Between seasons in Colorado aren’t that great… you can’t do one thing or the other. I’m always bitching and moaning about it so instead of bitching and moaning about it, I shook the sand out of my lady parts and decided to kick arse. I skinned up A-Basin one morning to grab a wee taste of the sunrise. I skied Breckenridge before class…. look at … Continue reading Just Warming (cooling) Up
The night before my 9th Marathon I was having dinner with Al and Jarisse. Watching a Cubs game, at an old Irish pub in the heart of downtown Chicago. Al grabbed the tab, we argued about it and our gentlemans agreement was that since Al paid for dinner, Al would get half of my prize money from the Marathon the next day. I think the … Continue reading Chicago Marathon
My Doctors (yes I have 2 of them), see me every winter. But I’m getting old so I’m having more problems. In the last 12 months alone they’ve helped me out with the following: Penis injury (x2) Skin cancer check Sore knee Broken heart (x2) Wart (only 1 and not penis related) My Doctors, Christine and Paul said they’d like to see me twice a … Continue reading Doctors Appointment
Chicago Marathon is not that far away (mid-October) and I’m not feeling all that confident…. but I’ve got 8 marathons under my belt so I’m sure ‘experience’ will count. Experience has taught me that experience won’t count for shit – I’m going to be crying myself to sleep for weeks before and days after regardless of success or failure…. that is what experience has taught … Continue reading Training Run
32 days. Vegas, Thousand Oaks, Montecito, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe and Ely. Mandi, Rabbi Gelman, Rob and Nancy, Cole and Gabriella and Bob and Becky. Holy batman was I looked after…… It all started in Vegas…… My 4th time, and AGAIN, I was being well behaved, no intention of partying or things getting out of hand. After a 12 hour drive, I jumped in the … Continue reading West
Today is closing day at Keystone and the last day of any season brings mixed feelings….. sometimes I feel sad that the season is ending and people are leaving, but sometimes I feel excited about what the new season will bring. This year I’m excited. Over the last 14 years, 24 winters (I’ve mixed a couple of summers in there), one thing is constant…. every … Continue reading 7 Days, 7 Resorts
Since Park City the skiing has been kinda ordinary, even when it snows, it is getting up to 10 degrees Celsius during the day which turns the snow to mashed potatoes really quick. The last proper day of winter was with Tina and Charlie’s crew…. another fantastic day skiing Vail with a great posse. We had some family skiing in the morning, some big boy … Continue reading Late Season Turns
Last week, I had the opportunity to ski Park City. North America’s largest ski area. With 31″ of fresh, dry, Utah powder and some bloody good skiers. I was the 5th wheel on a trip full of people who didn’t blink at a chair lift which only accessed double blacks Between the 5 of us, we had around 200 days combined skiing this season … Continue reading Canyons/Park City
Man, what a crazy few weeks!!! The Hutchinson’s have been in town and after 4 attempts, Paul finally got some Colorado powder, lucky bugger got the goodies in Telluride with 18″ on his first day there. We had some Friday afternoon powder turns at Keystone, not quite 18 inches but Hutch still liked it. That is how I word it to the girls…. wasn’t quite 18″ but … Continue reading International Mates
The guts of the ski season are about to start…. Paul and Caitriona arrive this week which is going to be awesome. And the list of international guests is a long one this season. Early season is about getting the legs ready and skiing over the busy Xmas period. I got some turns in with Al and Jarisse. Chris V and I had some amazing … Continue reading It is about to start…. again
I’m happy in this photo, it isn’t just because I’m sitting on a beautiful horse, on a beautiful property, in the company of some beautiful fillies….. I’m happy because I got some air…. on a horse. It was huge. We (Stetson the horse and I) came up to a stream, I was directing the horse to walk through the stream and BOOM, air time. I can’t … Continue reading Tom got Air
It has been over a decade since I was last in Yellowstone. Last time was 2003, after some time with Luke in Banfff. On that trip, I drove south to Colorado and passed through Yellowstone. It was puking snow, there was nobody around and it was kinda hairy. A few weeks ago I was asked if I’d like to visit Yellowstone again…. hell yeah I would!!!! … Continue reading Yellowstone
