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Ski day
I got out for a quick ski today. Amazing day. I kind of cracked myself though, I’m really not fit. 40mins and I was done. It was kind of soft, the temperature was up to 8C today so I think the snow will melt fast now. I posted some pictures on flickr.

Fatman ski – March [...]

Mar 15.09 to fatman, with photos, xc-ski Add a Comment
Frozen penis
No body likes to talk about this, but it happens. If boys aren’t careful when they go out to play in the winter in light weight clothing they can freeze their units. If it’s ever happened to you, you learn very quickly to take big precautions to prevent it from ever happening again. Yesterday [...]

Mar 02.09 to tips, xc-ski Add a Comment
Skiing at V-day
I went for a ski with Sheri, Dot and Rua the ‘bear’ on valentine’s day weekend. it was fun. We skied from Kirk’s Ferry road to our new lot near Ramsay road. it was about 5km there and 5km back. It took much longer than I expected… what with bumping into people we knew and [...]

Feb 16.09 to fatman, video, with photos, xc-ski 3 Comments
Denied
Today I was denied by a few things: over-eagerness, residual technique, lack of fitness and Black Lake hill. Sheri skied early today and told me the conditions were great on the Black Lake section of the parkway. She skied 3hrs today. She also said the parking lots were jammed and it would be easier to [...]

Mar 30.08 to fatman, with photos, xc-ski Add a Comment
I’m not sure I want winter to end
Today I did a 1hr xc-ski. The conditions were incredible. Its -4C here today, not a cloud in the sky. Snow has melted and re-frozen a bit and been groomed and skied. This makes for this sugary consistency that is fantastic to ski on. Too bad I spent most of the ski doing the fatman [...]

Mar 29.08 to tips, with photos, xc-ski 2 Comments
A short ski
I went for a short ski today. 35mins, with Sheri. It was an awesome day, sunny and pretty warm. It snowed yesterday and then froze a bit today, so it was choppy and a bit rutted from previous skiers. I stacked it hard going down hill when my ski got caught in a rut. That [...]

Mar 26.08 to with photos, xc-ski 2 Comments
I guess you could say
I guess you could say I started Saturday, with a ski. But it was pretty short. I went with Sheri and three dogs. I’ve had this nagging pain in my shoulder joint for a couple of years. Since I’m fat and don’t exercise it doesn’t really bother me. But when I ski, I have to [...]

Mar 22.08 to xc-ski Add a Comment