Happy New Year 2008 everyone. We spent our New Year holiday in the backcountry paradise of Moab, we missed skiing but it was fun.

We’re off to do some uphilling, with a couple of new heart rate monitors (HRMs) to try and get that perfect aerobic training so we can really get strong for our dream Wasatch backcountry skiing trip in January! Hint, you can get a reasonably priced Polar heart rate monitor at Walmart — highly recommended if you feel like your fitness level has plateaued out, or you want to build super fitness without injuring yourself.