Ski Town, USA
· Feb 8, 08:24 PM
Between getting back from the midwest, going to the Boulder and now being in Aspen for the Owl Creek I’ve had a whole three days at home in between the last three trips. Traveling is easier when I’m on the road longer and at home longer. Being back in Bend for just enough time to do laundry and decide not to buy groceries is not really that sweet. But the racing is still fun (usually).
Comment [2]
Back in the Midwest
· Jan 16, 08:52 PM
I’m once again enjoying the fine hospitality of Mickey Scott here in St. Paul. We’re taking a break in the middle of our travel up to Mt. Itasca to sleep in nice beds, eat a couple good meals and wait for my bags to catch up with me. I had a pretty easy travel day (no delays), and was pretty disappointed to be 0 for 3 on bags getting to me in MSP. The Northwest automated baggage line is useless to me right now, all they can tell me is that my baggage status is still pending.
Comment [2]
Travel Novice
· Sep 21, 08:00 AM
It’s only been 3 months since I was last on a plane, but I made a couple moves this morning that make me think I haven’t flown for years. Check-in was incredibly quick and easy – even at a real airport (PDX), a little over an hour is giving me time to tap out a quick post. Hot chocolate was looking appealing, but I bought it outside security. I solved that problem by drinking fast and hovering at the back of the line. Then I found my full Nalgene when I was 5 people from the scanner. What was I thinking? I guess I’m more than adequately hydrated for my 5 hour hop to Detroit. Good thing I have the aisle.
Best. Layover. Ever.
· Jun 27, 10:26 AM
Comment [4]
One More Trip
· Mar 28, 06:10 PM
The last time I was in Northern Maine was almost exactly a year ago, for Spring Series, a miserable 50k in the slush and packing up a couple years of my life. Now I’m heading back. Getting from Bend to Presque Isle (which it’s fun to joke isn’t presque to much anything) is no easy feat. It’s next to impossible to do it all flying on one ticket, and if it were, that ticket would be insanely expensive and involve a night spent in airports or on a plane. Trust me, I looked. So instead I get two solid days of travel. Today is the flying day. Redmond to Seattle to Detroit to Boston. It will be probably 14-15 hours door-to-door, which isn’t as good as I did coming back for Christmas, but I didn’t have to wake up before 4 either.
I’m actually pretty excited for the Pursuit (30k) and 50 coming up this weekend. I haven’t done too much since the aborted Birkebeiner, but I’ve been feeling pretty good skiing around this last week. And last night I had enough energy just bouncing around the house that I think I felt (at least for a little while) like Violett feels all the time. Training has been pretty light (and I’ve been working more than a fair bit), but the work’s been done and pretty much all I have left to do is make sure I’m rested and not flat. I think I’m there.
Tomorrow is driving and watching the Sprint Relay, and then racing is Friday and Sunday. The plan is to actually try and focus on the races this year (as opposed to last year, when they were definitely not the priority) and confirm the form I had in Europe. Today has been pretty easy, with the exception of the shrieking baby sitting one row back. Long way to Detroit listening to that.
Jet Lag
· Mar 21, 06:06 AM
It’s been a while since I had actual jet lag (if you don’t count the first couple of days in Slovenia). It’s going on 6 right now, and I’ve been pretty wide awake for an hour and a half. I gave up trying to fall back to sleep a little after 5. Nothing terribly wrong with being up this early, but I did go through yesterday pretty much in a haze. Hopefully I’ll be a little better today. In some ways it wouldn’t be terrible to not fully adjust, seeing as I’m heading back east in a week, but life might be a little more enjoyable on 8 hours of sleep each night.
Comment [3]
Field Trip to Cortina d'Ampezzo
· Mar 7, 12:32 PM
Comment [2]