Winter Tri Season

There are a couple of Articles recently posted on the Inside Triathlon website about Winter triathlon.

http://www.insidetri.com/portal/news/news.asp?item=111696

Like this one that shows Brian racing last year.

Winter Triathlon Training and Racing, Part OneThis report filed - January 7, 2008By Kevin Konczak, Gemini Multisport Bri has talked me into giving the Durango Winter tri a go . http://www.durangowintertriathlon.com. As I told Ann my coach it should be worth a piece of cake or something for me. A good excuse to visit Durango for the weekend. And if I can do the event you can too.... hopefully we'll see some of you there.

Skate skiing anyone?

The Crested Butte Nordic center is fantastic right now, miles and miles of track like this. We skied there yesterday and it was so great. Brian won the Classic Nordic race in the morning. I went to CB with Paul, Brian's dad in the afternoon for some awesome skating.
Then today we hit Hartman's (gunnisonnordic.net) also freshly groomed after the snow fall and skated again.
Life is pretty good.

Give the dog a job

We've been talking about the weather alot lately. But Holie Molie. It really is snowy and extreme this year. Snow snow snow one day followed by a clear night and negative temps the next. It makes life interesting. I'm glad I've lived here for a while ... several years ago there is no way I'd have wanted a winter like this... I'd probably be long back on the West Coast of NZ by now. (with wet shoes and gumboots lining the door).

But instead I'm skiing my merry way through town every couple of days and testing my skills on the snow bike ... corners are especially hair raising.

I found a job for Max. Had to bring him home and drop him off after a while as the trash hadn't been picked up yet from Tuesday. He thought that was the best thing ever a trash tour of town. I was going to lose a body part with him stopping abruptly at the good dog smells. Not ideal on ski's.

Here is a view of town from the College side hill. 'Ken, Sandi and Colin' ... thought of you guys here.

cheers
Jen

B'Man returns-The Heat Is On!

Yeah, the heater works. Wasn't expecting to have the repair man return 3 times to get the job done right! It is 30 now, nearly summer in Gunny standards, and we have gotten about 5 inches of new snow by noon. Jenny, Max and I are planning a 4 hour nordic tour and maybe some snow biking into the night. Heading to Boulder Monday night for a buyer's guide photo shoot with Inside Triathlon Tuesday afternoon. What a task it has been trying to round up 08 gear with it being early January. Thanks to Zack Vestal, Shimano, Smith Optics and Salomon for getting product out early for this. Snowshoe, Nordic, Randonee and Winter Triathlon racing coming soon. It's training time. See you soon.

B-man

We have

NO heat, we have... NO Heat....
Happy Happy Joy Joy....
Does anyone know how to unstuck the pressure valve in a gas furnace? Should be a fun weekend while the new part gets ordered. Living in close quarters w/ the oil filled heater, while the other one blows under the sink at the pipes.
Steve R if you read this you might not want to come visit us this weekend ( ha ha..).
Oh well might be good for the fitness if home is less appealing than usual.

B'man Blogs

Another day in our frozen paradise we like to call Gunrock. Jenny and I awoke at 6 am to find the heat out and our livingroom was 48. After work the car wouldn't start at my work after a night of arctic cold. I had to get it jumped. When I returned home it was 46 and I had to ride the trainer with a long sleeve, booties and long finger gloves! I went to work at 1 and found out we are losing an employee at my work. By 5 pm I had a very positive phone conversation with a potential sponsor for Jenny and I for 2008. So the day wasn't all lost. Got the car running after a jump, the heat is back on in our cabin and it's above 0 outside. Life is good. Get out there and enjoy the winter whatever the temperature may be. Happy Holidays.

B-man

Happy New Year Dressing

My sister sent a text on new Years eve saying how it was 41 degrees Celsius at her place in Aus that day.
Not to be outdone I switched the thermometer to Celsius on New years morning and saw a lovely -33C.
And we were headed out for our annual New Year days ski tour. Yippee.(to tell the truth I did question going but if you know Carol Quinn, Brian Smith, and the 12 other hard core Gunny/CB crowd... this is their idea of the best fun and games)
While dressing I thought of those paper dress up cutouts I used to have when I was growing up. We should make a dress the Jenny Doll. I still haven't grown all the way up but now I get to play w/ real clothing! And I wore alot of clothes on this day.

The ski was amazing. It was a trail break for a good 6 hours of the ski. The batteries went flat after an hour so no photos sadly. I turned at Swampy pass as I am fighting a cold and didn't want to overdo it. ( 5 hours seemed enough to me... I did over do it a bit). The hardcore group made it back at 8 hours for Brian and 9 for Carol. Wow.

Hope your New Year is a good one.