Sunday, April 7, 2019

Difficulty, Obstacles, and Snowboarding. Only dreaming of Triathlons still.

My Son and I recently had a great trip to Snowbasin, Utah.  I hate to talk too much about it because it's a great mountain and great mountains shouldn't be over-run.  Had we shown up one week earlier or one week later I think we would have had some great powder days, but as it was we enjoyed two perfect bluebird days in spring skiing conditions.  Yep, even got a little suntan out of the trip.  

As my title denotes, I've been having quite a rough time getting any triathlon training in, just too much going on in life.  We're getting ready to move out west which requires a lot of paperwork at a 60 hour work week and painting the house, prepping the house for staging on the market, etc.  So it's busy at our house! 

While I'm only registered for one triathlon so far (the Spudman in Burley, Idaho!) I recently perused more local events and hope to sign up for one, maybe two events that will be in June.  I'm looking at the General Smallwood Olympic Distance triathlon at General Smallwood State Park and the Rock Hall Triathlon.  I've done them both and like the Rock Hall the most.  It's closest, there's a great pizza for post-race munchies, and a scenic bike ride.  The run is a loop through an historic neighborhood and I like to think General Washington had stomped through some of those same neighborhoods back in the day. 

I do prefer the Smallwood swim over the Rock Hall swim, I think it's just one loop in a larger area while the Rock Hall swim is two loops.  I've only done the Smallwood tri once, and the time I did it was raining at the start.  I think I was colder out of the water and wasn't anticipating it being so warm but was delightfully surprised.  And yep, I was in a wetsuit, it was legal that day.  There was tons of rain on the ground.  Coming out of the swim the rain had relaxed but a handful of folks regrettably kept their wetsuits on during the bike.  Poor souls that didn't know any better.  They were seen later with the suits halfway off while riding their bikes.  Would have loved to hear their thoughts at that point in time.  

   
View of the Sisters at Snowbasin



Father and Son at the Lodge
I was grateful for the time I got to spend with my son out in
this beautiful area.  Snowbasin is a great resort and is owned
by the same folks that run Sun Valley, one of my favorite places to board when I was a kid.  I'll be back for sure and will be curious to see what it's like in the summer (they purpose mountain biking trails, we'll see).  If you haven't guessed it by now we'll be moving to the area this summer.  I can't express how excited I am to be in the area-I simply love the chances I'll have to get back into the outdoor lifestyle that I love so much. This was just one weekend I had to enjoy with my son but I hope to have a lot more with him and my other boys.  Hopefully, they'll come to enjoy the outdoors as much as I do. 

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