Finished boiling off another 2 gal of maple syrup. Got 25+ gal of sap to go. Put your orders in now for Maple Magic, the finest organic power gel/drink.
12 PM
Skate Ski (Kingdom Valley Trails) 45:00 [1] 6.01 km (7:29 / km) +35m7:17 / km
Clear brilliant sun at lunch time. Snow melting out around the eges of the fields, center sections ok, but slushy. Lots of pine needles in the woods. Nice day for a tour; maybe a run later.
2 PM
Road Running (Rte 11) 33:24 [1] 2.98 mi (11:12 / mi) +63m10:30 / mi weight:161lbs
Lazy run down the road with Ruthie. Felt pretty tired. Think I might be dehydrated from yesterday.
Skate Ski long (Prospect) 3:19:00 38.04 km (5:14 / km) +761m4:45 / km
Wet snow yesterday, couple inches. Decided to leave it alone and try Prospect today. Trails in perfect shape, freshly packed powder. Right around freezing. Cloudy, sunny, snow squalls.
Started with 5 laps around Chickadee, later did another with Tom (3.59). Then up around the top of the mountain. Some of the trail had only been groomed with a single 4' pass; fun o-trail skate skiing practice.
Skate Ski hills (Prospect) 2:40:00 30.25 km (5:17 / km) +636m4:47 / km
Since it was a holiday (?) for us, headed down to Prospect and skied with Tom W. Conditions were perfect hard packed powder, every thing open and groomed right up to the top of the mountain.
Did go up to the top, then laps up around Chickadee. Was going for 10, but really felt wiped on number 7. Stopped humping the hill at that point, as my form was going crappy.
Nice skiing, back next weekend. They'll stay open as long as there's snow, and at this point there's plenty.