Merry Christmas Friends and Family

I hope everyone has a great holiday with their friends and family.

Weekend in Wonderland

We still have a ton of snow here in downtown Boulder. Thankfully I got a few reports from the field that the roads were clear. So with that in mind I trudged through the slop in town to some dry roads with Henk, Ben, and Stefano. It felt good to get back on the road after almost a week off the road bike. We busted out some good hours this weekend.


The last week was not a wash though as I still XC skied, rode my MTB, was in the gym lifting just to name a few things. I really managed to be very productive and get a few necessary things done. One was get a bike fit by one of the world's best fit specialists, Todd Carver. He uses this great system called Retul to do some 3D data capture. The software he has adapted allows him to track things like lateral knee movement through the pedal stroke. I had quite a bit in my right knee and he was able to quickly fix it with some cleat shim adjustments. James Huang from Cyclingnews will be doing a story about the system in the near future.

I've also been doing some yoga in the morning, which is a great way to get a solid stretch and relax the muscles. The chiropractor has also been seeing me weekly. It results in an unbelievable difference in muscle connectivity after my adjustments. I was surprised at first, not really understanding the affect it could have.

Really, none of all this winter riding/skiing would be possible without my awesome riding gear from Champion Systems though. This is the warmest jacket ever with some of the best anatomical cuts I've ever slipped into.



In case you need a laugh!

Something to keep you rolling...

It snows in Colorado?

No it doesn't really snow here, no, it is more akin to dumping. Or "nuking" as the locals are apt to say.

It started snowing on Thursday night and didn't really stop until Saturday night. With that in mind it was hard to pass up the opportunity to ski up at Winter Park with a free day pass last Friday. My first day out on snow for the year was pretty awesome, and only got better when they opened up a previously closed section of the mountain for the first time this year.

Needless to say people were going nuts to get fresh tracks. My first run down was more like walking since people packed the trail tip to tail and edge to edge on the traverse over. As we hit the steeper sections where the speed picked up, I was reminded of a scene from a WWII airplane dogfight. People were buzzing me left and right and crashing in powder like they had been shot down, exploding into puffballs of snow as each struggled to remember how to ski powder. I was hollering all the way down to the lift, where I had to sit down to catch my breath. The next run resembled medics tending to wounded soldiers with groups of 2-4 looking for lost skis in the deep powder. Thank god for tele skis with leashes.

Saturday, it dumped even more, unreal. The avalanche danger was high throughout the front range on Sunday so my good buddy and roommate Brett and I decided to do some ski touring up on the backside of Eldora. We were excited.

Well Brett was, I guess I was befuddled.

It was super mellow terrain which wasn't so fun on the descent, but such is life. I can't have face shots and big powder everyday.

Hoping to be back to the road soon, but the forecast tonight is for tons of snow...