Friday morning I got to dust off the cross country skis. These poor sticks haven't seen any action for 5 or six years. I went for a 2.7 mile distance which took about a full hour. It seemed easy--heart rate comfortably in the 130's. I can't figure out quite how to classify the exercise. I know I should just call it cross training and be done, but I somehow thinks it ought to count as more in my training plan. They say that cross country skiing uses 80% of your muscle (compared to running which uses about 60%). I spent the rest of the day doing snow removal.
On Saturday, a little more snow removal and then I was needing a run. Local trails were still pretty icy so I went out to the high school track and got in 6 miles with four at tempo pace (8:16, 8:13, 8:33, 8:29) and I threw in some bleachers while I was at it.
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