2009 June

Ever since last Spring’s epic crust cruise, I’ve wanted to go back to McKenzie pass and ski more of the lava flow. In particular, the North Side and Belknap Crater looked so wide open and fun. I almost went last weekend, but was turned off a bit by the warm temps. When Lars floated the idea of going out there yesterday afternoon I was immediately interested. When I woke up this morning to see an overnight low of 38 in Sisters and 34 up at Bachelor I was, as they say, all in.

We decided that since the road is currently open to bikes but not cars, we would make it a proper adventure and ride up to the snow with our skis on our backs.

Whew!  I was a little worried today that I’d been too bold in promising course records, but I was saved on two counts.  First, upon reviewing the post in concern, I was relieved to see a typical fairly non-committal  sentence (even mentioning it in a public forum is pretty bold for me).  And second (although [...]

“When I die and my life flashes before my eyes, all it will be is trips to Rumford and Anchorage.”br/br/ - em Random Anonymous Coach Musings, US Nationals Selection Edition/em

July 27-Aug 3.  7 days and 6 nights in Girdwood, Alaska. Sleeping, eating and training: the perfect life. Some favorite pictures from last year:

We are now halfway through our first of three dryland testing weeks of the year.  Treadmill submax and strength test down, Double pole and 3000 meter still to come. Today was the strength test.  We use Cross Country Canada’s version of the test for a few reasons.  It has nice standards and is well controlled, requiring [...]