Saturday, E and I went to Little Red River Park in Prince Albert. It was so stinking cold that we didn't take any pictures, but I included a couple below that were taken on previous trips to Little Red. It's an absolutely gorgeous park with something like 50km of groomed x-country trails. We ended up staying there most of the day and skiing a total of 10.8 miles. We had fun even though the temperatures barely topped 0F!
Sunday, I stuck around town and skied at one of the city's golf courses with my friend S for her birthday. We did 4.9 miles before the previous day's ski caught up with me. It didn't help that the weather made a spectacular turn-around overnight Saturday so that it was 37F by 11AM Sunday. The temperature was warm enough to make the snow sticky. And me really sweaty. Sweaty enough that I got blisters on the tops of my toes from my socks rubbing!
All in all, it was a great weekend of skiing. I'm looking forward to getting some more time in on my skis before the season ends, especially since the weather seems like it might be decent in the near future.
I also decided to add an 'event' to my schedule. I'm doing a for fun winter triathlon at Little Red on February 6. The 'triathlon' consists of 4K of trail running, 8K of mountain biking, and 7K of x-country skiing. I think the short distances really fit well with where I'm at in my training right now, and it should be a fun way to spend a day!
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