Bouncing from West Yellowstone to Silver Star with plans to bounce next week to Whistler made me think about how lucky I am to get to live this lifestyle. I'm pretty happy traveling around and skiing.

Most other teams are here too-- USST, CXC, Sun Valley, some Canadian teams. CXC was out skiing tonight at the same time we were (and after dark). They were doing a specific strength workout-- single sticking and double poling intervals uphill. We got to do L5 speeds. I was much happier to be doing speeds than to be single sticking. As good as that workout probably was for me I had a very difficult time enjoying it. It does indeed make you strong and it is inspiring to see my competitors out skiing and suffering in the dark.