I’ve spent this past summer traveling around Vermont, looking for the best multisport training – the best rides, the best running loops or running trails, and the best pools or open water swims. I did it partly for the adventure, but really, I did it to gather the information to start building this website – multisportmaps.com…. a comprehensive guide of places to train for serious athletes. I’m starting with Vermont – if you’re anywhere in the state, and want to know where the closest lap pool is, or you want to know where the closest killer-climb is, or you just want to take a nice, short run from your door, it’ll be here. The full site, with at least the Vermont information included, is being built now (it’ll launch this spring). In the meantime though, I’ll be publishing a blog, developing the Multisport Maps culture - sharing descriptions and reviews of some of the places I visited, sharing some pictures, some stories from the road, and really, writing on anything to do with endurance sports, Vermont, my new home (Colorado), or whatever’s on my mind. I hope you enjoy!

----- Brian Burns

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Back From Stowe

I just returned home from another trip. I went for three days of mapping up around the Canadian border, then three days of selling jewelry with my father in Stowe, VT. Then, one more day of mapping with my father in tow, before coming back home. I had a good time mapping, a good time at the show, and a great time working yesterday with my father – his enthusiasm and fresh outlook were a huge boost to the process. We found some great roads, took some nice pictures, and even stumbled across a really cool abandoned asbestos mine (though we admired from a distance). I’ll write more about the trip piece by piece (including a nausea inducing climb up smugglers notch and some great swimming at the town pool) sometime in the coming months. It’ll be nice to look back on a perfect autumn trip come February.

A couple autumn pics:



The abandoned mine:



My father, at our lunch stop:

And me, loving this time of year:

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