Jason Training Update – Week of Jan 11

Monday – OFF

 

Tuesday – 1350 yard swim

 

Wednesday – 25 min run

 

Thursday – 1500 yard swim

 

Friday – OFF

 

Saturday – Snowboarding at Bromley.  30,000 vertical/49 miles distance.

 

Sunday – 1500 yard swim

 

Week Summary

Swim – 4350 yards

Bike – 0

Run – 25 min

Other – 30,000 vertical/49 miles distance of snowboarding

 

 

Snowboarding report:

 

Using a little strategy, I avoided the usual crush of people that inevitably go skiing on MLK weekend.  I picked Bromley because they don’t have as large of a complex of hotels surrounding the base.  It’s kind of ski resort that looks like it was stuck at the side of a rest area on highway (see the google earth map below).  I’ve been to Bromley before, and really like the mix of trails they have as well as the quick lift from the base.  Forecast was for sunny skies, and with the above freezing temperatures it was shaping up to be a great day given the mountain’s unusual southern exposure.  Unfortunately, the mountain was fogged in at the top during the morning although it did clear by early afternoon.

 

Arrival pics, looking up at the mountain (top half in the cloud), and the other direction towards Stratton.

 

 

Another day for the new Ride, here’s a shot of the board:

 

Was in line for first chair, and ended up getting 6th chair up the hill and 2 runs of first tracks with some real high speed carving.  Then it started to get a little more crowded, but being able to use the singles’ line the wait never exceeded five minutes.

 

Wanted to try some of their glades, even though I really struggle with tight, steep or bumped glades.  First up, Avalanche Glade.  Doesn’t look like it in the flat light pics, but a little too steep for me and ended up taking a nice header.

 

 

 

 

Back to some cruiser’s after that.  Here are some shots from West Meadow, including a zoom on the parking lot – full, but its not a gigantic lot.  That’s Stratton in the distance.

  

 

At this point the cloud cover at the top started burning off and got a few cool shots.

Sunset Pass.

 

Pushover:

 

Run Around:

 

Stargazer:

 

Corkscrew:

 

 

Notice the lack of people skiing on these trails.

 

Then I noticed some off map trees that were much lower angle.  I did several runs with these trees. 

      

 

6 hours and no breaks later my legs were fried.  Did just about 30,000 vertical and 49 miles in 24 runs.  Painted a path on most trails.

Couple of different angles from Google Earth.

 

 

 

Thanks for reading.