XC Ski (Skate) 1:36:00 [3] 17.0 km (5:39 / km)
slept:9.0
Skied one loop of red with Heather, but the blister from yesterday's run was starting to bother me about 3/4 of the way through, so I didn't go for a second loop... I did do about 30 mins of double pole work instead since that didn't involve any side to side motion of the feet. I've gotta toughen those puppies up to be ready for AR season...
The weather was nice, but I was clearly not "with it" today. I planned to classic ski, but the warm waxes I would need were not in my wax box. Grr... so skate it was. Last night, even though I KNEW it was going to be 32 degrees and my Start Green wax was entirely wrong, I didn't rewax. My skis were way slow. I even lost speed sometimes on the downhills until I realized that the track was lightening fast and started jumping in that on the downhills. Not that it was a race... but it's just nice to fast even when just in training. Also, just as I was finishing the double pole work, i realized that I'd used my classic poles instead of my skate poles... I guess my mind was still on my classic skis when I pulled the poles out of my bag.