Clumsy

I got so cold on yesterday's ride that it took all day and about 4000 calories to warm me up, calories I guess really are units of heat, how many BTUs is that? Now I get warm for a few days, life is good. Fresh snow today, I felt lazy, no ski to work, it would have been perfect. Good coffee and a big dinner have the ague from yesterday fading into thoughts of sand and sun and SPF break out the running shoes and try to avoid getting hit by blu-blocked octogenarians no bikes that would be asking to become the new hood ornament on a Buick. Whole Foods down the road, for the danish and coffee and plenty of lazy time. The trick is getting the work done, not always when I want it, but when it can be finished.

Perfect

I want to visit this place. Anybody want to make a pilgrimage to witness such a Utopian concept?

Grinding

Bloody cold commute today, superlatives aside, one speed cross bike for about an hour to get to the office. What it should be mid winter; cold and filled with penance. Not the cozy pleasure of skinning up the mountain in the peaceful morning air, diesel trucks and asshole cops getting too close to my left shoulder. Lead by example? Not them. I need more burly shoe covers too, the toes are just feeling normal now, an hour plus after thawing. I feel good though, tired and drained and full of chills. My feet still hurt from Sunday's ski in the crappy boots. I feel the soreness sooner when it's this cold and I don't do what I should, like ski to work. I needed more layers today, my mistake, the engine didn't even fire up that much until the last 20 minutes. Peets warmed me up fast.

Iheart

I love cycling more than any other athletic pursuit, I seem to pretty good at it too, skateboarding is far more fun to watch, the best I can do is ride to the top of a hill and not be that tired or go over a set barriers and remount smoothly, nothing compared to this... Please take the time to watch, Rodney Mullen is exceptional.

Worlds

If you are following cross here is a video that explains the unfamiliar results near the top of the sheet at the end. Great work by Page to capitalize on the opportunity.

coffee and clif bars

Easy breakfast of climbing skins, coffee and a clif bar. Early out of the house over to the pay lot that wasn't staffed yet, I guess they want you to pay on the way out, I found that out as i tried to leave the lot and the attendent wanted her $10, I guess she should have put the tollgate down, I drove home. I started up not knowing exactly where I wanted to go, my telemark technique sucks so I thought I'd get up there and poach a few runs on the chairlift above where they check for passes. My freeheel skills still suck but at least I got in a handful of turns, mostly earned, some poached. The best part was the early up and the steady effort, I feel a little less lazy. I skipped the nordic race yesterday, that's not free, skinning up is. Solo climbs are the best for the head, you can't hide your pace from yourself, not slipping yet. Different winter for a different summer. Next I'll try a splitboard tele boots suck. Better days ahead. bit of sand next week, warm for a few days.

Vail

The only thing missing was a few feet of fresh snow, aside from that the snow that was there was pretty perfect, this is looknig across at blue sky basin, pretty fun runs in the trees, good terrain for a real day on the board. Rocco is fast, fun to follow and try different stuff after a few years off the board on a regular basis. Life is good. Ready?

 

Better days happen but not much better than this

Alt

With the snow on the ground and the moonlight refracting off of it, the night isn't so dark. Easy tours are what will make the difference in March. Nothing else is an option, rollers to get hours? No.

Crack

I think somebody laced my peets with pcp or crack today. I'm less than a vat into it and I feel like I'm about to watch my monitor melt into a pool of tortilla soup. T.C. Boyle has nothing on my crack-fueled visions. Fixed and free after the current blast form Canadia fades away into proper winter training grounds. In the meantime it's penance on the two skinny planks b4 tomorrow's fun on the sideways oner. The point is that the Front Rangers are going to be slower than the mountain folks this spring. Read it like this; they aren't adjustable, we improvise and adapt. Sounds like a recruiter who tried to get me to go fight a war I wasn't in. March is sprinting to meet me and I may be less ready but at least I'm out on it. Fixed and free this week, next week who knows.

I hope my living room room looks like this by Easter. How great is that, new guns right in time for Holy Weak. I can start my own faction of the Freemen, or better yet, a new religion. Maybe another Crusade, march across Asia and slaughter everyone who disagrees with one way of thinking, oh shit, Bush is already doing that. Duck and cover motherfucker.