When I really want to get my heart rate up, there's no better workout than skate skiing. As a pure classic skier for most of my life, I'm a fish out of water on those things. In fact, I can get my HR up just by sitting here on the couch and stressing about future plans to go skate skiing!
I'd thought I might sneak out today for a private, embarrassing, high intensity skate ski but somehow I ended up at Mono Nordic with some of the best skiers I know - VO2Max, Coach LD, Gosling and Goose (left to right).
Gosling and VO2Max were doing prescribed workouts based on their race schedule. Goose went with VO2Max to ensure he didn't slack off while Coach LD and I skied together. Fortunately, she was on classic skis so I had a fighting chance. It was tough but not as tough as the first skate ski of the season has been in past years. My efforts to develop my stupid, weak tibialis anterior muscles have apparently done some good.
I made sure to send 'Bent an iPhone photo at work so he could share in our fun vicariously. I won't repeat what he said in his e-mail back to me but I will admit that I deserved it. ;-)
Post-ski Cafe Mocha with way too much whipped cream at the coffee shop next to Booklore in Orangeville. Great company. Life is good.