Whistler has been everything that a ski town should be. We've been skiing in the sunshine every morning starting at 8 so we can get a ski in before the trail softens up too much and then an afternoon workout of running, rollerskiing, or strength. We're doing a "technique block" so we've been taking video every day and either watching it the same day or the next morning before going out skiing again. It's good to take this time to really focus on technique for the coming season while the fitness base is still building. Not to say we're not doing intervals already! Taz and I had some 1min intervals yesterday around the stadium area. I say Taz & I since we were the only ones with the workout planned but I think we only did one interval by ourselves before we had a shifting group join us of Vordenberg, Andy Fecteau, Pat Casey, and Manuela Henkel. Andy's our Physical Therapist and Manuela is on the German National Team and is over here training. So the intervals were quite the party. On our last interval Manuela turns to Taz and I and says, "okay now we're to the A-Final in the Olympics," now that is keeping your goals in mind during training. Easier, of course when you're actually training on the Olympic courses. It was a good reminder for me to remember that what I do every day, even some random day like May 7th 2008, contributes to competitions way in the future.