice, even if that running thing is really painful. Sadly it's supposed to be miserable and rainy for the next 10 days says weather.com. That along with school, it's been hard to get out and enjoy myself recently.

I was doing my nightly routine of surfing the net' last night. Somehow, I ended up on youtube watching skiing videos. I miss it already. I like the push-off, the glide, the non-impact on my joints. Biking's great, but I think its time to get the rollerskis out soon. I don't want to do anything fancy. I just want to get into that rhythem again. The clicking of carbide tips on the road... so goooooood. Oh man, I need to go to my happy place.


Phew, that's better. So yea, people say May is the time to get back into it. But you know what? I actually do enjoy rollerskiing. Maybe I'll just show up to Sarah Gardner's Wonderful Workout Wednesday all geared up!

Later.

P.S. Motorless Monday and Workout Wednesday. That's all I've got for the team update.

Goodbye Ski Season!

Nationals came and whooped us. Whaterver. We had a blast. Goodbye ski season! Good luck graduates! Now go to Youtube and play yourself some Vitamin C.

Edit: A month later, I feel this photo (above) is more appropriate.

Colorado

We've been at Devil's Thumb Ranch for 2 days now, and races start tomorrow. We've been busy acclimating to the altitude and trying to figure out how to do kick-wax for a wet corn/ dry powder mix of snow. Its weird having the temperature be 15 F in the morning and... 60 F in the afternoon.


Matt and Coach have shared several intimate moments together. I think that their relationship is progressing smoothly.


Even though we are in Colorado for a week, we still have to get our work done. The girls have been doing their calculus, and I think Alex has been hard at work... Our first race is tomorrow at 6pm: sprints at the alpine slope. After that night-time endeavor, we can look forward to this for racing.


People are hassling me to play Pictionary now. Later.

That time of year

It is that time of year again, when all the hard work has been done and now is the time to sit back, relax, and race faster than you ever have before.

Well, maybe it's not quite that easy, but it is important to remember that anything you do now is in place to help with the peaking process, and allow your body to be prepared and well rested when race time comes around. Don't stress about missing a training session if you are feeling worn out, staying healthy is the most important thing you can do. Pop the air-born tablets like candy and lock your sick roommates out of the dorm if needed.

This weekend is the USCSA Regional Championships in Waterville Valley, NH and coming up quickly in less than 2 weeks are the USCSA National Championships in Winter Park, CO!

So rest up, keep yourself hydrated, take your vitamins, stay healthy, and most importantly, when it comes time to race, remember that it is that time of the year, the time when you must drop the hammer!!