While I’m back in VT trying to ignore the big time change number (+16 hours, or -8hrs + 1 day) and the repercussions of a long travel day-plus, here are some nicer numbers from a great training trip. If you follow along on my social media, you know that I’ve just been in New Zealand for 3 weeks, training on snow with my team, the Craftsbury Green Racing Project. More photos and thoughts to follow later — for now it’s all I can do to mine my training log and fuzzy brain for these numbers, and stick in a few photos before the next tidal wave of tiredness hits!
NZ by the numbers:
37,227 ft ascended on skis
1300+ photos taken on my camera by myself or friends
319.1 miles skied
48:50 hours of skiing
40+ Middle Earth references
36 training sessions
21 days in NZ
21 days of waking up excited (sometimes excited and tired both)
16 posts on Instagram
8 flights
7 teammates
4 days of crust skiing
3 ski races
2+ bars of chocolate eaten
2 coaches/techs supporting my team
2 climbing or skiing movies watched
2 days of sunburning my nose
1 mild cold
1 full rest day
1 starlight night ski
1 country I’d like to visit again
0 cups of coffee [but 2 since I’ve been back to VT…]
0 broken skis or poles
Caitlin Patterson 