Training Log Archive: slauenstein

Yesterday the weather was -6°C and beautiful blue skis, unfortunately, today the weather was 1°C and downpour rain. I was surprised that skiing still went so well, at least classic was great. I put on my light running rain jacket, so that was helpful as well and if you didn't stop, it wasn't cold. I left basically directly after breakfast, so the trees were still covered in snow and it felt very winter-y, but by the time were we driving home, the rain had melted all the snow off the trees.

Traditional weekend in Chapelle des Bois, this morning Chloé and François joined us for a ski. Chloé first showed Matti a bit how to ski while Marc was out with François. Once he came back, Chloé and I went for a loop together. She skis really well for being 7 months pregnant!

In the afternoon, Marc went out after lunch and I stayed with Lena during her nap. Matti could play with his cousins in the snow. Once Marc got home I jetted away, but I knew it would be dark in about 45min, so I took the headlamp. The first half was during a wonderful sunset and then the 2nd half I needed my headlamp.
I may have improved my technique over the last few years or I am in better shape than I have been for a long time, because skate skiing never felt so easy.

After the stomach flu we had a lot of catching up to do on life, so I didn't have time to exercise for 4 days. Luckily my mom wanted to work on a Christmas present with Matti and asked to come over during Lena's nap. This was a perfect opportunity for me to slip out for a run. Felt great to go outside again:-)

Marc, Lena and I all got Matt's stomach flu during the night from Sunday to Monday. Matti threw up every 30min for 7 hours from Friday night to Saturday morning, so we all joined in the same chorus, of course. Talk about horror film moments... ugg. Now everyone is slowly getting better, but I have never had to do so much laundry and I can't wait for life to start to feel normal again. It's been a whirlwind.