Snowy day here in New England

Yesterday was a wonderful snowy day. We took our friend, Ron, out for some cross country skiing. It was his first time on cross country skiis and he did an awesome job of staying upright. Ron put out a lot of energy, but wasn't getting up much speed. This gave me a chance to take it super easy while giving him some pointers on technique. We enjoyed the scenery and fresh snow while Patrick zipped around the trails in full speed racer fashion. I'm hoping for more snowy days this winter.

Later that afternoon- it was on the trainer for an abbreviated version of a long slow ride. I watched two films of girls in motion.

Rabbit Proof Fence - a wonderful film about two young Aboriginal girls trekking through Australia's beautifully vast and barren Western desert country I found it as riveting as when I first saw it some years ago. Patrick was bored to tears.

Run Lola Run
This a great movie for the 2nd half of a trainer workout. Techno background and plenty of footage of running. You do have to stop looking at your numbers to read the subtitles, but after an hour and a half, I had actually picked up a few words in German.