Back

With the advent of December, I'm back at it again.  The 2011 MTB preseason is officially underway.  Couple of weight workouts under my belt, lots of basketball for cross-training, and the weekly skate ski to top it off.

BTW - watching "Glory Daze" on TBS right now.  Funny as shit.

Anyways, we have a pretty good compliment of snow up here in the high country - been out on the snowboard once already.  Thanksgiving Day.  Cold as balls - below zero at the top of the Beav.  Had the goose down out for the first day on the hill...pretty unreal.  But snow conditions were good.  Just like riding a bike, right back on the program.

Hope you had a good turkey day.  I know Erin and I did - got out on the snowboards for a couple hours, enjoyed some cooking together, and had a nice family dinner with Riley.

Went for my first skate ski on Friday last week.  I've heard it was a workout.  I had no idea.  After watching countless YouTube videos to figure out what the hell I was doing, I more or less memorized the general movement; the idea.  Well, I clipped into the skis - one, two - and started down the trail.  And spent the next 50 yards stumbling, bumbling, and just about on my butt.  Started to get the hang of it 100 yards down the trail, and before I knew it, I was skate skiing. 

Turned into a complete sweatbox.  Even to the point where I flaked-out my waterproof heart rate monitor watch.  But not before I could tell I was averaging about 190 beats a minute for an hour straight.  Nuts.

But I'll be back to ski again.  After all, I'm training...need the workout.