{"id":2456036,"date":"2020-03-19T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/clubhouse-chronicles-and-just-like-that-its-suddenly-spring-at-avsc\/"},"modified":"2020-03-19T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T00:32:00","slug":"clubhouse-chronicles-and-just-like-that-its-suddenly-spring-at-avsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/clubhouse-chronicles-and-just-like-that-its-suddenly-spring-at-avsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Clubhouse Chronicles: And just like that, it\u2019s suddenly spring at AVSC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"5.9230769230769\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-323000-973\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/avsccolumn-atd-032020-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/avsccolumn-atd-032020-1-1008x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy | Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/avsccolumn-atd-032020-1-1008x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/avsccolumn-atd-032020-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/avsccolumn-atd-032020-1-1-732x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club executive director Mark Godomsky\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club executive director Mark Godomsky<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/avsccolumn-atd-032020-1-1-732x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club executive director Mark Godomsky\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/clubhouse-chronicles-and-just-like-that-its-suddenly-spring-at-avsc\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/clubhouse-chronicles-and-just-like-that-its-suddenly-spring-at-avsc\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Chances are, if you live in the Roaring Fork Valley, you were a competitive athlete or have been close with one at some point in your life. You\u2019ve witnessed firsthand the ups and downs of an athletic career, whether at the little league or major league level. The preparations and setbacks. The wins and losses. The teammates and competitors. The ebb and flow of on- and off-season. The hard work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Our primary motivations for our children\u2019s participation in sports are fun, camaraderie and personal growth. Yet, for many of our athletes, the real driver is the chance to test themselves, perform their best and receive the benefits that come along with a strong performance at end-of-season championships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club\u2019s competitive athletes, March is the crescendo. Momentum builds throughout the season with each passing training day, free ski run, layer of wax and video review. Athletes prepare to compete at the highest levels within their discipline. These competitons take many forms; national or international events that give athletes the chance to secure a spot on a college team or a national team, or simply a chance to compete head-to-head against the best in the country and the world. There is no doubt that life for everyone has changed drastically in the last week alone as the world tries to make sense of COVID-19 and the challenges it presents from a health, economic and social standpoint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As our coaches and athletes were gearing up to head out on the road, or host competitors right here at home, their season came to a grinding halt. First large events were canceled, then regional trips, then all competitive events and finally, daily training. All of these decisions were absolutely the right ones, made thoughtfully with the best interest of the community and the country in mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That does not ease the sting of this abrupt ending to a meaningful time in an athletic career. For many, a constructive mindset after some reflection will allow this to serve as fodder for motivation toward next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Yet, for some, there is no next season. Seniors lose their opportunity to have a final goodbye to a sport, to competitors and to coaches that have been critical fibers in the fabric of their childhood. There will be no last competition, no final advice from their coach, no ultimate push to put it all on the line, no postseason awards ceremony. No closure to a sport they have dedicated a significant part of their lives to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">If you know an AVSC athlete \u2014 or for that matter, any high school-aged athlete \u2014 reach out to them and ask them about their season. Learn about the wins, the losses, the surprise lessons learned, the funny moments along the way. Celebrate the success they had and ask what they\u2019ve learned from the setbacks. What are their plans for next year? While many of them will not get the closure they had anticipated, it\u2019s up to us to help them make sense of it all. As athletes, they have developed the grit and resilience necessary to preserve through tough times. Remind them of that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While it may not have been the ending to the winter season we \u2014 or anyone else \u2014 had imagined, I am immensely proud of the passion, growth and excellence exhibited by our coaches and athletes over the course of the winter. I look forward to the clubhouse door opening again and being full with athletes and all that they bring with them \u2014 hard work, stench, hoots and hollers, and yes, backpacks all over the floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In the meantime, I hope everyone finds time to responsibly enjoy fresh air and reflect on an incredible winter, even if it ended a bit earlier than we\u2019d wanted!<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\">Clubhouse Chronicles is a behind-the-scenes column written by the Aspen Valley Ski &amp; Snowboard Club that runs periodically in the Outdoors section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/clubhouse-chronicles-and-just-like-that-its-suddenly-spring-at-avsc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard ClubCourtesy Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club executive director Mark GodomskyAustin Colbert\/The Aspen Times Show CaptionsHide Captions Chances are, if you live in the Roaring Fork Valley, you were a competitive athlete or have been close with one at some point in your life. You\u2019ve witnessed firsthand the ups and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2456036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 09:12:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}