Training Log Archive: danfoster

Lunchtime skate ski to a picnic table overlooking the beaver pond for a trailside lunch of leftover cheese and pepperoni on bagel. Despite all three caffeine groups for breakfast, this was a token effort and I'm overdue for a good night's sleep.

All that morning caffeine seemed to finally kick in after dinner, so Jess and I did a quick spin on the fat bike. 80% of the trails are fully packed out, with the remainder impassable. The snow is deep enough now that you're riding down a trench, with pedal strikes against the side walls on sections where the snow hasn't slumped.

Fat biking with Jess in the fresh powder from yesterday's storm. Had to break trail on the North side, and the "car wash" trail had a single 5" line at the bottom of a crusty, foot-high v-shaped trough, and the whole thing was blown in with a few inches of powder. Any deviation from that 5" line took me immediately off the bike, and it was a struggle to get moving again. First pass through was >50% pushing. By the third pass, after airing down again and dropping the seat 2 inches, I was able to get through with only putting a foot in the deep snow every 10 pedal strokes or so. It could really use a visit with some snowshoes. The other north-side trails are completely untouched, and will need some serious snowshoe traffic to become rideable.

Should have worn gaiters - snow down my boots, down my back, completely covering the cockpit...

Went back out at lunch time and grilled sausages in the swamp. Trails have been surprisingly chewed up in the couple hours since our morning ride.

5.9 mi skate ski in an hour, with a few laps around the west field to work on skate technique up a constant, gentle hill. Still feeling cooked from Monday. Snow started falling on my 4.2 mi classic ski, and it felt like I had the whole park to myself for the last 30 minutes.

1 hr skate ski at Great Brook, followed by 45 min classic ski. Liked it so much I went back and upgraded to a "season" pass. If I get two weeks of groomed skiing in this winter, I'll call that a successful season.

Stopped by the local chocolatier on the way home to stock up for Valentine's day, so total calories burned was probably around negative one million.