Training Log Archive: Ari-o

So, Ari's crazy ski weekend this year was to Tahoe. Friends, family, and snow, and rain in Boston. In short:

Biked in a downpour to Dudley to catch the early bus to Logan. Willing to drop hundreds on a plane ticket, but damned if I am going to pay for an Uber.

Rental car in RNO, then up to Squaw. Fly to RNO, ski for free. With my uncle, cousin and friend. Skiing was very good, especially for the time of year. Started with some blues, graduated to some blacks. Great views. Then down, food, and out to a hot tub where it was snowing heavily.

Sunday the plan was to go tour on the way to RNO for the flight RNO-DEN-BOS. But the weather, which dropped 6" of snow overnight, precluded that (also, it stopped snowing at midnight, but there was no way to clear the roads by 8?). So, another day at Squaw, which was amazing. Only a few runs, but we took a "traverse" which included side-stepping up a hill to get to good snow. Took some steep, powdery turns. Super fun. I can see why people pay good money to do this. I did a bit of skating uphill which was way faster.

Now, how did I do this? I called the airline in the morning and pushed my ticket back. I needed to fly one way in F to get my miles, and going back via DEN was only a couple hundred dollars extra. Via SFO, in fancy F, was $1000 more, or more. But for $75 I could change the flight. Not RNO-SFO-BOS, no, RNO-SFO was sold out. RNO-LAX-SFO-BOS. And the guy took pity on me, and made the change for free.

So a redeye, but at least in a lie-flat bed. And a tour of California airports.

This is up there on the 2017 BZN blizzard in craziest trips yet!

After all the gravity skiing, I had time to go check out the nordic trails. Off to Auburn, which was an easy drive back to RNO. Legs pretty cooked from gravity, and the snow super soft, but I puttered around the trails which have hills and are at 7500' and, well, I didn't go very fast. But fun! Absolutely gorgeous, snow dripping off the trees, probably six feet of base up there.

NP, mostly to pick up a tagged onesie for the niece/nephew to come. Ran full back hills all the way down towards Allston because why not. Turns out they're a little longer.

Harry wouldn't give me a hug, though.

Bagel run, up to the park, up through the park (much nicer than running in Midtown) and then to Absolute. Yum. Their pumpernickel is so good.

Run to the train, run from the train to NP.

November Project Brooklyn, in light snow. New city, new tag, new fun. Ran around, and then got balloons and made reindeer antlers with balloons and pantyhose. Really. It kind of worked.

And the the run back to the city. Last few bands of snow coming through, so a beautiful, if a bit slick, run across the Brooklyn Bridge.