good news

After nearly four months of trying to keep my sanity without regular running, I finally visited a sports specialist and got the okay to resume running...although limited in distance, frequency, and elevation gain through the winter. He prescribed adding variety in my training, especially xc skiing and randonee.  I'm not a huge fan of the stationary bike or swimming,  so a little more snow would help me out with the winter sports.  

I went for a run immediately from leaving the office. 

I'll need to be patient to regain my speed and endurance, but for now it feels so good to go!  

pointe d'areu

Derek, Xavi, and I headed out for Point d'Areu today from Le Reposoir. We didn't end up there since we missed a turn early in our skinning, but started climbing something a little bit steeper. We got to practice tight kick turns and eventually found ourselves in a thick fog that didn't seem like it would lift.

Conditions worsened as we steadily climbed a route that we hadn't intended. Around 2000meters, we made the decision to start back down. 

This seemed like a good time to pack our skins and descend:

We had a steep, fresh, fun ski, dropping back below the clouds, and finishing our day in the sunshine.