intervals

this morning, classic ski'd. in case you don't know, here's the wiki for nordic skiing. my kick wax was awful, and has been every time i've gone for about a week and a half, after about 10 other days of beautiful classic skiing. the conditions have been marginally harder to wax for, but i've decided that the main reason is simply not enough wax for the skis, or i weigh less than i think, or both. they are fairly stiff skis, and i am fairly light, for winter standards.

tommorrow, i'm going to try, more wax! crazy.

the ski was 30 minutes of drills with the students, and then, 30 minutes of just skiing, while working on various specific techniques for 90 seconds a pop.

then i came home, ate more, played guitar, and went skiing again. this time, a full moon skate ski. should have left later, as the clouds were far less of an issue than i thought they'd be. the apparently gray sky was actually a VERY thin layer of clouds, and it was good light for skiing. the track was icy after the warm day, which affected my technique: when it's that 'fast' it's difficult for me to commit to the ski, basically, i get going too fast for the dim light to maintain good balance and form. that said, the intervals were productive.

after a 15 minute warm-up, 4, 4 minute intervals. with 4 minutes rest. the intervals were basically uphill, then flat, then back uphill. then a 10 minute cool down.

Frisbee corner. If you do a winter training program, intervals are great. Do a month or more of just base first, then intervals for a month. If you are running (instead of biking), be extra careful to go easy, or better yet, bike or swim easy on your off days as running is higher impact.

then, a noodle/stirfry, and ice cream.

big storm coming, w/ 11 inches predicted for wednesday night, 2 feet or so for the storm. Thursday should be awesome skiing on the down hill side. Racing saturday. School is on the horizon. Garbage is getting picked up tommorrow.

That's all.