We got back from Steamboat late last night after getting 3 days on the mountain. The 12" of snow that fell before we got there was a life saver and the snow was actually pretty good as long as you stayed up top. We took the gondola up every morning and didn't come down below Thunderhead until we were done for the day. The warm temps at the base made for some serious mashed potato conditions on that last run of the day. We spent the majority of our time making laps at the Sunshine Lift. The lift line would get pretty backed up mid morning, but I don't think we waited any longer than ~15 minutes the whole time and most of the time it was <10 mins. I was really on the fence about going this year but I'm so glad that we did! I met up with @gyroprotagonist for a beer one day as well, good to meet you in person bud.
We had a swim meet on Saturday and I couldn't help but shoulder surf the guy in front of me using ChatGPT to write a 2 sentence long note of congratulations to his child who was competing in the meet. I assume he was going to post it on FB, but dude was thrashing around on the ChatGPT app for a good 10 minutes before I saw something shiny and quit paying attention. We are so cooked.
I'm in a Strava group with a few buddies and we all have a goal to do 500 miles of running or walking for the year. I only got 32 miles in for January due to the weather and some work travel, so I've got to pick up the pace in February. I got 4.6 in this morning and plan on another walk tomorrow and a run on Saturday to get back on track. I tweaked my hamstring in December doing strides at the end of a run and that fucker kept nagging me for almost a month. I tried to stick to slower paced runs and make sure I was really warming up and stretching good before pushing it at all again. One thing I've noticed is I have a bright line between a comfortable pace/heart rate and getting gassed quickly. It seems like I can hold a 9 minute pace pretty easily, but as soon as I get up to 8:45 or so my HR redlines and I really have to fight to maintain it. I'm going to do more threshold runs at shorter distances to get used to holding a quicker pace.
I took the plunge on President's day weekend at Steamboat today. Here's to hoping the stormier pattern materializes before then... OpenSnowSteamboat Daily Snow Forecast | OpenSnowThe Steamboat Daily Snow provides the best snow forecast, written by a local Steamboat forecaster. Find snow conditions at ski resorts in Steamboat.
Mega oof. I'd be real curious to see the contract between Conoco and Doyon. The Operator is responsible for the rig during mobilization/de-mob in a typical IADC contract, but I bet on a rig that expensive they use their own form. Either way, someone's insurers are eating a massive shit sandwich this week. The dayrate on that rig has to be in the ballpark of a deepwater rig since they can only drill up there during the winter.