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ME the Prophet of SNOW

I could feel it in my bones. Like a hound on a hot trail I knew it would snow. Snow it did with the 1st Dec. 1st snow since 1990 (big snow that is). The snow compressed and firmed up. They have either rolled or groomed most local trails with further grooming Read More...

Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 9:17 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

30/30 Thuddy

Did you ever notice how sounds get muffled when it's cold. 30 skiers did 30 reps (30/30) (sounds like thuddy) in the cold [17 degrees], calm air. I was gauging effort by watching the water vapor clouds everyone put out against the uphill light. Cool. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:01 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

LOG ON TO BOUNDING

Despite wet at times weather and a brisk south wind 20 spirited bounders carried on and carried [ME] up the hill in a fast paced and informative session. Most people improved as they went along and seemed unaffected by the wet. When you are putting out Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:02 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

Pulling the train, the Sole Train choo choo

Pulling the train. Hoooeeee. Twenty-nine stout skiers got the chance to enhance [nice] their hip flexors Tuesday night and discover what it felt like to be a beast of burden. The night went by fast with near ideal conditions [51 degrees and no rain] and Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:11 AM by incomp | 0 Comments

Thar she Blows

Tee shirts to parkas. What a difference a week makes. The 34 degree temps combined with a 25 knot wind that rivaled a summer evening on Ellsmere Island (go look it up). The twenty [20] athletes that came were treated to, as Dan "dances with shorts" Statz Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:29 PM by incomp | 1 Comments

Push Pull and Drag

Push Pull and Drag The last bounding session of November went out like a Lamb chasing a Lion. The temps were near 60 degrees for the 29 skiers taking in 29 reps and a monster Lactate Interval. Tee shirts and lace weather to be sure with colder stuff predicted Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:15 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

Wet Bikini's

Tuesday nights have been damp affairs and last night was no exception. The weather was great, 62 degrees and damp soft grass..............until............the heavens opened up with 6 reps to go. Sometimes it is even more fun in the rain[1] but with Dr. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:59 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

Bounding by the numbers

Week four dawned 20 degrees colder than the weekend. The wind was brisk at 18 knots. 15 skiers joined in the fun. We did 31 collective reps up the hill. Many had heart rates into the 85 th percentile. Jeff spent $500 entering next years Ironman and Chris Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:29 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

Age over Beauty

Cooler yet nice conditions greeted the group last night, our 1 st under the lights. The "soft" start got hardened a little last night and a little was added to the upper body elements. We worked on (and will continue to) MAINTAINING A FLAT SKI (FOOT). Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 4:49 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

Barefoot girls and Bounding, a fine mix

"barefoot girls sitting on the hood of a Dodge, drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain" Bruce nailed that one. A soft rain and mist that made for almost perfect conditions tempered the warm humid conditions. The turf was soft and the grass had almost Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:58 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

Hillbounding Returns in 2007

Their baaaaaaaaaack. Yes the 2007 Hillbounding season has started again. Tue. night was warm and humid as we did our 1st "soft" start ever. Jeff M. was right in that we are a week early this year. It all went well and the relaxed pace made for a relatively Read More...

Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 4:20 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

2007 Hillbounding

Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 3:22 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

Snow is WHEN you find it.

Snow, to paraphrase John Caldwell, is not always where you find it but rather when you find it. Now that our nice December snowstorm has finally arrived, it finally is time to go ski. The good news is multifold. We have lots of snow over a hard base. Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 6:51 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

Feeling better

........Now I remember.....I'm radioactive. I was not quite sure what I was forgetting as I left the PET scan "trailer" (a semi trailer with the PET scanner in it) but it sure was different than the first one I had back in July. Back then the 2 mg's of Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:34 PM by incomp | 0 Comments

Skiing Solo with Friends

A friend of mine, Joanne Schmidt, from Walla Walla Washington sent me a print the other day that I think XC skiers might like. Joanne is a very good skier (classic is her forte) who is a member of the Methow Valley Ski Club (see link). She is from my Read More...

Posted Friday, February 09, 2007 3:57 PM by incomp | 0 Comments