XC Ski (Classic) 1:12:40 [3] 13.0 km (5:35 / km)
ahr:159 max:178
Hanson Hills Red Loop
First ski of the season! Was kindof putzing along not paying much attention until someone caught me and we started talking... and I started skiing faster. He gave me some tips and I realized I needed to focus on skiing with the right form. Duh. Isn't that the whole point of the first time out? Definitely feeling the hip flexors after yesterday's heavy kettle bells - classic skiing is a big hip flexor workout too. Originally planned to take the "easy way back" but talked myself into doing the M93 hills.
XC Ski (Skate) 39:49 [3] 8.3 km (4:48 / km)
ahr:161 max:172
Hanson Hills Yellow Loop. Man, I didn't feel like I was pushing enough/going fast enough to result in an average HR of 161, but I guess it was challenging. That's mostly because I was still getting used to the motion of skiing again. Did the M93 hills on this lap too! They're not THAT bad (well, maybe the second one, the the rest aren't)