Good Runs

Things moved really, really slow today. The kids went to play foosball, I got them back, but they wanted to swim, so they went to the pool, Tia was sleeping as was Kyle and I wasn't sure what to do. I hated to leave, especially with my phone dead. Finally Tia got up about 11:15 and said for me to go with Kyle, so we left and rented gear and got on the mountain. When we parked I realized I'd forgotten my gloves, so I had to come back and grab them. Kyle went on ahead and we had plans to meet at 2 at the gondola when Tia and the little ones should be there.

I got on the gondola just about 12 and decided I should make good use of time and headed down some blue runs first. I had a good time racing down and then went back up and down and then and headed to the green run. I found Kyle halfway down and shot some video of him. Actually I've got all kids here.

We went up and down a few times, then Tia called to say they weren't coming, so Kyle and I grabbed a snack and did another run. I got him to go through the terrain park, but he wouldn't run over anything. I went over a bar, then a jump and wrecked nicely. The landing reminded me I shouldn't be trying to get more than about a foot of height.

I could see Kyle getting tired on the ride up, and I had a slightly sore knee, so he went to do one more run and I raced down the blues, really pushing myself to go fast, make turns, and work hard. My right thigh was getting tired as I got to the gondola and went back up to try and get one last one in. I got to the bottom just as Kyle was taking off his board, so it was good timing.

A good day, beautiful weather. No wind, about 25, sunny, and fun. My knees got a little sore and I tried some new things, working on the jumps and slopes and learned a few things. I think I also raced down faster than I've gone on a snowboard before.