Wheeler Farm Loops

AM - Another ski tour which made me optimistic that winter still exists - soft snow, cooler temps. We skied in several directions around upper Silver Fork and off West Honeycomb. Great morning - three very nice powder runs and an adventure runout through the gully [4000'].

PM - 8 miles.

Took some photos on the ups, didn't fiddle with the camera too much on the downs...

AM - 10 miles.

PM - 6 miles.

Here's a training summary of the last 8 weeks. The main emphasis for the next 8 weeks will be quality long runs: extended steady state efforts + work at goal marathon pace. I'll mix in a couple easier overdistance long runs + shorter/faster sessions.

We never ski on Mondays!

AM - 12 miles.

PM - 6 miles.

AM - 12 miles with 4 miles at Steady State in 22:48 (5:42/mile avg). Tempo loop. Just something to bridge the gap until my next workout but not enough to tire myself out for the afternoon...

PM - Best skiing of the year. Left work early and knocked out four deep, light, glorious powder runs. STOKED. [3900']

More photos: Powder Wednesday

AM - 10 miles.

PM - 6 miles.

AM - 12 miles.

PM - Skinned 2650' at Brighton w/ Andrea and Amiee.

AM - 23 mile long run w/ 16 miles steady state in 1:31:12 (5:42/mile avg). Tempo loop.

Other than mile four (5:37) every mile fell nicely into the 5:40-5:44 bucket. Excellent bike pacing once again by Andrea. Crazy that it's been warm enough for her to pedal all these longer efforts with me this winter, but I'll take it!

Another tough winter day in the mountain west...