Found a cool cross results site:
http://crossresults.com/?n=racers&sn=r&rID=787
If only I can mush myself into the top 25% next year. If only.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Pondering the next mogul
Another shot from day one of teleing - pondering the next mogul - if only I had the coordination, skill and muscles of Kyle Kershner to just fly through the moguls, light as a feather, like water running through creek stones. Soon. Soon. By April that will be me :)
First Day of Skiing
Here's a shot from my first day of tele skiing this year at Keystone. It was an amazing day - lots of powder and too little muscle. Looking forward to many more days like this!
Monday, December 10, 2007
The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
I feel like I just walked through the secret wardrobe door into winter. I landed in Denver on Tues night and was greeted with a winter wonderland upon arriving in Summit County. Since then it has snowed, snowed and snowed. Literally - every day, all day from Weds through Sunday. Today is the first clear day with blue skies and mounds of powdery snow. Tele'ing has been great - but my back is now killing me so it's time for some R&R and some M&A deals, three to be exact. When it rains it pours - I am now officially swamped with work - which is a good thing, especially since I can do it all from my yummy home office facing the snowy forrest.
CX Season Wrap Up
Well, after Putney the season only went downhill.
I chose to sleep in over getting to Lowell early enough to actually warm up and pre ride the course. Despite that, I had a great start - in 4th - but promptly lost 10 places between the brutal run up and twisty turny section. The race only went down hill from there (due to the uphill part!).
The following week was Palmer - in 20 degree weather. I couldn't warm up properly and only had time to pre-ride a short section of the course. I did terrible - worst race of the year. A good start, but went so far backwards each lap it was embarassing (as was me trying to get up the horse jump - so sad).
All that being said, I still finished both races in a decent place for me, but really should have done better - last year I improved with each race. My friend Carol really put it in perspective for me at Gloucester when, me being disappointed with my mid pack finish, she asked me how I had done last year - that was when I remembered that I came in second to last both days. I also have to remember that I've been lifting weights 3x a week to get stronger for next year - and that this is probably impacting my results (along with the lack of warm up).
So, CX season is now over and it's time to ski! Off to Colorado for some powder and tele'ing in the trees.
I chose to sleep in over getting to Lowell early enough to actually warm up and pre ride the course. Despite that, I had a great start - in 4th - but promptly lost 10 places between the brutal run up and twisty turny section. The race only went down hill from there (due to the uphill part!).
The following week was Palmer - in 20 degree weather. I couldn't warm up properly and only had time to pre-ride a short section of the course. I did terrible - worst race of the year. A good start, but went so far backwards each lap it was embarassing (as was me trying to get up the horse jump - so sad).
All that being said, I still finished both races in a decent place for me, but really should have done better - last year I improved with each race. My friend Carol really put it in perspective for me at Gloucester when, me being disappointed with my mid pack finish, she asked me how I had done last year - that was when I remembered that I came in second to last both days. I also have to remember that I've been lifting weights 3x a week to get stronger for next year - and that this is probably impacting my results (along with the lack of warm up).
So, CX season is now over and it's time to ski! Off to Colorado for some powder and tele'ing in the trees.
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