A weekend trip to Colorado is no reason to stop our 36.5 day challenge but rather an invigorating way to end it!Jess and I spent the weekend in Winter Park where activities not surprisingly include snow tubing and skiing. Snow tubing is perhaps not the most overwhelming and calorie burning of work outs, but I will argue that exercise is involved with most activities when you are over 11,000 feet in elevation. (!)
The ride down the hill (mountain for us east coasters) was exceptionally fast as there was no new powder in the past few days and the slope was all ice- the workers at the hill estimated we were going upwards of 50-55 miles per hour. The walk back up to the lift (where you burn up to 250 calories an hour) was the more exhausting part.
The next day I went to attempt skiing for the first time since I was in Bariloche, Argentina 5 years ago. That trip was fun, although not particularly successful as one of my ski mates on his first time down the bunny slope split his pants, and my other friend on the trip had a bit of an accident with some hot chocolate and was out of commission the rest of the day (YIKES)- I myself am pretty sure I dislocated my thumb on a great spill (so smooth)...
In spite of all this, it was time to try again, this time with a group who was snow boarding and after a few easy runs down, I had rebuilt my confidence and ventured further up the mountain.
In spite of all this, it was time to try again, this time with a group who was snow boarding and after a few easy runs down, I had rebuilt my confidence and ventured further up the mountain.
The pants that you see in the picture are indeed MC Hammer parachute pants which happen to be the only waterproof pants that I own (ha!). I must say that while they certainly drew many questions from the staff, they also true to name slowed me down (for better or worse) on the mountain.
Because I had to exert more energy to keep up my speed, I would argue that I may have burned more than the average 350 calories per hour.
For someone who grew up learning to ski on the East Coast, a trip out to the Rockies was almost like a different sport altogether- and one which I am more motivated to do again in the future. YAY snow sports to end resolution #2!
Because I had to exert more energy to keep up my speed, I would argue that I may have burned more than the average 350 calories per hour.
For someone who grew up learning to ski on the East Coast, a trip out to the Rockies was almost like a different sport altogether- and one which I am more motivated to do again in the future. YAY snow sports to end resolution #2!
Oh I am super jealous but super excited that you guys were out in Colorado! Skiing/boarding on powder certainly changes things up, but the extra long runs are a good change of pace as well! Glad you guys had fun :-)
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