Last week was a snowy one! Over the course of a couple of days, we ended up with close to 2 feet of snow. While it made for some gorgeous landscapes, it was a crazy couple days for those who had to be on the roads-and those who were getting the ski resort ready to open <But they couldn’t complain too much, because no one is made about fresh powder for opening day!
With all of the snow, I opted to switch out a couple of my workouts for skate skiing. I have a fairly good relationship with the treadmill, but want to keep it special for those really terrible days or real workouts 😉 Plus, it is really nice to enjoy some cross training with all the run miles!
The conditions were a bit tough for both of my skiing expeditions 😉 Lots of fresh snow makes things quite a bit harder and quite a bit slower, but some good efforts!
Ken and I ended up going out to do a set of tires in the midst of the storm. It was a little bit crazy with the trailer, but Ken made sure to keep us out of trouble.
It was so thick, we lost the lake. If that doesn’t scream “cold”, I dont know what does!
No biggie…cars were off the roads all over the place.
Was the perfect day to work outside 😉
And then there was the calm after the storm! Absolutely breathtaking!
The weather pushed me inside for a few of the workouts. Not going to lie, the 13 miles on Sunday was a bit much. Luckily, Ken rode the trainer for an hour so he provided company and then I turned on the Hunger Games and that made the second part fly right by!
On Sunday, we headed up to the mountain for a few runs! It was Brooke’s and my first day of the season, so we took it pretty easy. A lot of skiing in our winter plans! Happy to be about 15 minutes from the slopes-that makes it pretty convenient 🙂
Hoping that you have some fun things coming up this week! Brooke and I are taking a little trip. And it involves warmer temps and non-snow covered roads 😉 Running shorts weather?!
Last week’s workouts:
M: 5.1 mile skate ski
T: 8 mile run, treadmill. 2.5 mile skate ski
W: 15 min warm up, 5 x 5 minutes effort/1 min recovery, 15 min cool down-7 miles
H: REST (called for an easy 5 miles, but my body said to rest instead)
F: 8 miles steady, treadmill
S: 9 miles skate ski. 8 miles outside steady, 3 miles treadmill (11 run miles)
S: 13.1 miles, treadmill
Fit After Little Bits 
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