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I usually like to go someplace for at least a week or two.  This spring has been busy, but I was able to take a long weekend to celebrate my good friend Andre’s wedding.

Thanks sis, for helping me out with some airline credit and thank-you Sun Country for the 4-hour fare sale that just happened to be when I bought my weekend getaway plane tickets.  It was great to see the family and celebrate Ardis’s Birthday and the wedding.

Happy Birthday Ardis

I suffered from a cold most of the weekend, but I did get out for a nice family ride to Falls Creek

The happy couple. Congratulations you two

Chad helping Bill. Smoked Pork and Beans. Food doesn't get better than that

The 2010-2011 season officially begins today! In preparation for a new season, there is a lot of evaluation and refection of last season. Today I filled out a goal sheet, defining what steps I need to make along the way to achieve my goals. These goals range from small tasks, such as improving technique, to testing goals and ultimately performance goals.

As part of my reflection on last year, I looked through my training log which details the training I have done every day this year. Through my analysis, I came up with some interesting statistics for the 2009-2010 training season. Here are a few:

Total training hours: 674 hrs
Number of races: 28
Number of hours skiing on snow: 167 hrs
Number of hours running: 245
Number of hours roller skiing: 143
Number of hours of strength: 67
Month with highest volume: September: 70 hrs
First ski of the season: October 13
Countries I raced in: U.S., Canada, France, Slovenia
Coldest race: -2F degrees, Bozeman, MT
Best results: 1st place: 20k Aspen Owl Creek Chase
6th place: 5k classic, Slovenia OPA cup race
6th place: 30k skate, U.S. Nationals in Maine

It goes to show, there is a lot of time and effort that goes into training. My training log is a very helpful tool that allows me to analyze what I did the previous season and helps me determine what I need to change as I begin a new season.

Let the new season begin!

““This is an uphill battle and it needs all the oars in the water—pulling in one direction!””br/br/ – em  Skiing and Mixed Metaphor Expert, Marty Hall via the FS comments./em

The 2010-2011 season officially begins today! In preparation for a new season, there is a lot of evaluation and refection of last season. Today I filled out a goal sheet, defining what steps I need to make along the way to achieve my goals. These goals range from small tasks, such as improving technique, to testing goals and ultimately performance goals. br /br /As part of my reflection on last year, I looked through my training log which details the training I have done every day this year. Through my analysis, I came up with some interesting statistics for the 2009-2010 training season. Here are a few:br /br /Total training hours: 674 hrsbr /Number of races: 28br /Number of hours skiing on snow: 167 hrsbr /Number of hours running: 245br /Number of hours roller skiing: 143br /Number of hours of strength: 67br /Month with highest volume: September: 70 hrsbr /First ski of the season: October 13br /Countries I raced in: U.S., Canada, France, Sloveniabr /Coldest race: -2F degrees, Bozeman, MTbr /Best results: 1st place: 20k Aspen Owl Creek Chasebr / 6th place: 5k classic, Slovenia OPA cup race br / 6th place: 30k skate, U.S. Nationals in Mainebr /br /It goes to show, there is a lot of time and effort that goes into training. My training log is a very helpful tool that allows me to analyze what I did the previous season and helps me determine what I need to change as I begin a new season. br /br /Let the new season begin!div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5903545846797966075-3187940291837274893?l=in-the-arena-nicole.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

img src=”http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1jgj0oyEd1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pLukas Bauer is riding for a

img src=”http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1j51ebGAK1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pIf you’re looking to replace some grooming equipment this off-season, why not go with that Chevy Blazer model.  Only in the

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S9bb-Kg_XjI/AAAAAAAACu0/J6hc_54Y5Bg/s1600/IMG_3929.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S9bb-Kg_XjI/AAAAAAAACu0/J6hc_54Y5Bg/s400/IMG_3929.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464797058881773106″ //abr /The Stratton girls won the Roger Weston Award (top high school in the country) for the third straight year this winter. Here they are with their new team shirts.br /Just how good were they? Let’s look at their USSA ranking in the East for their year of birth: br /1992’s 1) Isabel, 2) Gagebr /1993’s 1) Cambria, 2) Rachel, 4) Isabelle, 6) Halliebr /1994’s 1) Heatherbr /1996’s unranked, but quite fast Brookebr /br /Congratulations girls!div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-151634363244010093?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div