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In case it was not obvious, now is the time of year when I have the least amount of free time.  I basically wake up in the morning and then it’s go, go, go, until I fall into my bed at night.  I’m barely finding time to get in all my workouts, so writing about them on a blog is challenging.

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Today I made my running debut.  It was pretty good, for me anyway.  Especially if you consider that I’ve never been much of a runner.  I would do some running for lacrosse in college, but that was a joke compared to my ski training now.  I’ve come to embrace running since I’ve become a skier, but that hasn’t helped out too much.  The most I’ve run seriously is 3 or 4 times a week, but even that was rare. 

When I was younger I used to say my favorite season was spring.  I now realize that what I actually meant was, “the end of spring when it starts to feel like summer.”  Of course, I was just as sad as the next cross country skier to see the snow melting.  But, once it did, and winter was obviously over, I became very impatient to skip this whole spring thing and move right on to summer.   The beginning of spring might actually be my least favorite time of year.   I hate cold rain. 

Obviously I have not been attending to my blog.  I simply have had no time.  But I have been up to a lot of really sweet things.

Okay, so I’m totally sweating today.  But as the snow is melting, it seems like a good time to reflect on the past year.

Disaster has recently struck my life.  A series of events have recently turned sour.  The only conclusion I can reach is that this will be the low point in my training year.  I can only look forward to (some) things getting better.  Here is a list of all the silly things that have happened to me (including the silver lining) …

Okay, so I didn’t really race the Birkie this weekend.  I did race the Korte, but I figured people would be more likely to read this if they thought I was writing about the Birkie.  After all, Bjorn Daehlie did ski the Birkie.  I had a few moments last week where I seriously considered skipping the Korte and getting myself to Main Street so I could witness the Birkie finish.

Yesterday was a big day for me.  I was pretty thrilled to be able to spectate the Capitol Square Sprints in good ol’ Madison, Wisconsin.  I am a poor skier (as in money, not ability) so I don’t have a camera.  Feel free to hop on over to David Chamberlain’s blog and check out his photos.  I think you can see me against the fence…It was pretty neat to be able to watch him, among many other great skiers, up so close.  I read about all them and study their technique so much, it was more than exciting to see it live.  

I realize that my last post had very little to do with skiing.  Though, for me it does because my job and volunteering greatly affect my skiing.  I did decide that my loyal readers would perhaps appreciate an update on how skiing is actually going for me.