I haven’t posted in a while, but I am still alive! Just to remind myself that I should get out and train some, here is another shot from Engadin Skimarathon, around the start, where we’ll skate over frozen lakes.

Also in the queue: two 2011 race reports (…), one of which is NYC Marathon, 2011 review, 2012 plans… soon, soon.

(via Big Shots for March 18, 2010 - Big Shots - Boston.com)

My new best friends until March!

Looks like the race was a bit tougher some time ago! There’s still a famous downhill passage, “Stazerwald”, where the not-so-adept wipe out in masses. But nowadays, the trees are padded and the place is called “mattress hill”, or so I hear.

Two days ago, I bought my own cross-country skiing equipment (Fischer all the way except the poles, but Petter Northug and Dario Cologna also have Fischer skis and Swix poles*, so…) and today I tried it all out for the first time. I liked it enough to immediately sign up for Engadin Skimarathon (see video), the biggest cross country skiing race in the country (about 12’000 participants).

I’m already excited! Now for some training.

*They probably have the $590 pole though.

Went XC ski stuff shopping today (in the popular “Benjamin gets gifts for himself” series). Had a hard time resisting this pole at a very inviting $590.-

Not really. But good to see you can spend more on the poles than on quite good skis!