Saturday, January 28, 2006
X-country skiing
I finally went cross country skiing Today. Rob and I both went and bought skis a couple weeks ago but the weather has not been cooperating and Rob has freakishly large feet so he doesn't have boots yet.
I can only remember going cross country skiing once in my life, I think I must have been around 13 or so. I had absolutely no rhythm in my stride, I think I must have looked like a giraffe on ice. All the little things you don't think about, you need to lift the ski obviously but not too high, you need to snap at the right time, keep that ski pointing straight, ugh! :-D
I did have a lot of fun, its just totally unfamiliar to me right now and will take a while to get the hang of. It really is amazing exercise though! Oh! I fell three times, one time I was going downhill at a pretty good clip and had no idea how to slow down. The normal snow plow was not working, might be because everything was more ice than snow.
Hopefully we get some more snow on Tuesday like they are predicting because its going to hit 50 Today and will ruin most of the trails. Maybe Rob will have his boots by then too. :-D
I can only remember going cross country skiing once in my life, I think I must have been around 13 or so. I had absolutely no rhythm in my stride, I think I must have looked like a giraffe on ice. All the little things you don't think about, you need to lift the ski obviously but not too high, you need to snap at the right time, keep that ski pointing straight, ugh! :-D
I did have a lot of fun, its just totally unfamiliar to me right now and will take a while to get the hang of. It really is amazing exercise though! Oh! I fell three times, one time I was going downhill at a pretty good clip and had no idea how to slow down. The normal snow plow was not working, might be because everything was more ice than snow.
Hopefully we get some more snow on Tuesday like they are predicting because its going to hit 50 Today and will ruin most of the trails. Maybe Rob will have his boots by then too. :-D
