Training Log Archive: Mark3

One scary incident - fell into a buried ditch while trying to avoid some rocks and ended up facing upwards with my arms trapped beneath me and whole body including head covered in snow - the instructor said she could only see a ski sticking up and nothing else. Luckily the snow was quite light so I was able to blow enough of it out of my mouth in order to be able to breath, and she was able to dig me out fairly promptly.

Sobering, though - this skiing lark can be dangerous.

Also received my grade - which was better than my self grading, so I'm better than I thought. Hurray!

C • Snow 2

Had a day skiing on my own since the link to Verbier was open, and I wanted to see what it was like. Plus the off-piste skiing is really hardcore and I wanted a bit of a rest.

Piste skiing now seems very easy, even black runs.

I cover a lot more distance on my own; since it's easier and there's less stopping to regroup.

Great conditions with a small amount of sunshine!

Lifts didn't open until 11:15 due to wind, but then some great conditions :)

Skiing well today.

Feeling good fitness-wise. In future, a cap would be a good idea when running in snow to keep it out of my eyes!
Too icy to run that fast downhill; slipped over quite painfully a few times.

Weather: heavy snow. Heavy to ski through as well - hard work. But definitely getting into it and skiing much better than yesterday.

Tough conditions with visibility (snowing) and fresh powder. I'm a pretty good skier but my technique is probably the worst here - luckily my fitness is probably among the best which is stopping me holding people up!

Being on holiday is no reason to stop planking.