So I am to ride 4000 miles this summer? Okay, so I've ridden twice around Cayuga Lake, which for non-Ithacans reading this, is one of the Finger Lakes in upstate NY, with a circumference of 100 miles composed of hill upon hill. Sounds like the perfect training ride? You bet.
But considering there is still snow outside, riding is a bit tricky during the winter. So for the past couple of weeks I've been practicing my new-found sport of cross-country skiing ( quite the cardio workout and the best way to enjoy the stillness and beauty of the forests around here). I recommend going at night - 10pm, early by college-standards, and slipping out to the golf course, skiing by moonlight and turning on your headlamp when you get freaked out from the eerie noises of the night. Then ski back to campus, leaving perfectly sliced tracks across the Arts Quads and then proceeding to ski downhill down The Slope [a downhill skiier myself, I get really excited when gravity is working with me, but without ankle support, I'm definitely on the border of out of control and ¿¿how can I stop??]. Hot tea upon my return and then the best feeling - waking up the next day, totally wiped out with that feeling of I don't want to move! Soooo satisfying.
I love spring and I love the warmth of this recent warm weather episode, but I'm not sure I'm ready to give up my cross-country skiing training workout quite yet!
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