That's what winter triathlon is about. The skating can be on ice or snow. While I like ice, I am even more of a rookie there than on snow. Plus, you know where my heart lies...
Today, in between being lazy, I spread 3 little workouts.
Run : 30mins net, before brunch
Bike : 90mins gross, after late lunch
Skate : 60min messing about after diner
Non of the outings were particularly long or hard, but I'd never actually done them all on the same day. And, I did it all solo, which is a great mental effort for me.
Hopefully tomorrow a friend will feel up to going for an easy bike ride with me.
The things I learned today:
- My outer upper hip muscles really need a lot of strenghening for the skating
- I seem to never ever use my abs while skating. Making a point of that though, gives a great speed boost. I know my abs are weak from being unable to keep up with anyone with situps at the running club. I used to do those to get through a long boring afternoon. Need to pick that back up. Shrug...
- Need to get me good rollerski pole tips, and sharp ones at that.
- Some semi-nice nearby cycling paths and roads for skating with low traffic after dinertime.
My name is Jan Gerrit Klok, call me J. I also go by Cloxxki. This blog will mark my progress as I start from zero. A desperately out-of-shape cyclist aiming to become fitter than ever, but in a sport hardly existing my his home country. My country gets on average one or 2 XC-skiable days per winter. Although that's improving quickly. Goal: someday race XC, and not off the back of the field. And new goal: deliver a good Winter Triathlon (coach wanted).
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