Training Log Archive: MJChilds

Headed up through the hayfields at the farm. Powdery deep snow (18" plus) made for difficult snowshoeing. Lots of drifts in the swales--I almost turned back soon after I started, but persevered and it got better. Had to rest several times, but it was a good thigh workout. Hard on the hips though. Retraced my steps on the way back to make it easier. MId-20s, cloudy, slight winds when I went out. Not the prettiest day, but glad I got up to my favorite overlook.

The usual w Carl. Cold, single digits. Windy. Tolerable.

Walked to Tai Chi, then to library and back. 8 degrees, but brilliantly sunny and only slight wind (which still burned my face on the way home).

Needed snowshoes to get down to the woods edge to gather some fresh balsam fir boughs for my dining room. The last batch was getting dry. Snowing, windy, not very pleasant, but easier on snowshoes over the 18" of snow than on foot. Temps in mid twenties. The uphill on the way back was a good workout. Feeling my hip flexors from the multiple days of showshoeing in the past week.