div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/TO8CP90gQ-I/AAAAAAAAAgw/LIB5avGxkr8/s1600/P1010402.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/TO8CP90gQ-I/AAAAAAAAAgw/LIB5avGxkr8/s320/P1010402.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543652139632444386″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Alison and I pluggin’ some clay pigeons after the pheasant hunt – her first blast with a shotgun!br //span/divbr /div style=”text-align: left;”I am finally feeling back to normal. This past weekend I opted to take a few days off and travel with Alison and my folks to Montana to meet up with friends and my sister and family to do some pheasant hunting. It was a great opportunity to let the past few weeks of “re-training” soak in, and to relax a bit before really getting back to it. Despite the quite cold weather (which would hit West Yellowstone a few days later and postpone the opening SuperTours), we managed to shoot down some birds, and Alison got her first shotgunnin’ lesson.br /br /When we returned to the Valley Monday evening, we were greeted with COLD temps and snow! I was psyched to get out Tuesday morning for my first ski of the year, up at Klipchuck campground. Over the last three days I’ve gotten five hours of easy skiing, and today I started in on some more comprehensive training. Scott has been a telecommuting coach since he’s been over in Scandinavia and sent a plan which included some L3 intervals and muscular endurance training. This morning I did a 1.5 hour skate ski with 15min of 15/15sec L3 intervals. It felt GREAT to open up a little bit and the best part of it was getting home and not being too tired! I’m confident that I’m really back on the side of light and good, and will be ready to get into a race sometime in December.br /br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/TO77nNCDkHI/AAAAAAAAAgc/d1dfIhxmaaI/s1600/P1010406.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/TO77nNCDkHI/AAAAAAAAAgc/d1dfIhxmaaI/s320/P1010406.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543644842271412338″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Starting to feel the racing legs again…br //span/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2910103639238326543-4355634885760653005?l=methowolympicdevelopment.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
