ANOTHER COLD DAY

easy run yesterday in the woods. the ground was rock hard -8 or so and the tracks looked like rivers of glass where they have melted and refrozen several times. Kept the run steady and enjoyed the crunchy noise and feeling wearing studded orienteering shoes.

Sunday I also manged another ski in Mazsalaca. It was cold again, about -12. I went out on my skating skiis. The tracks were very rutted and frozen so skiing was hard to improssible in places. In reality a good skier would have had no problems but I am out of practice and my balance and technique are simply not good enough to cope with this sort of challenge. But is was good fun anyway. My arms and shoulders still ache two days later.

MAZSALACA

Out on skis today for an hour. It was -12 so my fingers did not enjoy it at all. I was on trhe tracks around Mazsalaca. they have huge potential witha bit of work. The skiing was hard because the tracks had been used when the snow was soft and melting and now the snow was iron hard and with lots of ice around. At least I didnt fall over, but close!!!

My technique needs some hard mileage to sort it out. I was really wobbly much of the time. Funnily my skating was better than my classic. It has been years since that was the case. perhaps the strength training is working at last. Tomorrow is set for -18 so I might not get a chance to go out. lets hope I can.