Training Log Archive: Ari-o

Back to Prospect because it was just that good. Not perfect, but good. Skied out Bog Brook and back no poles, then put the Triacs to good use with Elissa, Joel and another guy Strava says is Keith. Yay, skiing! They went away and I did hill repeats, 3x 25m climb V2, then 3x 110m climb up to the top of the grooming. Only issues were having to pull off for people very deliberately snowplowing down so slowly. Stava sez I descended at 30 mph.

Then a little cool down.

Back to Prospect in the afternoon because snow! Skiing is so fun. So, so fun.

No poles out Bog Brook again, double pole back, then skating out the UST. 15k more before the drive home. I want to do this more. Snow, we need you.

Up to Prospect for fresh tracks. Pretty damn nice skiing. Out Bog Brook, then up the hill a couple of times (hills are fun) with a lot of dickering around and chatting, then down to the car. Something like 40 minutes not skiing, which seemed like a lot but the other Stravas agree. It felt slow, but that must have been the stop and chats.

Parents came up, hour between lunch (bialy) and second lunch. Skied the Wave once and then the other stuff up there, 45 minutes. New skis were done (earlier than they said) and are lots of fun. Too nice to be proper rock skis, though. I think I'll race at least once at Weston with them. No idea how they're flexed. Worlds!

Out the Ellis. Beginning fine but crowded, beyond there quite scratchy. Went about as far as I could before water bars, etc, and came back. Good for balance, I guess?

Then up towards Hall but I was bonking. Took off the drink belt and did easy hill repeats up the Wifferdill (quite nice) before coming back to town. Pretty cooked after ±45k and the hills today.

Late night, late wake up, conditions sounded sort of okay but had a lot of figuring out where all my ski stuff was. But then, skiing! On snow! Not on wheels, on snow. Snow!

Kind of excited. Got to Jackson, dropped off my $12.50 skis (pink Atomic Arcs) and free bindings for a $15 mounting job. Then started looking at poles. Found Triacs from last year, marked down to $285, plus 10% off for my Jackson season pass. So I then spent 9 times as much on the poles as the skis. But I need long poles and damn are these nice poles. Stiff and light.

So I took them on a spin up the yodel, twice around the wave, and down. Dark by now, kind of scratchy in places but fun, and snow!

Run around the river to go get things at the grocery store.

Lunch run around Boston. Good choice! Lovely day, cool, found some hills to run up, ankle felt good. More lunch runs should happen.