April 5, 2011

hardcore



Today, as my last day in Steamboat for a bit, I decided it was the perfect opportunity to skin up the mountain. Nevermind that stairs were still super-painful for my sore legs, or that the weather had gone from bad to worse, and it was currently raining. I was going to scale that mountain goddamnit! I think that attitude stemmed form three months of sitting on my butt. In Norway, I took a one-ski run, and it was the most nervous I had been since my last tele race, and it felt great. I was searching for the same feeling. I may not have gotten the nerves in the slush and snow, but I got the same big grin on my face that bad weather seems to bring out. It felt just like training in the rain on the piste l'ours.
It felt great.

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