XC Skiing (Classic) 1:20:00 [3]
Coach LD, Leanimal, 'Bent and I headed over to check out Mono Nordic in Orangeville. Nice little place! We're going to buy memberships, since they cost almost nothing, and I'd like to support the volunteers who run this community club. At first it was a high intensity workout as I chased Coach LD on her skate skis, with 'Bent running to keep up with her on his new waxless skis and Leanimal on nice waxless racing skis. I talked 'Bent into switching skis, and then *he* was the one who had to pole down hills, while I had to start herringboning up hills. He was nice enough to keep my slow skis, which gave him a great workout. Coach LD set us up with some no-poles drills where we made an effort to transfer our bounding skills to the snow. Fun!
And then the snowstorm started. Great big snowflakes the size of toonies. We're supposed to get up to 15 cm of wet snow with 50 kph winds, so the odds of a blackout in our rural area are high. We refreshed all our jugs of drinking water, turned the thermostat up a bit, brought in an extra load of firewood, showered, recharged our backup power unit, and ate snacks from the fridge (verboten once the power goes out).