Evan and I exercised together not once, but TWICE, this past weekend. We spent the entire day on Saturday at Summit West, skiing from about 10AM until nearly 5 in the evening. It was an excellent time – so invigorating and refreshing. This is the first intense workout I have gotten from skiing. We challenged ourselves with more intermediate trails containing steeper slopes, and rather than sticking to only safe wide-turns, we made multiple attempts (some of which were quite successful!) at parallel skiing. With parallel skiing came much faster speeds, which meant greater muscle strength was required to maintain form and control. I was really feeling it in my quads. The day was gorgeous too!
On Sunday we got up early and walked the trail around Green Lake, finding the house we want to buy someday, if only it would go on the market…
This evening I engaged in a three-mile treadmill run along with some crunches and weight training. It feels wonderful to feel fit this week.