'Bent and I carpooled to Highlands Nordic with Coach LD and crew. Although we drove by a lot of brownish fields, conditions were excellent up there.
Since it's probably one of our last long skis before the Rock & Ice Ultra, 'Bent and I decided to split up and go our own pace. We'd agreed upon a 2 p.m. meeting time with Coach LD. We ran into each other once, and he was looking strong. Unfortunately, 'Bent went down to the chalet after this and waited for me to arrive for lunch - not realizing that I didn't plan to take a lunch break. So I got in more training time than he did! :-)
It was my first time skiing with my Forerunner, and it was interesting to see the huge range of speeds - up to a maximum of 39 kph! But on average, it was approximately the pace I needed to run for Boston (but didn't).
We mostly had sunshine, but there were periods of snow flurries with big snowflakes, and that helped provide better grip. I should have rewaxed about an hour before I finished, but decided that I'll probably postpone rewaxing my skis at the Rock & Ice Ultra due to the cold, so I might as well get some double poling practice! Conditions were, in VO2Max's words, "rocket fast" out there. Speaking of VO2Max, he's home for the Canadian Champs next week - great to see him!