Merry belated Christmas. I was at my mom's in Truckee this weekend. As usually, she had our activities packed into the weekend. We started off with yen yoga — which is just a slower practice concentrating on relaxing and holding yoga poses — and continued with skate skiing both Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
Saturday, we went to a course called Royal Gorge. It was beautiful. We got there pretty early, just enough to see the sun rising over the mountains that circle the meadow the tracks cross. Mom met up with a bunch of her racing buddies, and they did a time trial.
I was content to plod along alone. Skate skiing is one of the best cardio workouts you can get. It uses a mix of muscle groups, and you have to try to balance on a pencil this ski all the while. Needless to say, I was less than graceful. Every once and while, though, everything would start to come together, and I would get into a rhythm. That would last about five seconds.
It was fun to be outside getting worked.
We spent Christmas skiing again and cooking. Mom got me a sweet canon digital camera. That means there will be more photos on this blog. Yeah!
Lesson learned: I need to get a pair of skate skies. Maybe then I would have a chance at keeping my mom in the line of sight.
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