I finally picked up the race wheels from the shop, where they’ve been getting glued. They are Planet X 82mm front and 101mm rear with Vittoria Corsa Evo CX tubulars. I weighed them at 812 grams for the front and 1072 grams for the rear. The tires come in at 239 grams each.
Monday – 1600 yard swim (base intervals)
Tuesday – 45 min stationary bike (steady state)
Wednesday – OFF
Thursday – 30 min run (steady state)
Friday – 1200 yard swim (fartlek)
Saturday – Snowboarding at Sundown. 11,000 vertical/21 miles distance
Sunday – Snowboarding at Wachusett. 20,000 vertical/40 miles distance
Week Summary
Swim – 2800 yards
Bike – 45 min
Run – 30 min
Other – 31,000 vertical/61 miles distance of snowboarding
Week one of the 16 week program leading up to Rev3 Olympic the first week of June is in the books. Not a perfect start, but got most scheduled workouts in. I’ve decided that snowboarding will replace any workout. It’s a long season and I see no reason to miss out on something I really enjoy for the sake of a few workouts.
Snowboarding Report
Sundown:
Another holiday weekend, so decided to stay local. It worked out great with warmer temperatures and light crowds. Sundown is a smaller (650 vertical) hill that is only about 15 miles from Hartford. Started the day with a few runs thru the large terrain park. Some of the features are too big for me, but I caught some air off the ramps before the park got busy with riders who know what they’re doing.
From there headed over to the beginner hill where they have a small terrain park with a small table top, a rail, a roller and a cannon. Great place to practice some technical skills. I also worked quite a bit on riding switch, since they also have a nice flat beginner trail. Was able to actually get on my switch toe-side for the first time and link some turns.
Wrapped up the day with some runs of the summit. Great snow conditions on all the trails, and the warmer temperatures really soften things up nicely.
Wachusett:
Sunday night headed up to Wachusett to meet up with my brother for some night riding. The Sunday night at the end of the school vacation week ended up being not very crowded and they even ended up taking down the lift corrals halfway thru the night.
Some pics from the Summit before it got dark. TJ on the left, me on the right.
TJ took over the camera and hooked me up with some nice action shots. Wachusett grooms every trail between the day and night sessions. We took advantage by absolutely blasting down the trails at mach speed. Here I am ripping down.
Also, put my switch riding practice to use and then we made our way to the mini terrain park.
They had a small jump and a couple of small boxes. It’s a little tough to see with the darkness closing in, but here are some action shots:
Was a great night out, and really enjoyed carving up the mountain with my brother. I’m hoping we can get in at least one more night together before the end of the season.
Monday – 31 min run
Tuesday – 1900 yard swim
Wednesday – 31 min run
Thursday – OFF
Friday – 1650 yard swim
Saturday – Snowboarding at Okemo. 34,000 vertical/62 miles distance
Sunday – OFF
Week Summary
Swim – 3550 yards
Bike – 0
Run – 62 min
Other – 34,000 vertical/62 miles distance of snowboarding
Got back on track with a better, more consistent week of training. This is the last week of the prep period of training – now on to Week 1 of the Rev 3 training plan.
Race Calendar Update
I registered for the Max O’s 5k on March 14th and the Wrentham Duathlon on April 18th this week to lock in those races. I also registered for the Esprit Montreal Olympic on September 11th. This race looks pretty cool and very spectator friendly. The swim is on the Olympic rowing course, the bike is laps on the Formula One track and the run is around the swim course. They also run a sprint, a half iron and full iron race on the same day. The race is 7 weeks out from my priority race for the year – Miami 70.3. I’ve been looking for an Olympic 6-7 weeks out so I’m happy to have added this to the schedule.
Snowboarding Report
Got in one day of snowboarding this weekend, at Okemo. Again very cold and blustery, but sunny. Got there early and got in 4 quick runs off the main quad before it got busy.
Then the mob descended. This is the singles line!
Needless to say, it was time to try other areas. Checked out the South Face but it was even more windy, so made my way over to Jackson Gore for some lunch. After lunch did quite a few laps thru the mini terrain park. Was able to ride some rails and boxes successfully – although I took a few spills as well. Here are some picks of the massive features – notice the average age of people doing these:
After a few laps there, did a few runs off the Solitude Quad, including 3 runs on the boardercross course. With sun fading, called it a day around 3:30.
Google Earth:
Elevation Profile:
Monday – OFF
Tuesday – OFF
Wednesday – 30 min run
Thursday – 1650 yard swim
Friday – OFF
Saturday – OFF
Sunday – OFF
Week Summary
Swim – 1650 yards
Bike – 0
Run – 30 min
Other – 0
Disastrous training week. This was my lowest number of hours since I began the prep/base period in mid December. Was out of town on Fri thru Sunday but will need to adjust training plans going forward so that workouts aren’t missed. Need to get back on track this coming week. Feb 15 starts the Rev 3 training plan!
Read more...Monday – OFF
Tuesday – 30 min run
Wednesday – 1650 yard swim
Thursday – 30 min run
Friday – OFF
Saturday – 30 min run
Sunday – Snowboarding at Jiminy Peak. 31,000 vertical/49 miles distance.
Week Summary
Swim – 1650 yards
Bike – 0
Run – 1 hr 30 min
Other – 31,000 vertical/49 miles distance of snowboarding
Snowboarding report:
After the monsoon on Monday, went with Jiminy this week as they are notorious for grooming every trail every day. With the rapid drop in temperatures after the rain, that was the only chance of good snow. Surfaces were in great conditions on all trails. Very cold day, but again no wind so it was tolerable.
-6 upon arrival.
I think many people took a late start, so got in a few quick runs on perfect corduroy.
Another bluebird day. Looking towards Mt Greylock and across from Panorama towards the west side of the resort.
Pic of the new wind turbines on Brodie Mountain.
Few shots on Panorama.
Google Earth shot and elevation profile. Was on pretty much every trail except Jericho. 
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