I’m five days into a mandatory rest period following our West Yellowstone debacle. The weather in Mazama has been cold and clear, with the only skiing being a very icy 4km out-and-back at Klipchuck campground. Still, it’s better than rollerskiing; in fact, today was my first day back skiing. Yesterday I performed a brief, “testing the waters” strength workout with some C2 doublepoling and light weights, followed by a massage from Alison Hanks. I woke up this morning feeling pretty decent so took a chance on skis. I’m not dead yet, so things must be looking up.br /br /With luck, by the end of this weekend I’ll be confident with my full recovery. If that is the case, and if Erik is in the same boat, we’ll head up to Silver Star early next week to get in a bit of speed training to revive ourselves before next weekend’s races, and our return to the circuit. I’m also really hoping I’ll have those few extra days at Silver Star so I can do some testing on the new classic boards which Rita at
