Between car problems, school, and uncooperative weather, most of my ski days lately have been training oriented rather than objective oriented. Last week I did 4x10min intervals at Red Heather, a tempo ski at Cypress, and a day of downhill training at Whistler. Brad and I wanted to get out for one last ski before[…]
Saturday was the second Coast Cup of the year. A 13.2 km classic race on the Whistler Olympic Park trails. I would have liked to race a little longer and it would be nice to have some longer hills for the Open Men’s category, especially in a classic race. It was definitely a rough first[…]
The 2013 race season began for me in Jackson, WY. at the U.S. Skimo Championship. Two days of racing, started at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort on Saturday and continued on Sunday at Grand Targhee Resort. Brad and I left Vancouver on Wednesday morning and picked up a Washington skimo racer and master boot fitter, Thierry,[…]
November has been a bit slow for getting out in the mountains. Between car troubles and the unending rain with a cold thrown in to mix things up, I have not gotten out much. Snow is just starting to settle into the mountains for real and things are starting to open up. Early in the[…]
Sunday morning I got up exceptionally early and headed off in the dark to the Garibaldi Lake Trailhead North of Squamish. We met our friend Ed there at 6:30 and continued on to the Chekamus Lake Trailhead near Whistler. The Rubble Creek Classic – organized by the Escape Route – is a 23km point to point[…]