Cross-Training

Saturday, Simon spent the day in Eagle River with his school's DDF Team and Annie, Ethan and I took time out to dust off our skis and hit the trails.  Simon has been skiing with South's team the last couple of weeks, but I've not touched my skis in over a year.  After spending the morning and early afternoon getting Ethan re-fitted with boots we headed out to Kincaid to enjoy the fresh snow.  The temperature was about perfect, hovering in the mid 20's and the snow was soft and slow--just what we needed...

I could tell right away that my running has helped my skiing.  I knew I needed to wax my skis, (and Annie's and Ethan's) but I covered much more distance before tiring.

I experienced my first episode of heart palpitations in a long time--once again it occurred while bending down to fix my shoes.  For the first time however, I was wearing a heart-rate monitor and recorded the event.  It only lasted less then a minute, but was frustrating none-the-less

It went from 106 bpm just prior to maxing out at 187.  That was scary to see.  When the event ended, my heart rate went from the 187 to 96 bpm as quickly as it started.  Check out the chart.  I've had these events last up to 30 minutes in the past.  Yikes.  The "mountain" before the "spike" was from skiing up the hill to the parking lot (160 bpm)