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We have just returned to our secluded and beautiful mountain cabin at Hotel Rustad in Sjusjoen, Norway after a day of travel from Rovaneimi, Finland and the sprint race above the Arctic Circle. FYI: Roveneimi is loosing 1 hour of daylight a week right...
While 66% of the MOD Squad is duking it out over the pond in Norway, I've been focusing these last few weeks on rebuilding strength and fitness following having mono, which I estimate lost me about a month and a half of training.br /br /So far things h...
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This past Tuesday I had my fourth blood draw in a month. And this time there was rejoicing - my ALT (liver enzymes) count was finally down, indicating the mono infection is no longer active in my system. Being a small town clinic and the fact that most...
There's plenty of beginnings and endings in skiing. And today I passed a relatively notable one, the one in which I trade in my trusty, slightly rusty Marwe rollers for my fleet of Rossignol's, which are all packed up for the flight across the pond to ...
Torin's rig was badly in need of some preventative maintenance. Taking a span style="font-weight: bold;"break/span from the routine of cafe racer construction was required to put his span style="font-weight: bold;"brakes/span back in order.br /br /a on...
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Mono truly is the annoying person who won't leave the party and is ruining everyone's good time. As much as I'd like to write about something a bit more exciting and, wonder of wonders, something specific to skiing or training, I'm at a loss currently....
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The following should help to explain the dearth of blog entries over the last few weeks.br /br /About a month ago I foolishly occupied myself on an off-day of training by felling trees and bucking up firewood for 8 hours. At the end of the day I was am...
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This morning we completed the second of four intensity sessions for our seven-day camp here in Sun Valley. Given our focus so far this summer on strength and aerobic base training, these sessions have been a unique challenge for us; it's been great to ...