An OD by the numbers

Today Anna, Alyssa, Dave, Clarkson skier (and local phenom) Matt Delaney, and I headed out of town to Jay, NY to do an OD ski. Earlier in the summer, at the suggestion of Dave's dad, Anna and I had explored some roads in Jay during a 2.5 hour ski. What we found was rollerskiing heaven: amazing views, few cars, decent pavement, and great terrain. I have since returned twice for a ski, but this time I figured I'd bring the whole crew. The plan was for a 4 hour OD, a stretch for all of us (Alyssa and Anna were shooting for 3). For Dave and Matt it would be the second longest workout of the summer, tops being the Tupper Lake Tinman triathlon (a 4+ effort for both). For me it would be topped only by my 5.5 and 6.5 hour rides.

The weather looked iffy early, with a rain squal hitting us on the way out of Placid, but we got to Jay to find a slight mist and nothing more - within 20 minutes the sun was shining and it was beautiful. Rather than bore you with a description of the whole workout, I'll give it to you by the numbers.

Length of ski: 4 hours (2:40 for Alyssa and Anna)
Miles covered: 32 for Matt/Dave/Ollie
Calories burned (Ollie's HR monitor): 2848
Average HR (Ollie): 134 bpm
Max. HR (Ollie): 170 bpm (what can I say, there were some hills and a drag race sprint at mile 31)
Food consumed (during workout): 3 Chewy granola bars, 1 Powerbar, half a peanut butter sandwich
Liquid consumed (during): 48 oz. Accelerade, 32 oz. Gatorade
Liquid consumed (after): 1/2 gallon of skim milk (Dave drank 1/2 gal. of chocolate milk)
Reindeer seen en route: 20-25 (rough estimate)
Alpacas seen en route: only 1 unfortunately
Farms passed that have been immoratlized in paint by Norman Rockwell: 1, the Asgaard Farm
Cars passed: 15-20 over the course of 4 hours (pretty effing sweet, eh?)
Hills we wish we could have seen Nabel ski down (providing he didn't get hurt): 2, and it would have been hilarious.
Falls: 0
Equipment failures: 0
Times Dave raved about the view/terrain: too many to count (this is worth noting because previously Dave had ripped on skiing in Jay/Keene - we showed him)

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures because Anna did leave us her camera to take post-workout photos with, so I'll leave you with this stock photo of David:


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