Lane's Ramblings

It's Sunday morning.. I've been up for a while.. cleaned my apt a bit (still have a ways to go).. it's kind of warm outside.. my bike is looking at me funny.. I think she wants to go outside and ride the trails.. kind of tempting but I know she needs to be cleaned and have some preseason maintenance done first. Like I said, it's warm.. going to be 42 today.. 50's next weekend.. I think that makes an official end to winter here.. I'm putting the board away today.. snowshoes too - they only got out once. Makes me remember what Angella said at Flumserburg in Switzerland as she and I went for one last run and everyone else hung out at the bar on the bottom, "This could be your last run of the season." I knew she was right, although, I didn't want her to be. So I made it count, hit some steep powder at pretty good speed, tried for some air when I could, and jumped into the trees for a little bit - everytime I stopped I was out of breath. It was a good run.

Now I have running season starting big. My first "race" (this one's for fun) is a week from today. Biking - like I said, the bike needs some work but maybe I can get out next weekend. I need to find some places for hiking this summer. I've always said that for hiking to mean anything, you need some elevation gain, which is tough in these parts - so I may make it more worthwhile by trying out some fastpacking (some day I'll appreciate hiking for what it is but I have too much energy right now). Adventure racing - may start playing around with that; at least start training and picking up some cool gear.

So, right now it's 34 degrees outside, I want to go out but it's still kind of cold, I will run but it won't be too much fun. This is the sick transition - this winter (in MI) was a bust, we haven't had snow stick since December, I need spring, need to get outside. I'm going to go hang out at Moosejaw and REI - maybe I won't be the only person there with the same problem...