Today I had went to Hardwood Hills doing some cross country skiing. It ended up being just Kim and I, but we made the best of it and had a pretty good time! After waking up with a bit of a hangover, we met up and hit the Tim Horton's to fuel up. I tried one of their breakfast sandwiches... actually two. I was torn between the sausage and the bacon one so I tried one of each. I had no idea how bad they actually are. 500 and 400 calories respectively! At least I wasn't going to run out of energy, but holey shit!

I knew I'd be paying a bit extra buying pants there, but it was a little crazy. The men's nordic ski pants were far too tight. I couldn't justify spending $100 on a pair of pants I'd only be able to use for that. They were too tight to wear downhill... I'd get laughed off the hills. So I actually ended up buying some baggy women's pants. Aside from the cameltoe the seam down the front gave me, they were a pretty good fit. Now that I'm over the stigma, I think I'm going to go back to buying women's jeans... they always fit so much better. Anyway...

It was a little slow skiing with Kim. She hasn't done it in over ten years and doesn't do much physical activity yet. She's just starting to get into it and hasn't been bitten by the bug too hard yet. It'll happen soon I'm sure, especially after days like today. We kept up for a while, but ended up taking the last three shortcuts after she gave up.



I can completely relate. I was in the same position two years ago trying to keep up with Christina. She was in much better shape than I was, and of course extreme geo thought he'd be a badass by starting off skating. Oh well. I was considering it this time, but I was worried that I'd end up in the same position. Although if I had I probably would have been better matched to Kim. It's definitely hard, but I'm going to give it a shot next time. I love the way it looks... absolutely graceful.

We didn't have too much of an opportunity to get a good flow going, and the few times I did pick up the pace I was getting tired relatively quickly. I need to start spinning ASAP to get back into shape. We're planning on going back in a couple weeks., and now that I've had a taste I can't wait.