Jettisoned Ponderings

Well, today was my 2nd time ever going snowboarding! Our friend Kris got all new gear this year and gave me his old stuff, which works great for me. The board may be 10 years old, but it gets me down the mountain, is the right size, and it’s good and stiff to be learning on. I’d borrowed it all from him last season so I knew it fit and I’d offered to buy it from him. He’s really an awesome guy and I owe him so many more free meals for this! He gave me the board, bindings, goggles, 2 pairs of boots, and the pants. Plus being near the end of the season Court and I got new jackets and gloves last night for pretty darn cheap. Really can’t complain in the slightest!

We got in a good 4 hours of boarding today. I was surprised that I actually did very well for only my 2nd time going. Started to try and work on going down toe-side as well as changing toe/heel. Sure, took a few falls, but there was plenty of fresh powder. The weather couldn’t have been more ideal! I did hit one overly deep soft spot that brought me to a hault and I ended up hitting my wrist/palm dead on pretty hard, but nothing a bit of ice tonight won’t fix. Since I spent most of the time going heel-side my vastus lateralis is shot as well as the always neglected tibialis anterior.

Then there was the food…

Breakfast we went out and loaded up at a favorite place “Toast”, which is really a dang good quality coffee/breakfast cafe. You don’t get anything but home-made pure goodness here! Court cheated a bit worse than me with the strawberry french toast, while I got the “Big Breakfast” (formerly called the “Hungry Man”), but I skipped half the bacon after pulling off the fat and didn’t go for all the sausage. So 3 eggs, country potatoes, orange juice, some pancakes (upgraded to the blueberry ones), and skipped the syrup.

Lunch, up on the slopes we stopped at the top of one of the lifts for the one lonely restaurant there, the “Chili Hut”, where the only thing you could get besides a can of beer was this…

Let me tell you, for $9.75 that was the a dang good bowl of chili! Warmed me up and the bread bowl was perfect. Good amount of beef and beans in it, I opted for the cheese and onion. I also finished off the majority of GJ’s bread bowl, too. What can I say, I didn’t get to make my typical 1088 calorie post-workout meal! For me, it really hit the spot. I know the first two meals were total cheat for GJ and very much not on the diet. Rest assured, she’s home now with her turkey and broccoli back on track. I at least have the excuse that I’m looking to bulk again (as will be known better when I announce my specific C3 goals soon).

Came home and spent a little time in the hot tub. Obviously not going to hit legs tomorrow, perhaps something upper body. Good day… Good day indeed.

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