If you've never tried it, you probably think it's a piece of cake. If you consider yourself an athlete, or even if you once were, it looks like the sort of thing you could master in a few minutes.
I consider myself a proficient alpine skier, but I gave cross country a try this afternoon and I sucked. I just couldn't find the rhythm, couldn't get in a groove, couldn't keep up. The correct motion is very smooth and refined, and looks completely effortless. So of course when you do it incorrectly, it looks and feels like you are exerting maximum effort, but you're barely moving. To make matters worse, cross country skis have no edge, so you cannot push off and cut the same way you can in alpine skis. It was a miserable time to say the least, but I'm going to give it another go tomorrow. I refuse to be smoked by snowbirds with arthritis.
Wish me luck.
1 comment:
Good luck my friend. Make that snow dread the day you met it.
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