Saturday Jan 27 |
 | xc skate skiing race 1:04:45 [4] | |
| ahr:169 max:195 |
| Pre Loppet race....tried starting smooth with the idea that this would be a hard workout...I was shocked to see that my Heart Rate Average for the race was 169 and at some point on the course I had hit 195 bpm!...and I felt like I was only going about 90%...my results were ok...nothing special but it felt good to race and enjoy the post race endorphins...the course was very sketchy in places and it was a small victory not to have dumped it at least once.....I did manage to move around a fallen racer on the scariest downhill on the course when I thought I was headed for his head for a few seconds....sometimes its the little victories... |
| xc skate skiing 10:00 [2] | |
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| ski warmup before race..... |
Friday Jan 26 |
| xc skate skiing 53:11 [3] | |
| ahr:142 weight:170.8lbs |
| skiing at French where the warm weather has created two burned through area....no worries for my circa 1989 Rossi skate skis that I use at rocks skis...I walked over the dirty spots and kept on trucking....95% of the trail is great but todays warm weather caused some melting....I wonder how the loppet trail is fairing??... |
Thursday Jan 25 |
| xc classic skiing 59:36 [2] | |
| ahr:122 weight:170.6lbs |
| ...another nice night and good classic skiing at French with Kari...some places are getting worn and dirt is starting to show in small patches...I will likely doing the Pre Loppet 15K skate race on Saturday morning to get a hard ski workout in.....Im looking forward to the City of Lakes Loppet 25K Classic coming up... |
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| C • Classic ! 3 |
Wednesday Jan 24 |
| trail running 36:39 [3] | |
| ahr:135 weight:171lbs |
| ...another trail run in the snow with Kari on single track and frozen lakes around French....really nice outside and easy to see with the snowy landscape..... |
Tuesday Jan 23 |
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| made a decision to ski classic at the Birkie this year...just wasnt feeling it for skating it again after last years last 10k suffer fest and feeling like it was the same old, same old after 16? of them....with the new 9k trail at the start and a big recommendation from MAJ I decided to spice my life up with change....also, I have mainly classic skied this year...I am also planning to ski the 25k City of Lakes Classic and perhaps keep my 42K classic sign up at Mora (although I might mix it up and do the 35K skate there....
change is good.... |
| xc classic skiing 1:06:30 [2] | |
| ahr:124 |
| skied classic at French with Kari....they have done a good job grooming some shallow tracks...nice night to be out....Kari is getting better with technique at every outing...me?, not so much...I'm just trying to hold on to what I got..... |
Monday Jan 22 |
| xc skate skiing 44:05 [3] | |
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| skied some firm laps at French...nice conditions in this low snow situation.... |
| xc skate skiing 12:00 [4] | |
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| ...this is the 4 intesity segments of my skate ski session...pushed here and there to stay ahead of other smarty pants that thought they were faster than me....some were and some weren't..... |