Happy Valentine’s Day!
I went skiing right after work so I wouldn’t have to worry about doing anything later. It was snowing the entire time and we’d already had a few inches of fresh powder! So the skiing was slow. But I ran into an old neighbor and we skiied and caught up a bit.
I had hoped to leave work early and then I ended up leaving late. But again the choices had already been made. And fortunately we didn’t have any specific plans for the evening so I didn’t have time constraints.
Today I rode my bike on the trainer for an interval workout in the morning and then skiied in the afternoon.
I tried the natural snow, I should’ve known that it wasn’t enough for good skiing, but it was enough to make it work. Crossing the lake my poles just slid on the ice and skipped on the pavement. I was still able to enjoy myself and the sun was setting as I finished so that was a nice way to end the workout.
After picking up my race packets at Pioneer Midwest and getting some wax and advice from their friendly staff I went for a short ski. I hadn’t skied before Christmas so I wanted to get something in before Saturday’s race. It was right around freezing and sunny at least for the start.
The trails were crowded with quite a few teams as the natural snow isnt super good for skiing now. I did the current loop which is around 4.5k. After the loop I did the short meadow loop that is open. I ended up with just over 5k. It felt good.
I rode for about 55 minutes and 13 miles on the bike trainer in the morning. I’m catching up on a bunch to TED talks that were highlighted a few years ago for me. TED will send you random videos to watch so I’m trying to expand my horizons by watching them!
In the afternoon was the first ski lessons for the year. It was a sunny day and not too cold. We did about 1.5 miles of classic skiing.
A post work sunny ski. It was great to get out. My first workout since Sunday due to family with influenza. I did the natural loop first since I knew I’d be ending in the dark. A bunch of high schoolers were out and they were wearing costumes! I then did 2 loops of the made snow on their 3k loop now. It’s still a pretty hilly loop, but it’s got some nice downhill sections!
Just over 10k of skiing!
The trailhead:
