David Chamberlain

Crust Cruisin’

David — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:29:18 +0000

Putting together potato fields, a winter with over 200 inches of snow, sunshine, 20 degree nights and 60 degree days, there is liable to be some good spring skiing. I had heard about the famous Aroostook County crust cruising, but this spring was the first time that I was able to experience it. Below are a few pictures from our latest adventure.

The spring time has been good to us up here, the fifteen foot pile of snow in my front yard has shrunk down to a pile of dirt and twigs, the weather has been good and I have been riding my bike around, running too. BethAnn and I were even able to take a trip to Chicago to see my old college roommate get married, bravo Christian and Jane!

The pictures below are from a couple of Saturdays ago. We were a diehard group, including Brent Jepson, Bob Sprague, Carl Soderberg, Ben Paradis, Jeff and Sheri Dubis. The skiing really was excellent, miles and miles of potato fields allowed us to do a two hour loop without retracing steps.

Will and I were also able to get into the UMPI testing lab to get a baseline down for the training year to come. The woman in the foreground of the picture below is Dr. Sue Beaudet, our physiology guru.

A Short Vacation

David — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:33:31 +0000

After distance nationals in Fairbanks I spent some time in Oregon, a few days in Portland and a day at the coast. A few pictures below.

After some disastrous races up in Fairbanks it is nice to be thinking about some R + R. However with the snow situation being so good in northern Maine I may have one more race on my schedule - the final Aroostook Cup in Madawaska, ME this weekend. The ski club up there just spent some good money on a new lodge and trails.

I must say that Fairbanks in March is a far cry from Fairbanks in October. The days were long and very sunny. The races were well organized and the courses were tough. I forgot to take pictures, so instead here are a couple from my trip to Oregon:

A self portrait.

The Oregon coast is nice.

Who doesn’t love a starfish? These guys were bigger than they look.

The end of the line for Lewis and Clark.

The ‘Loaf

David — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:59:28 +0000

I was hoping that the Sugarloaf marathon would slip under the radar because of my unfortunate final 10m, but since I have seen the picture of me flounder-ing around in the snow at the finish on two different websites this week, I figured I had to post something about it. The ending aside, I had a fun time that day. I have spent a lot of time in Carrabbasset Valley, racing and training over the years, it is one of my favorite places, only an hour drive from the town that I grew up in.

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Around Town

David — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:39:30 +0000

I have been hanging around home for a while now doing some training. Tomorrow I am making the drive to Carrabassett Valley to do the Sugarloaf marathon. Then it is (more…)

Full Birke

David — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:53:18 +0000

It took ten years from the time that I completed my first Birkebeiner until I could do the (more…)