week one of break...lessee, dec17 was my last day off of skiing... since then i've done one race, and 6 sets of intervals... the last week of school is a blur, with 5 hours / night for sleep doing really good. it really affeted my training, as I've been very flat, and tired, both in practice (mine, not the coaching, i can in fact yell good job when i'm tired), and in events...
this week of school it's been just dumping snow... so i've been touring (drive up to mountain at 6 or so, then staying to ski for an hour or two... or going back later... basically i'm thrashed...
today, hadn't planned on skiing (would have made 13 days in a row), but i woke up at 5;15 like clockwork, so i got up, ate, and drove up early in a blizzard. in the parking lot I had to push myself out of a snow drift, but once i get going the car planes out just fine... i had left an important part of my boot in a ski partners car. so i turned around. no problem. beautiful sunrise, or would have been were it not whiteout conditions.
so it's technically a rest day, but i may go do some upper body and abs at the gym. Note: Ski tour means put climbing skins on skis, and skin up runs, before removing gear and skiing down. Usually done at a ridiculously early hour. Could be done in the wilderness, but i'm going for convenience and safety lately.
disregard what follows. it's just for my archive. 17.5 hours. 2 weights. 3 intervals.
12/30 weights.
12/29 Saturday: slept 7 hours. 2.5 hour ski tour, then 4x4 skate intervals, had a hard time keeping up w/ training partner, but the guy is good. Felt better. feeling 3rd interval set of week.
12/28 Friday. Slept 5 hours. Tour, 2 hours, great snow, 1.5 hour classic ski easy. felt flat.
12/27 Thursday. Good sleep. Ski tour. 2 hour I think. Fantastic snow. Then skate intervals. 4x4, with 4 minutes rest. A little flat. Weights.
12/26 Wednesday. Good sleep. Ski tour. 2 hours
12/25 Merry Christmas. Good sleep. Intervals. Classic. 4x4.
12/24 Ski tour in morning. 2 hours. Night ski under full moon.
12/23 Sunday. Good sleep. 2.5 hour ski in pouring rain.
12/22 5 hours sleep. Ski race. Ski'd at 'tempo' i.e., i took it pretty easy for the first half.
12/21 5 hours sleep. Oh crap, I may have rested then! that means....
12/20 5 hours sleep. 2 ski train. with team. then intervals after.
12/19 5 hours sleeep. 2 hour ski. weights...
12/18 5 hours sleep (see the pattern?) two skis...
12/17 5 hours sleep. rest day.
12/16 3 hour skate ski.
2 comments:
From: Robert Brawner (robert@onecginc.com)
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 1:18 PM
Subject: Georgia Ultimate has lost a friend...
Emmeline King Cooper, mother of Graham Cooper (’95), passed away Christmas week. She was a staunch supporter of UGA ultimate, attending our tournaments in Savannah as well as traveling to Nationals in Baton Rouge. In my life, I have yet to meet anyone that rivaled Emmeline’s intelligence, charm, compassion, and wit. I am saddened by her passing and consider it an honor to have known this truly amazing woman.
With sadness,
Brawner
From the Savannah New Press:
Mary Emmeline King Cooper - SAVANNAH - Mary Emmeline King Cooper, 78, beloved wife of Robert Scotland Cooper died Wednesday evening Dec. 26, 2007. She lived her life with grace and dignity despite years of living with multiple sclerosis. She confronted the difficulties of her disease bravely and without complaint, but finally succumbed to mounting complications quietly and with her family close. Emmeline was born on her birthday Sept. 10, 1929, in New York City to Dr. Ruskin and Mary Justice King. The Kings moved to Savannah in 1934 where Dr. King established one of the city's earliest pediatric practices. Dr. and Mrs. King both died in 1982 within a few days of one another. Emmeline loved people and music. She played recorder and sang and occasionally made command appearances with the local music group the Crabettes. An active and involved member of Asbury Memorial Methodist Church, she was records keeper for the choir and sang alto. She loved languages and taught herself Italian. She made several trips to Italy and enjoyed learning about new places and meeting people. She loved to spend time with old friends and easily made new ones. She had a way of making others feel special. She and Robert entertained often and became famous for her soup. Emmeline and Robert met in Savannah in 1954. He was working for the U.S. Corps of Engineers and she a recent graduate of Randolph Macon Women's College was working at WTOC. They were wed on September 10, 1955 and soon moved to Buffalo, NY, where their first son Ruskin King Cooper was born on Sept. 28, 1957. They moved back to Savannah in 1958. Robert Scotland Cooper Junior was born on Dec. 3, 1959. Graham Patteson Weisiger Cooper was born June 23, 1970. They were some of the early pioneers in historic Savannah, purchasing a home at 105 West Perry Street at a time when most of downtown Savannah had been abandoned and was desolate. But others soon followed and reclaimed the historic resource that has helped make Savannah a model worldwide of urban renewal. She was Historic Savannah Foundation's first secretary when their offices were located on West Hull Street. Emmeline became head of the Specific Learning Disabilities department at Savannah Country Day School and continued there until 1980. She went to work for Christ Church and was the lay assistant heading the educational programs. In 1997, the Coopers moved to a home on Kentucky Avenue in Gordonston. She became involved in the Gordonston Neighborhood Assn. and prepared the monthly newsletter. She and her friend Polly Wylly Cooper wrote A Visitor's Guide to Historic Savannah. The companion piece A Savannah Safari became one of the more popular attractions for Girl Scout troops visiting Savannah. Emmeline leaves behind her loving husband and sons, her grandsons Benjamin King and Samuel Mallard Cooper sons of Graham and Lisa Blackburn Cooper and granddaughters, Valerie Emmeline and Hedda Eugenie King Cooper daughters of Robert Jr. Her sister Judith King Watson and her husband Benjamin live in Asheville, NC. She leaves dozens of nieces and nephews each of whose names she would remember and a host of close friends who know who they are. The family wishes to thank and acknowledge the staff and congregation of Asbury Memorial Methodist Church and especially Billy Hester whom Emmeline loved. Her family already misses her though her passing is still fresh it is difficult to imagine a world without her light and her positive outlook. She was never down even to her final goodbyes.
More information about Emmeline:
http://www.savannahsafari.com/about.php
thank you Robert.
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