I woke up this morning to 10cm of snow covering everything outside – something that doesn’t happen in York too often! Rather than risk heading out on the road bike, I thought I’d make the most of the weather and went up to the attic to dig out my dad’s cross country skis. I got quite a few funny looks walking down the road to York Racecourse with a pair of skis over my shoulder (particularly as its totally flat and when people see skis they immediatley think of downhill!). I had a fun hour sliding around a lap of the field in the sunshine. I suspect I won’t be able to walk tomorrow as the muscles you use are totally different to biking ones!
Cait Elliott
Irish Elite XC Mountain Bike racer based in Zurich, Switzerland. I am also an architect. Follow @CaitElliott_mtbCAIT ON TWITTER
- RT @ZurichCH: current weather: light snow showers — -14°C — 74% humidity — wind 0km/h — visibility 8km — pressure 1015mb falling
- Switzerland finally living up to my winter weather expectations, -9°C is so painful!! need a human size microwave to defrost
- RT @ZurichCH: light snow showers -> mixed snow and sleet — temperature down -1°C -> -2°C — humidity up 76% -> 83%
- haha, tonights German lesson "Shit Mountainbike Girls Say" @mtbnews http://t.co/tOhpiIMP
- @caroline_ie cool, nobody starts off good! and its having fun that counts. Small frames must exist somewhere
- RT @propulse: RT @ade: Road bike for the body, mountain bike for the soul. Got to keep them in balance.
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Love the hat! You just can’t get them like that any more – was it hidden in the attic with the da’s skis?
No its a super soft Alpaca wool hat all the way from Bolivia! lovely and warm