Mont Tremblant 2007
For the past several years, it’s become somewhat of a tradition for me to go to Mont Tremblant at this time of the year. I don’t recall going to this trip with the same group of friends yet with all the skiers and snowboarders out there, of course there would always be friends to hang around with. However, the novelty of riding non-stop and make the most out of my time on the slopes have somewhat worn off recently. My trip this year was really more vacation-like than all of my previous ski trips.
I had a good time snowboarding-wise. It seems not too long ago when I looked at the blue runs on the trail map with trepidation. These days, I just go wherever comfortably (except for moguls and double black) and feel quite in control of my board. Speed no longer scares me like it used to. It’s just so much more relaxing.
I actually spent a lot of time enjoying the resort. My friends and I went to watch the movie I Am Legend on Saturday evening. I went for a therapeutic massage at Amerispa on Sunday. Stranger still, we actually didn’t bother to cook our own meals and ended up eating out most of the time. Meal planning for ski trips is usually a big hassle and for some reasons or another, I usually end up with that responsibility. The fact that I did not need to worry about meal planning on this particular trip really made the difference between stress and total relaxation. Between BeaverTail, smoked meat sandwich, poutine, bavette de boeuf, and an antipasto plate, I did some real damage to my diet. However, to balance things off, I packed my usual "power food’ of bananas, peanut butter, cottage cheese, homemade granola, almonds, and dried apricots for breakfast and lunch. Those food gave me lots of energy and they were absolutely wonderful fuel for workout. On day one, I unwisely ate a McDonald’s breakfast of Egg McMuffin, hash brown, milk, and yogurt parfait before hitting the slopes. Although I felt full at the time, I burnt through those food so quickly and had to snack around 10am. In comparison, eating my usual breakfast provided me with energy for hours and I did not feel hungry until 2pm. Never had the word "junk food" take on so much meaning to me.
