Life Post-Birkie
You'd think now that the Birkie was over that life would be quieting down. Not yet though. I am, however, looking forward to the off season as going straight from cyclocross to skiing is a bit exhausting.
This week has been busy as Monday and Tuesday I went to ski school. Monday we just skied easy on our classic skis. I took easy to a whole new level as I was quite tired. We spent as much time chatting as we did skiing luckily so I survived. Tuesday though Yuriy seemed to think it would be good for us to do some intervals. The long intervals were okay but my legs were still feeling it. We did 5 really short sprints after our long intervals and those were super fun. I'm a horrible sprinter on skis but it's something we don't do a lot of so it is a fun change of pace. I don't think the Super Tour is in my future though! Luckily my bike commute did a lot to loosen up my legs so I was actually feeling better than expected.
Wednesday I went over to the Unwin Wellness Center and got a massage from Lee. Once he set to work on my leg muscles I got to relive some fine Birkie moments over again. I tried not to squirm too much but my leg muscles were in desperate straights but I think it was just what I needed to recover.
Wednesday night was the volunteer appreciation party for the Madison Winter Festival. It was at an Irish pub downtown called Brocach. Good times ensued there as a huge number of volunteers did the Birkie so we traded stories. Afterwards I hit up dinner at the Brocach for their tasty vegetarian shepherd's pie and some good stories ensued from the little group of us who stayed on to eat.
The other thing that has been happening is that I've just started planning for a trail run that I'm going to organize this summer. It will be a fundraiser for a member of the CXC Elite Team. I want to get involved with their "adopt an athlete" program and so this will be my way of doing that. I think the team is doing really great stuff and I'd like to support that. Skiing is such an an under appreciated sport in the US so those of us with a passion for it need to get involved. I don't have a date picked out for the event yet but I will hopefully be able to hold it at Badger Prairie County Park and it would be a trail run and walk and then I would like to do a pursuit competition for people who want to run and then do a short rollerski time trial.
I think I will do one more ski race and then I will get some down time to get caught back up on my to do list. I'm behind on my CVC and FORCs duties and we need to get things finalized for spring/summer including our Women's Dirt Retreat with Alison Dunlap. I also have a nice to do list for the USGP that is desperately needing my attention. I'm caught up on my WCA duties right now but since we're going to monthly board meetings that won't last long. I need to get my trail run dialed in and on the schedule. Luckily I'm not much for the early season road racing so I have some time now to focus in on everything. I think my first bike race will be the Cable Off-Road Classic on May 16 which gives me plenty of time to ease back into riding. That race is so much fun that I can't believe I haven't done it in a couple of years.
This week has been busy as Monday and Tuesday I went to ski school. Monday we just skied easy on our classic skis. I took easy to a whole new level as I was quite tired. We spent as much time chatting as we did skiing luckily so I survived. Tuesday though Yuriy seemed to think it would be good for us to do some intervals. The long intervals were okay but my legs were still feeling it. We did 5 really short sprints after our long intervals and those were super fun. I'm a horrible sprinter on skis but it's something we don't do a lot of so it is a fun change of pace. I don't think the Super Tour is in my future though! Luckily my bike commute did a lot to loosen up my legs so I was actually feeling better than expected.
Wednesday I went over to the Unwin Wellness Center and got a massage from Lee. Once he set to work on my leg muscles I got to relive some fine Birkie moments over again. I tried not to squirm too much but my leg muscles were in desperate straights but I think it was just what I needed to recover.
Wednesday night was the volunteer appreciation party for the Madison Winter Festival. It was at an Irish pub downtown called Brocach. Good times ensued there as a huge number of volunteers did the Birkie so we traded stories. Afterwards I hit up dinner at the Brocach for their tasty vegetarian shepherd's pie and some good stories ensued from the little group of us who stayed on to eat.
The other thing that has been happening is that I've just started planning for a trail run that I'm going to organize this summer. It will be a fundraiser for a member of the CXC Elite Team. I want to get involved with their "adopt an athlete" program and so this will be my way of doing that. I think the team is doing really great stuff and I'd like to support that. Skiing is such an an under appreciated sport in the US so those of us with a passion for it need to get involved. I don't have a date picked out for the event yet but I will hopefully be able to hold it at Badger Prairie County Park and it would be a trail run and walk and then I would like to do a pursuit competition for people who want to run and then do a short rollerski time trial.
I think I will do one more ski race and then I will get some down time to get caught back up on my to do list. I'm behind on my CVC and FORCs duties and we need to get things finalized for spring/summer including our Women's Dirt Retreat with Alison Dunlap. I also have a nice to do list for the USGP that is desperately needing my attention. I'm caught up on my WCA duties right now but since we're going to monthly board meetings that won't last long. I need to get my trail run dialed in and on the schedule. Luckily I'm not much for the early season road racing so I have some time now to focus in on everything. I think my first bike race will be the Cable Off-Road Classic on May 16 which gives me plenty of time to ease back into riding. That race is so much fun that I can't believe I haven't done it in a couple of years.
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