Skate skiing. I think I'm gonna bag the tele skiing this year (for the most part anyhow) and just skate. It is fabulous cross training for cycling. You will get buns of steel if you skate a lot! And you get a great workout in a short period of time.

And and and and and...it's quiet, and you can let your mind wander, and other folks out skating always say hi, and you always talk about how far you went in kilometers, so it sounds really far to those of us used to measuring distance in miles!

Unlike Bron, I do not own a race suit and my poles aren't really all that stiff. I do have a water bottle belt, though!