Adventure Travel Blogs

Alright, so I guess this whole blogging thing didn't quite go the way I had planned.  We stayed in a wonderful hotel in Zernez during our week of cross country skiing and racing -- the Crusch Alba Swisslodge (it seems as if there's a Crusch Alba in almost every small town in this part of Switzerland).  However, the one thing that the Crusch Alba did not have was a WiFi signal that reached all the way to my room.  The only way I could pick up a signal was to take my ipad or lap top to their...

I signed up for this trip back in December.  At the time, I was in decent shape.  I had just gotten back into running, and was reasonably consistent with a strength training program.  Since then, I can't really say that I've done anything special to prepare for this trip and race, other than to make sure that I continued to consistently keep up with my strength training and running.  I also tried to get out and rollerski about once per week.  I did not do much in the way of long runs (...

Alright, I'm sort of new to the whole blogging thing, so this is mainly a test.  Tomorrow, I head off to Switzerland (via Atlanta, London and Innsbruck -- I hope to have more on that later) for one of Exodus' "Racing Week" cross country ski trips.  We'll be cross country skiing in the beautiful Engadin Valley (near Davos and St....

So at last here I am in Switzerland! The big race is on Sunday so I am spending the next few days getting in some last minute training. Today we skied the first half of the marathon course and I found some parts a little scarey - I can't imagine how i'm going to get down some of the steeper slopes with all the other 13,000 competitors jostling for position?! Tomorrow we are skiing the second half of the route which is apparently meant to be a little easier (I hope so!). The weather report is for...

This morning I headed to Hyde Park to have a go at a new sport for me - Rollerskiing. Joined by Anna and Claire from the product team we braved the wind, rain and a rather early start to try this increasingly popular sport. I had been told that it would be a great way to train for the ski marathon but it all honesty I was terrified I was going to fall and injure myself with only a couple of weeks to go before the race date!

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