XC Ski (Skate) 1:13:14 [3] 7.9 mi (9:16 / mi)
Nice, fun skate ski on a warm 32 degree day at Hanson Hills, my favorite trail in the state. Ran into various people, chatted a bit, convinced a couple guys to do the Cote Dame Marie citizens' race next year... good stuff. About 8K in, I was feeling a bit of a hot spot on my left foot. Ugh. Why? Yesterday, I did about 18K total with zero blister problems. Do I just have to go all out all the time to prevent blisters? Maybe I need to change all my socks to Darn Tough, which is what I wore yesterdays. Swiftwick has always treated me well, though I've had a couple issues this year. Took the easy return so I wasn't doing the M93 hills with a blister.
XC Ski (Classic) 59:05 [3] 5.1 mi (11:35 / mi)
Looped on the wilderness spur classic only trail. Even though the conditions weren't good for classic, I did it anyway because I thought it wouldn't bother the fresh blister. It mostly didn't, but toward the end I started to feel it, so I cut it a bit short. Conditions were SO weird. I think it was warm underneath, so where the trail was well-packed, I had no kick even with swix red kick wax. Then, on the less packed spots where the snow was falling fresh on the track, I was icing. As the ski went on, it started trending more toward icing as I think the temp was dropping a bit. No ice-induced crashes, though! Whoo! If I had hairies, today would have been the perfect day for them.