We had a groomed cross country ski course at a state park just a few miles away form our home in WI. On Friday nights they had “candlelight skiing”, which had a bonfire at the parking area for the non-participants and luminaries (? - paper bags with the votive candles) placed along the trails every 20-30 feet or so by the park rangers.
My standard getup was jogging pants, a t-shirt, all covered with an Army field coat that went down to my knees. It was also referred to as my “Captain Kangaroo” coat because it had large, square pockets on the front that were ideal for holding bottles of cold, locally produced adult beverages, usually from Sprecker. As I would push along the bottles would jingle in my pockets, scaring off the local wildlife but alerting fellow skiiers that I possessed libations. Every quarter mile or so there would be a park bench, which we would sit on to take a short rest and consume said libations. This is one of the examples of the excellent quality of life that exists in WI. -D former cheesehead > On Jan 15, 2021, at 12:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I tried X country skiing on a sunny day in Winnipeg several years ago and > found it way more strenuous than I expected, and much more challenging than > the downhill variety. > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:56 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > Few people who haven’t done it don’t understand how difficult and physical > cross country skiing is. I took it up when we lived in WI, and I will say > that it's right up there with workouts like spinning - and that’s when you’re > on level ground! > > The first time I tried it I was appropriately bundled for the weather, with a > Carhart snowmobile suit and such. Within a short time I had stripped that off > and was in my street clothes for the remainder of the run. > > -D > > > On Jan 15, 2021, at 11:50 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > On 2021-01-15 10:26, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > > > >> On that note, it's time to get on the NordicTrac. > > > > I tried cross country skiing as a teen, couldn't kick properly despite > > working on it a lot. (see my post in this thread on poliomyelitis earlier > > this morning) > > > > When I was about 25, I tried to use a NordicTrac and it became instantly > > obvious why my skiing was so bad. I am physically incapable of running a > > NordicTrac, my legs just don't produce any useful amount of force moving > > like that. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
