Yahhhhhh 1.5 ooohhh yahhhhh

Obviously a little psyched to be 75% done. Still a tonne to go but so much accomplished already. I was dreaming today of what it would be like to be able to look down the 1.5 million feet. How far away would the bottom be? Super frickin’ far away that’s for sure.

I also looked into how many laps I have done and I have done 780, so just averaging less than 2 grand a run.

Its such a small number on my watch, but it represents so much. I remember thinking how great it would feel to be at 1.5 and it does feel great! It’s all downhill from here… ok not really but psychologically easier.  I would only have to do 45 more days like today(11000ft).  But honestly how good will each big day feel? Amazing. Keep focused and I should be able to pull this off.

I realized last night that it was my IT band acting up and I found myself rolling around on an empty bottle of wine. Massaging the outside of my thigh felt great. So lots of stretching and rolling on my bottle and I should be fine.

All for now.

Athletics not adventure.

I am back in Las Trancas to finish up my last three weeks in SA. I had dreams of going to Ushuaia but financially it made no sense, and I also thought I would continue south hitting the volcanoes that I have missed. But I was offered an opportunity to dog sit and  live for free in the Cabanas Los Andes. Considering my bank account there was no way I would pass this up.

But what it also means is that there is not a lot of exploration left for me around here, I have pretty much climbed and skied what interests me. So for the next three weeks it will be a little on the boring side for me,  but I will make it athletic and try and catch back up and get a few days ahead of par. It would be really nice to head back to NA with 1.6 in the bank and more than two months to go.

But time will tell I guess.The other day my mom mentioned how it seemed like I had it in the bag, maybe those were not her exact words but something along those lines. I laughed because this game won’t be in the bag till I have finished it. An injury could end it so easily. The other day I climbed and skied of Nevado de Chillan and on the way home the snow was very catchy and then fast so it was  a lurching descent. Go,stop, go stop, super annoying. Anyhow I did not realize it at the time but I must have tweaked my knee because today as I took my shoe off I felt pain in my knee, something I had not noticed.

This pain though is a recurring one for me, and usually goes away. Its on my Lateral cruciate ligament, outside of the knee. But imagine if somehow I hurt it enough to end my goal, to be 75% of the way there and then whamoo!  I better be gentle. Massage, tensor bandage and hope.

Ahh September

September has come and gone  quickly. In looking back I realize what  a month it has been. It started out with an early morning run in Bariloche, then a wicked week in Las Lenas, 3 days on a beach in Chile, a few days in Valle Nevado, a week in Las Trancas, 5 days in Antuco with our fun descent off Velluda, and now a week in Lonquimay has just finished.

The best part is that I managed to ski 24 days out of 30, averaging 7,791 feet per day for a monthly total of  187 000 feet. Which is fantastic, my second biggest month, March being 189 000 but with an extra day in it.  So all is well that finishes well and I am doing my best to keep after it.

If I was on par I would be at 1 495 840, instead I am 33760 feet behind. But slowly catching up.