makes me annoyed.
Yup, it's been almost two weeks since I've been back from Colorado and I've been too busy with work to be able to post anything. It's pretty much work, ride the trainer, sleep work, ride the trainer, sleep, work, sleep, sleep. Yeah, I'd rather just be sleeping.
Hope to post something vaguely interesting soon, maybe a parody of my work experiences lately. Dilbert probably sums it up best.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Training Totals
I couldn't figure out a way to post this as a picture, so it's going to have to be a post instead.
| 2007 Training Totals YTD | ||
| Cycling: | | |
| Running: | | |
| Swimming: | | |
| Skiing: | | |
| 2006 Training Totals | ||
| Cycling: | 1,222 miles | 121 hours |
| Running: | 265 miles | 45 hours |
| Swimming: | 46 miles | 40 hours |
| Skiing: | | 140 hours |
| 2005 Training Totals | ||
| Cycling: | 1,090 miles | 104 hours |
| Running: | 252 miles | 45 hours |
| Swimming: | 50 miles | 48 hours |
| Skiing: | | 120 hours |
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Snow!
It's hard to believe it's already Thursday and my vacation is almost over. But, the good news is, that it's finally snowing again! We're expected to get 6-10 overnight and another 4-8 tomorrow. Finally. It was getting rough out there.
I spent the last two days skiing at Keystone - lots of fun in the Outback area - great tree skiing and great moguls. Although it's been getting a bit rocky! I also spent a morning skate skiing over in Frisco - a beautiful area, right on Lake Dillon. So, here are some pics:
Pretty Grass
View of Breck from Keystone
Taking the Lift
Lake Dillon
The Drive Home
I spent the last two days skiing at Keystone - lots of fun in the Outback area - great tree skiing and great moguls. Although it's been getting a bit rocky! I also spent a morning skate skiing over in Frisco - a beautiful area, right on Lake Dillon. So, here are some pics:
Pretty Grass The View
Skate Skis
View of Breck from Keystone
Taking the Lift
Down the Trail
The Drive Home
Monday, January 1, 2007
Latest Read
Downhill - Life Story of a Gravity Goddess by Marla Streb
Sol found this at a book store going out of business sale and I spent the last two days reading it. It was surprisingly good and made me excited to mountain bike more this summer. It's definitely inspiring that Marla took a chance by quitting her bio-tech lab job and attempting to turn pro. It's also inspiring that she's 41 now and still winning downhill races. Pretty amazing and great motivation for those of us that got into biking later in life. Another inspiration in the Boston cyclocross scene is Julie Lockhart - she comes to every race and usually finishes last, but she won her age group 65+ at Nationals. It's good to know one can get involved in cycling at any age and have a blast.
Next up, Raising the Bar - Integrity and Passion in Life and Business by Gary Erickson (the founder of Clif Bar). This is a borrowed read from the CFO of my company, who pointed out the section where Gary notes "I want to encourage entrepreneurs to use legal counsel from day one...I've come to depend on legal counsel and trust it." Hello! It's about time someone appreciated us lawyers and the value-add we can provide! I think I'm going to like this one.
Sol found this at a book store going out of business sale and I spent the last two days reading it. It was surprisingly good and made me excited to mountain bike more this summer. It's definitely inspiring that Marla took a chance by quitting her bio-tech lab job and attempting to turn pro. It's also inspiring that she's 41 now and still winning downhill races. Pretty amazing and great motivation for those of us that got into biking later in life. Another inspiration in the Boston cyclocross scene is Julie Lockhart - she comes to every race and usually finishes last, but she won her age group 65+ at Nationals. It's good to know one can get involved in cycling at any age and have a blast.
Next up, Raising the Bar - Integrity and Passion in Life and Business by Gary Erickson (the founder of Clif Bar). This is a borrowed read from the CFO of my company, who pointed out the section where Gary notes "I want to encourage entrepreneurs to use legal counsel from day one...I've come to depend on legal counsel and trust it." Hello! It's about time someone appreciated us lawyers and the value-add we can provide! I think I'm going to like this one.
New Year's Eve
Didn't have any real plans for New Year's, and since Sol was working at Keystone for night skiing, I ended up at Keystone for the light parade (ski instructors ski down with red flaming torches in an s-shaped line) and fireworks.
Night skiing was interesting - last time I night skied (not counting the night time skinning trips up Pico) was back in 1992 or 1993 at Nashoba Valley. Let's just say I wasn't looking forward to night skiing - I mean, ski in freezing temperatures in the dark on boring blue groomers wearing way too many clothes to be comfortable? I can think of better things to do. Surprisingly it was fun, albeit icy. Just like skiing at Killington. Except there was snow.
After night skiing, Sol and I headed home and rang in the new year drinking red wine with his roomate Amber and her dog Cassidy. All in all, another fun and memorable New Year's.
Night skiing was interesting - last time I night skied (not counting the night time skinning trips up Pico) was back in 1992 or 1993 at Nashoba Valley. Let's just say I wasn't looking forward to night skiing - I mean, ski in freezing temperatures in the dark on boring blue groomers wearing way too many clothes to be comfortable? I can think of better things to do. Surprisingly it was fun, albeit icy. Just like skiing at Killington. Except there was snow.
After night skiing, Sol and I headed home and rang in the new year drinking red wine with his roomate Amber and her dog Cassidy. All in all, another fun and memorable New Year's.
A-Basin
Well, the parking lot at Keystone was full, so I kept driving to A-Basin yesterday. It was sunny, warm and the skiing was great! Here's a pic.
It was still a bit rocky in some spots, but there was still good snow, like under cliff bands.
It's a lot easier to bomb down double black tree runs when one is with a group. Since I was by myself, I was a bit more timid, but had a lot of fun cruising down the rocky, tree lined slopes off the Pallavicini lift.
Here's a great pic of the back country. Apparently there was a slide at A-Basin yesterday. So glad I don't back country ski - scary.
It was still a bit rocky in some spots, but there was still good snow, like under cliff bands.
It's a lot easier to bomb down double black tree runs when one is with a group. Since I was by myself, I was a bit more timid, but had a lot of fun cruising down the rocky, tree lined slopes off the Pallavicini lift.
Here's a great pic of the back country. Apparently there was a slide at A-Basin yesterday. So glad I don't back country ski - scary.
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