Ready for Rogla
· Mar 8, 11:15 AM
We’re loading the vans for tomorrow’s 10 hour drive to Slovenia, and I’m bringing with me a healthy balance of acceptance, frustration, optimism and readiness after this weekends OPAs. FIS has results from at least Sunday’s race, and FasterSkier has an article, but I will go into a little more detail here than what you might get by reading those links – at least as far as my races are concerned.
The Views That Could Have Been
· Mar 5, 06:06 AM
Yesterday afternoon, in an effort to escape the clouds and rain of our mountainside home, a few of us took a field trip down to Chambery. We spent a few hours walking around the old city. We saw at least some of the tourist sites, including the Cathedral, the residence of the Dukes of Savoie (not to be confused with Le Château) and the (former) residence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. We sampled the sweets from a few bakeries, and I learned that local banks won’t turn Francs into Euros unless you are a client. I am not a client. I still have my Swiss Francs – which aren’t very useful here.
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Aspen with pictures
· Feb 13, 05:53 PM
I’ve been in Aspen for about a week now, and it has been great. We’ve been treated to some sunny days, some fresh snow and have been enjoying some great host housing (thanks Ruthie and Al!). I took a few pictures on Thursday when we previewed the course for today’s Owl Creek Chase, but once the snow started on Friday I put the camera away.
Thule Box Repairs - The Don'ts
· Nov 22, 01:15 PM
This picture exaggerates the damage quite a bit. We had to break/tear the broken pieces so they would fit in the car while we took them to a dumpster. The initial break was only in two.
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The first 10 days
· Mar 5, 11:43 AM
I admit, aside from the pictures (which may be more interesting than my writing, and I’m okay with that), I’ve been pretty lazy about posting from over here. Granted, I have posted more pictures of Switzerland than I have for quite some time, so I’m going to give myself a pat on the back for actually using my camera. But enough apologizing and excuse making, time to write something a little more.
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A Long, Cold Sprint
· Jan 9, 04:48 PM
US Nationals 2009 are done. Well, technically it’s only short distance nationals that are done, but nobody really gives long distance nationals at the end of March quite the same weight. Well, not yet anyways, I suppose that could change if they re-schedule some canceled races from this week for up there. Sprint relay in Fairbanks anyone?
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Living in a post checked baggage world
· Sep 24, 01:55 PM
I’ve been doing more than my fair share of travel the last few days, and I’m quite happy to be logging serious couch time right now, with no plans to leave Putney for at least a few days. Almost 12 hours of sleep last night went a long way towards getting me feeling normal again, which is a nice change from the zombie-like existence I experienced for the 24 hours that was SLC-RDM (sleep in Bend) RDM-SEA-DTW-BDL (Putney).