Cross Country Skiing

[roadie gal]

It has been SO COLD here this week. The low yesterday was -13F and the high was about 18F. Today, since it was so pretty out, I decided to go skate ski for an hour. It was a balmy 8F when I got to the XC center. Ugh! So I had to layer up well beyond the usual for skating. Then, I had waxed my skis last week when it was a little warmer. The pink wax that was perfect last week just didn't cut it today. I had zero glide. It was so bad that I finally gave up trying to skate and got into the tracks and WALKED uphill on my skate skis. It was a tremendous amount of exercise but no fun at all.

So when I got done, I went and bought some blue wax and rewaxed my skis. Tomorrow is going to be better!

[ridebikeme]

It's interesting to hear your weather report roadie girl, as here in Maine it is just the opposite! Last week was warm, with temps finally hitting 50 yesterday!! Most of the snow in nearby towns is gone, luckily we were in a belt with some of the most snow in the northeast... so we survived. I did get out yesteday for about an hour, and definietly planned to ski BEFORE the temps hit 50. At any rate, I was surprised at how good the snow actually was!!! I can't wait to get out again... perhaps Wednesday.

[Crankin]

Booked a weekend in Franconia on the 25th-27th. Very excited. Since I've only skied twice this year, I am thinking it might not be such a good idea to do the ski from our inn to the Franconia Inn and back thing. Those trails were definitely the hardest I've done, more like back country, including one that is a black diamond downhill trial at Cannon. I went UP it. Probably the most falling i've ever done on the downhills, as the trails were tracked, but the area outside the tracks weren't groomed wide enough for me to snowplow down. Hopefully, we'll start at Bretton Woods and then see.

[ridebikeme]

Sounds like a lot of fun Crankin! I hope that the weather changes here soon and gives us some more snow. It's a bit strange as a cyclist 'wanting' more snow, BUT the reality is that although some roads are rideable, most still have icey spots and TONS of sand. So, I say let's ski and truly be ready to ride outside. LOL

Let us know how your trip goes.... that's a beautiful area!