I like your candor about your intense preseason exercise regimen. Perhaps you'd like to learn of a secret to success I found this winter. As someone who has a job and can't mountain bike, etc. (or doesn't have the motivation to do it), I found a machine called the Quadmill that I used 3 days a week (60 second sets!)for 3 weeks that let me do nonstop top-to-bottoms at Alyeska for a 3 day weekend. Ok, only half-days, but still. Very handy machine for us slackers.