span style=”font-size:100%;”KETCHUM – It is week 18 of 52, according to the average skier’s calendar (May 1st being the start of the new training year). Week 18 does not seem that far along but in reality, it is almost fall. Snow is around the corner!br /br /I took it easy this past week after a 2-week volume block. My family was in town for the lull before the travel storm. Matt, my brother, and I joke about where we are from – Duffel bag, USA for me during the ski season and Duffel International for him.br /br //spandiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SpHZzmLMblI/AAAAAAAAAoU/ZqO8k-bPx04/s1600-h/family09.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 185px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SpHZzmLMblI/AAAAAAAAAoU/ZqO8k-bPx04/s400/family09.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373315310873767506″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-size:85%;”span style=”font-style: italic;”Matt, Dad, me, Jake amp; Mombr //span/span/divbr /span style=”font-size:100%;”Ski season means time spent on the road, living out of a Duffel bag. You pack for a race and wear the same things day after day for two weeks. You come home, empty the duffel into the laundry machine, take it out of the dryer and put it directly back in for another two-week racing adventure.br /br //spana onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/product/stormfront-duffel-100?p=49190-0-950amp;src=perfdfamp;slc=en_USamp;sct=USamp;src=pfmxdfamp;src=gpsamp;mr:trackingCode=7A09CEE7-0882-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EBamp;mr:referralID=NA”img style=”margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 127px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SpHbZ2ax4UI/AAAAAAAAAok/dj621W6PtPc/s200/bag.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373317067580760386″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-size:100%;”This year, I am REALLY excited to have a new house (aka, a new duffel bag). It is the
