Sigh...I'm back.

Well, it's been a truly brutal year so far...flu rampaged through the family in February and my son would basically not sleep all of January...but things are looking up finally!

I managed to finish the Hardwood Hills Fischer XC-ski loppet (20km on a broken boot) this past Saturday in a dismally slow time. But hey, considering I've done about 6 "workouts" so far this year...not bad at all to finish a race in a sport that clearly is the most aerobically demanding of all.

In fact, I'm totally stoked to train for XC-skiing...all other aerobic sports seem easy by comparison...definitely the best engine builder out there...but how do you train in the other 8 months of the year? I've got to hit the web/books/usenet/forums to find out the answer.

I'm still pretty sore from the race but I plan to get back to the Y by Friday and start the ball rolling again...back to basics for now...but will look into getting some roller skiis...perhaps another 2-3 weeks left on the snow.