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Saturday Dec 24, 2011 #
Run (River Road/ASP/Coulee) 1:40:00 [3] 10.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: Asics2
w Alice
Friday Dec 23, 2011 #
Run (River Road/Coulee) 50:00 [3] 5.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: Asics2
w Alice.
Thursday Dec 22, 2011 #
Run (River Road/Coulee loop) 51:00 [3] 5.1 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: Asics2
w Alice
Wednesday Dec 21, 2011 #
XC Ski (Green Acres) 1:05:00 [3]
shoes: Skate ski
Got some skiing in this afternoon. I arrived at 3, which was about the same time that three high school teams also got there. So the little upper man-snow loop was quite crowded.
I kind of liked it though, it gave me people to watch, made me stay a little more alert, and having teenagers around is pretty easy because to them.... I am quite invisible.
First two loops I thought... ok, do at least 10 loops. But after 7, I just stopped counting and kept going because really, it was getting to be no problem. I practiced V1, V2, open field, no poles. All flat stuff, but at least that was feeling fairly steady.
I kind of liked it though, it gave me people to watch, made me stay a little more alert, and having teenagers around is pretty easy because to them.... I am quite invisible.
First two loops I thought... ok, do at least 10 loops. But after 7, I just stopped counting and kept going because really, it was getting to be no problem. I practiced V1, V2, open field, no poles. All flat stuff, but at least that was feeling fairly steady.
Monday Dec 19, 2011 #
XC Ski (Green Acres) 1:30:00 [3]
shoes: Skate ski
I came to class with a bad attitude and hoping it was canceled but it wasn't.
First challenge was to ski up the big tubing hill to get to the 1k loop at top. I struggled up but it was okay.
Did a few loops with no poles, the V1 loops, V2 loops.
I felt so horrible at first, instructor commented on how tense I looked and pretty much just said "just focus on shifting your weight, don't worry about anything else" but I was NOT having fun and really did feel tense in my whole body.
When she demonstrated the V2 for the class, and it looked so wonderful, so fun, so glidey, and I thought... at some point that's what I can maybe do, and I had my big AHA "This is supposed to be fun!". I remember when I discovered that with Mountain Biking and changed how I rode.
So I made that my primary thought "I get to have FUN!! " and really, it immediately made a huge difference. Suddenly I was much more stable, much better glider, better at shifting weight, faster, better at turns.... everything started falling into place. Truth is, I'm still horrible, but I got the most important lesson taking place..... it's about the fun, first.
First challenge was to ski up the big tubing hill to get to the 1k loop at top. I struggled up but it was okay.
Did a few loops with no poles, the V1 loops, V2 loops.
I felt so horrible at first, instructor commented on how tense I looked and pretty much just said "just focus on shifting your weight, don't worry about anything else" but I was NOT having fun and really did feel tense in my whole body.
When she demonstrated the V2 for the class, and it looked so wonderful, so fun, so glidey, and I thought... at some point that's what I can maybe do, and I had my big AHA "This is supposed to be fun!". I remember when I discovered that with Mountain Biking and changed how I rode.
So I made that my primary thought "I get to have FUN!! " and really, it immediately made a huge difference. Suddenly I was much more stable, much better glider, better at shifting weight, faster, better at turns.... everything started falling into place. Truth is, I'm still horrible, but I got the most important lesson taking place..... it's about the fun, first.
Sunday Dec 18, 2011 #
Run (Hyland Park) 1:34:00 [3] 14.9 km (6:19 / km)
shoes: Asics2
Joined Chris and Ahra out at Hyland. I have no idea why Chris thought we needed to go to Hyland-- all of us live on this side of StP, but it was good company and trails were in good shape and time went fast as a result.