X as in X-country skiing that is. Anny and I have booked a private half day X-country ski (skating style) lesson tomorrow afternoon in Davos. That should help kick start the lazy muscles into action.
I have tried the classic style X-country on several occasions, but only once have I tried the skating style, and that almost killed me. Towards the end I just wanted to lie on the slow and sleep for a couple of hours before continuing. Then the next day my back muscles decided to make a late protest and locked up, resulting in an excruciating over-the-eyes headache - ouch. My analytical brain decided it couldn't possibly have been that I wasn't fit enough for the activity and that it must have been a problem with technique. Hence the lesson tomorrow.
Of course my main training should be cycling, but with all this ice and snow around my wafer thin tyres on my racing bike don't give me too much reassurance. So I have decided if tomorrow goes well then X-country skiing will be one of my winter training techniques. Of course I also have the option of indoor rowing on my Concept2 or going out jogging, but X-country seems the most fun of the trio.
How was the snow? Back ok?
ReplyDeleteI love the name. I wonder where you got the idea for that from? There is plenty of snow here in Switzerland at the moment. We will be going x-country skiing again this weekend, but a bit nearer to Zurich and without Negrita (as last time she got too cold).
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