Ped

Look around and smell it coming after the heart of winter passes, that tunnel vision comes around and the rest is autopilot, another few weeks and it'll be here. Longer days and a run. That's right a run. It was awful, I'm not comfortable on foot. Having spent years setting my body up to do one thing reasonably well and go and throw curves b/c I have the bone density of a bird from outer space. The pod and the latest show got me through it. I feel better now but it does feel good at some point right?

Sabbath

Sunday was a good day to ski, just a bit scenic.

Music

So the kid likes to listen to Danzig and White Zombie we were playing the Spiderman Matching Game and he didn't want to listen to the mellow stuff, he wanted to hear the good stuff instead. Does this look like a future visitor to the pit?

Huh?

Sneaking around the woods, not fast, slow enough to hear the silence. Perfect. Better to be slow and quiet now, loud is later.

Nocturnal

Nocturnal mission last night thru fresh snow with number 1. I didn't last that long out there, only an hour but gliding thru the woods in the dark made the trip perfect, deep snow on touring skis, can't ask for more mid-winter. More of that today, I'm not in silent sport shape, it makes me feel old the way cross never does. Old or out of shape, pick one. It is good to keep after it. News this week. Ready?

Moust

I'm not allowed to have one, I'd like to rock the stash but I also want to stay married. This guy is lucky, I want to be him. Maybe then I could walk around as though I don't have a care in world. People with moustaches have it pretty good. I can't complain, but how cool would it be to have a caterpillar chillin' on your upper lip like this guy. Man, someday I'll be like him, or maybe not, either way this guy rocks hard. Fast guys from all around are gathering.

Postsecret

I stole this off postsecret and couldn't resist posting it. Some of the posts are pretty dark, I like that. Nothing today, too many crackers to put away to get out on the skis, if it snows more than a few inches I'll ski to work. Friday is a good day for that.

Only the Beginning

I see the new daylight where it wasn't a week ago. I still need to buck up for a new headlamp for the after dark missions, that always helps. Not being limited by daylight adds a whole new facet to the program. It makes number one happy too, the dog needs his time. Another little mission tonight before the full moon goes away. Anybody wanna go? Faster. It's here.

Ready?

Now that the new year is really here and I got the amateur night behind me, the break is over, three weeks of minimal stuff, only enough to ski and play, I can now push the door to the new season open. We'll see if the fenders are needed to get out on the roads this coming weekend, between now and then it'll be the game of hide and seek with the sleep ghosts. It'll feel good to get the first day of 150k in the legs since summer. News coming this week...

Lightweight

An almost full moon tonight for a little ski tour after the snowmachines managed to glaze over the trail. The new skis were too fast, straight line trail and I still had to slow. The thought of going off into the woods and hitting a tree I couldn't see meant more slowing. Perfect weather, pretty sad that I managed to New Year's Eve it and I still skied twice while nursing a bit of a hang. Lightweight. The Grand Traverse is not for me. I like to sleep too much.