From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Spring at ‘The Club’

It is great to be back in Hayward, WI. I have spent the better parts of the last two months traveling, racing, training, and relaxing in Ontario, Alaska, and Hawaii. My first afternoon at the ‘Club’ we went on a hike. It felt really strange that the last time I was at the Club we skied on the same trails. br /br /Training just once a day has been great, allowing me to be at ‘The Club’ everyday of the week. There were many times I wish I had my camera but didn’t.br /br /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYPBxMgvI/AAAAAAAAANQ/xnH27LzVRis/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+115.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYPBxMgvI/AAAAAAAAANQ/xnH27LzVRis/s400/SpringClubPics+115.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192380514730738″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Double Decker Swinging/spanbr /br //divdiv style=”text-align: center; font-style: italic;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYOHMuHEI/AAAAAAAAANI/KT42VdHF7uU/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+112.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYOHMuHEI/AAAAAAAAANI/KT42VdHF7uU/s400/SpringClubPics+112.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192364792486978″ border=”0″ //aShana, Bernice, Hilayna at the Spring Book Fairbr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYN7Z_G2I/AAAAAAAAANA/65GL7UHaiOI/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+102.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYN7Z_G2I/AAAAAAAAANA/65GL7UHaiOI/s400/SpringClubPics+102.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192361626901346″ border=”0″ //aTwister. The kids have way better flexibility that I do.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYNoGBRqI/AAAAAAAAAM4/TONkxkP2Mis/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+111.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYNoGBRqI/AAAAAAAAAM4/TONkxkP2Mis/s400/SpringClubPics+111.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192356442883746″ border=”0″ //aIt’s OK to yell on this Busbr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYPehUYmI/AAAAAAAAANY/Lg5TnWDlmV4/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+119.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYPehUYmI/AAAAAAAAANY/Lg5TnWDlmV4/s400/SpringClubPics+119.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192388232766050″ border=”0″ //aGetting excited for the Run Seriesbr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUaTiYROEI/AAAAAAAAANo/S82Ctqcmf4c/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+128.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUaTiYROEI/AAAAAAAAANo/S82Ctqcmf4c/s400/SpringClubPics+128.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329194657011284034″ border=”0″ //aReady, Set, Gobr /br /div style=”text-align: left;”A number of us chose to run the 2-mile. Congratulations: Trinity, Shaylena, Asile, Nimmer, Joey and the othersbr //div/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8083254037538554650-7337369044682146379?l=in-the-arena-brian.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div