Monday, January 25th, 2010
aka, me crashing on my snowboard while someone films it..
I mentioned our ski weekend video taping schenanigans last week and the final footage is in.
Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy.
No candies were hurt in the making of this video. Just my ego.
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Sunday, January 24th, 2010
One of the biggest winter myths is that the winter cold and flu is caused by the drop in temperature when in reality, people are just spending too much time inside catching bugs from one another!
So get off the dreadmill and get outside people!
Despite being a little chili out there, winter is still a beautiful time to get out! Today was a bright and sunny 30 degrees so I decided to get some snowy trail running in while it was still cold and before a big thaw comes tomorrow and it all turns to mud.
I took the frankenshoes out for another test and loved ‘em. The screws made my feet sore with too much running on ice or pavement, but packed snow is definitely their sweet spot. I logged somewhere between 5 and 6 miles and almost excusively packed snow and they performed like rockstars. I was flying down steep descents and climbing up snowy hills without hesitation.
Enjoy it while it lasts. Before you know it, spring will be on our doorsteps and all that soft white stuff will be a distant memory.
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Hey loyal blog readers,
I wanted to just post a quick note that I had to get off my chest.
As you may have noticed on the right sidebar, I’ve managed to pick up a whole mess of sweet new sponsors. I’ve always been more into sharing the funny stories between training rather than reviewing the latest products and promoting my favorite brands. That isn’t going to change. I’ll just have the opportunity to put some new products to the test that I haven’t (in most cases) ever used before.
So this whole “representing companies online” thing is pretty new to me and a little awkward. But the point of this post is that no matter what my affiliation with any company, if something sucks, I’ll say it. Or I just won’t blog about it. What I post here is all my own.
The good news is that I’ve been able to shake off some less than ideal affiliations that I had last year and am already a HUGE fan of all my 2010 sponsors, so I don’t expect to have to hold back blogging on anything that lets me down.
I care what all my bloggy peeps think of me, so I’m not going to go whoring myself out just for some free gear. 
Plus, whenever I can. I’ll try to hook up my readers with some new toys too! Stay tuned.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Last weekend Sam and I headed up north with some friends to Bretton Woods for a ski trip.
One of my favorite things about heading up to northern New Hampshire is the scenery. Driving through Crawford Notch with huge mountains on either side so high that you have to crane your neck just to see a slice of sky is so inspiring. We even saw some ice climbers out on Sunday morning off to conquer some frozen water falls. SICK!
Bretton Woods is right in the shadow of Mount Washington and is right at the end of the killer 90 mile/4 mountain pass bike ride that I’ve done the last two springs with my team’s training weekend. Just driving that route and thinking about doing it again makes me smile.
But back to snowboarding….
Given that I average (at best) one trip up to the mountain per year, I definitely wouldn’t call myself an “expert” but I’m definitely good enough to have a blast ripping up the mountain. Doing that just sometimes involves getting a butt full of snow…
We even each got a roll of mentos and decided to film our own “freshmaker” commercial while jumping over this fallen tree. Pretty cheesy. Pretty hilarious.
I’ll try and post a fully edited version with music later this week.
There is also a second video of us ducking under the other side of the tree and popping out the other side. I think I caught a branch or something and took a digger, but still came up smiling with the roll of mentos in my teeth. GOLDEN! Once I find out where that video is, I’ll try to share that too.
Last post, I joked about logging both days in Training Peaks. NOT joking about it anymore. After two days of snowboarding pretty challenging (for me) runs, my entire legs are torn up and I love it!
This whole ironman training thing can be pretty fun if you let it…
Tags: bretton woods, freshmaker, mentos commercial, mount washington, offseason training, snowboarding | Posted in Life, Training Log | 4 Comments »
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