Bend is just as I remembered it, warm, sunny, dry, and about eighteen feet of snow up at the base of Bachelor.  I am getting in good training out here.  In the morning we ski for a couple hours up at the trails, and in the afternoon we run, rollerski, do strength, and sometimes swim!  Bend has grown a lot since the last time I was here, I can understand why, it has to be one of a handful of places where a person can ski in the morning and get in eighteen holes in the afternoon.  This morning Pat Weaver and I took a break from the trails and skied to the base of Broken Top mt.  We skied through about two inches of new dry snow on the way up with hard flat crust underneath.  On Sunday the plan is to do a long OD crust cruise around the mountain. 

Chris Cook and I are staying at the house of Dave Smullin.  He has been a very gracious host, thanks Dave!

Rollerski testing and the Weave

The days are nice out here

Mt. Bachelor from the parking lot, this day was the last day of alpine skiing for the winter.  We missed the naked run, the last run of the day.

What a spring!  Last week we had our annual spring athlete meetings here at MWSC.  The boys came up from southern Maine for some training, testing, and a bbq at Will’s house.  We kicked off the training year with some good workouts and tests for everyone.

The weather has been okay up here, but we were able to ski until May this year.  It wasn’t until this past weekend that spring really hit, with the green buds coming out on the trees, even a thunderstorm on Saturday.   I have been riding my bike and slowly getting my running legs under me again over the past month. 

 Next week I am headed for Bend Oregon to do some skiing for a week, after that I am meeting up with the MWSC crew in Steamboat for some more skiing.   I am excited about both trips.

I have to add a little pitch here for Steve Fuller and his great photography.  One of the pictures from my blog banner is a photo courtesy of Steve and his website www.flyingpointroad.com.  He has great pictures of all sorts, check out the site.  The great thing about it is that all the proceeds from his sales are donated to NENSA. 

My new favorite doughnut shop

Training in the spring on the sunny days.  On a ski with Will and Sarah

On the rainy days I will probably be watching The Godfather, like here.