Starting Back Up

Over the last year or so I have been out of the loop on my blog since the nensa system got messed up and I stopped writing. Coincidently the last year has been the toughest year I have been through as an athlete. Last summer after school got out I switched things up from living at Burke and tried living in Burlington for the summer. I was convinced that I was making the right decision but after taking a few weeks “off” I had no interest in doing anything physical let alone serious training. Anyway I came back in the fall ready to give it another try and tried to get settled it again with training. Even with some positive results in physical testing in the fall I ended up racing like crap. While I agree that some of it had to do with taking the summer off I was racing below my fitness level every weekend seemed to be marred with broken poles and falling or just feeling flat. The only races I walked away from content were US Nationals and the weekend I took off from the EISA circuit to race the Lake Placid Loppet.
After a frustrating ski season I made a second attempt at running collegiate track and to make a long story short I had another frustrating one only able to compete in one steeplechase race. Regardless I felt like I had a good boost to my fitness and was looking forward to spending the summer at Burke to prepare for my “senior campaign” or something hokey like that. After a few weeks of getting my mountain biking legs back I was thinking about dusting off the rollerskis when I sprained my ankle… so here I am stuck up at Burke with only an hour of core and strength to keep me busy all day.
Since it’s a boring rainy Sunday I figured I fire up the blog again and try to be as diligent as possible to keep it going throughout the summer into my senior year and possibly beyond…. (?)
While there are about a million blogs going out there I’m going to try and keep it as real and down to earth as possible and sometimes even a little off topic from skiing. That’s about it from here, time to go hobble over to the gym and work on the beach muscles. Adios.










After living out at my cabin in the weeks leading up to Burke Graduation (so I could live in the dorms) without any problems former best friend Stefan Hughes ( former US Ski Team Member) decides to get his truck stuck in my front lawn the last night I am there. This is the picture of the local who tried to tow Stefan out but got stuck himself. While this is going on I am limping around having a panic attack. What a great way to start the summer!