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Last time you heard from your favorite ski zombie, she was high on life after making a few little ski adjustments that made a big difference during her first weekend of ski-patrol ski-and-toboggan training. She was optimistic and enthusiastic. The … Continue reading →

Consider this a belated (mostly) Wordless Wednesday. I missed actual (mostly) Wordless Wednesday because I’ve been staying at Whitetail, alternating skiing with working with the occasional sleeping. More on that later. For now, can I tell you about the best … Continue reading →

First, a brief editor’s note: The editor did not mean to inspire alarm by mentioning her move to Virginia Beach in her last post. She would like to emphasize that she will still be living in the D.C. area for … Continue reading →

So we moved. For at least the next several months, I’ll be splitting my time between Silver Spring and a cool duplex a block away from the beach in Virginia Beach, Va. (stay tuned for photos of my new daily … Continue reading →

Whitetail opened on Dec. 30. We were there Dec. 31-Jan. 2, and as luck would have it, so were a few of the ski patrol’s ski-and-toboggan instructors. So after months of waiting and weeks of obsessing about the stubbornly warm … Continue reading →

In the past, I never saw the need to combine my charitable giving with my recreational racing. I thought the two were best kept separate, and as a result, never used my various races as a way to raise money … Continue reading →

Have you ever had a totally perfect training cycle? One where you didn’t have to postpone any long runs for weather or a bad cold (or an awesome tailgater, for that matter)? Or didn’t have to spend a week in … Continue reading →

A funny thing happened at the beginning of my lifting session on Wednesday. I went through the beginning of my pre-ski/post-physical-therapy workout as I always do, stacking up 50 pounds on the quad-extension machine for single-leg quad extensions. I did … Continue reading →

The last time I was this fixated on the weather was before my first marathon, when I obsessively checked the race-day forecast in Nashville, hoping that by hitting “refresh” one more time, I would reach a screen announcing: “Weather will … Continue reading →

My motivation this week focuses on one thing: As you can see in the web cam photo below, they’re making snow at Whitetail! Why do I care so much? Please see previous posts about the ACL tear that halted my … Continue reading →