By Brady Crain Crystalized trees shine in the sunlight at the top of Killington Sunday morning. They stand in contrast to the hazy clouds in the distance. The resort reopened Nov. 15. I want to apologize for my meandering nature […]
Tag: Altitude sickness
Hotel workouts offer many benefits
It was a unique week in my training life. I was away for four nights in hotels training for my new job selling residential rooftop solar installations, and so I had a rare opportunity: work out like nuts without any […]
Skiing trumps running… always
This week, Halloween week, my birthday week, was a grand week. I am up to 13 days of skiing this year, and I hiked straight up Double Dipper and skied every day. My inning schedule went out the window, but […]
Amazing feats that had nothing to do with me
By Brady Crain The mountains looked inverted due to the refractive effects of an atmospheric thermocline. This happens when a layer of warm air slides over a layer of cold air. When I went up the chairlift I moved through […]
A wonderful surprise, the slopes have opened!
Another boring week in the world of Brady, with the exception of one wonderful surprise. I have to say that not having a daunting race to train for makes the world a little more dull. Fewer reasons to get up […]
Post-crazy training regiment, workouts for a “normal” goal
The next few weeks of my life are going to be boring. I am ready for boring. I am doing a bunch of training for a new job (outside sales for residential solar juggernaut SolarCity), and just marking time running […]
New goals of speed and Taekwondo
I have pulled up out of my swan dive into obesity. After working so hard for so long, it has felt funny to take rest days. I took five of them, and in that time, I went from looking like […]
“Nausea guy! You finished! Way to go!”
Nausea. Twitchiness. Abject nervousness. Hot skin. Fear. Loathing. Frothing at the mouth. So the Thursday before the Spartan, I finally registered for the Ultra Beast. I waited, because as a nascent real estate agent I have very little money, and […]
Slips, trips and falls on the road to Spartan
By Brady Crain Looking down from the top of Superstar, Crain snapped this photo. It was the middle of his 40-pound weighted-vest hike up and down that trail. At about mile 15, I crossed Route 4 from the Sherborne Pass […]
Omens sometimes fly, get swallowed
It was an eventful week here in Killington, my week starting with an 11 mile run, the basic, Sherburne Pass to Killington Peak and back. It started with me not feeling well…thinking I might only make it about four miles. […]