Wacky Winter?!?!?!

Pretty hard to get into that Winter state of mind as winter doesn't really want to stick around. I've got a nice selection of cross country and downhill skiis HANGING from the garage ceiling with the XC skiis coming out to play JUST ONCE this season. Was hoping that the most recent dusting of snow was enough to get the local trails open for fun but looking like travel is going to be in the books to make this happen. Punched into the gym Friday morning and again Saturday with Jac and Kids hanging in the gym playroom. As luck would have it.the Tour Down Under was playing on one of the big screens and VOILA...instant motivation to stay put on this cross trainer kind of contraption for an hour. I may have looked like a man possessed as I was matching their cadence, resulting in my arms and legs literally flailing for a good hour!! Legs/shoulders were still a tad wrecked from previous days controlled abuse so finished with a bit of a core intro to some new equipment. Can't say enough about this gym.....they've figa'd it out.....the perfect coctktail of variety, cleanliness, and effective WORKING equipment. I've paid my monthly dues to other facilities that were reknown for labels on equipment indicating in need of repair. Had the girls "help" shovel the driveway and then chilled to some decent reading on the Kobo....the three books I'm reading now are as follows: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell The Psychopath Test by Jon Robinson round the bend by Jeremy Clarkson So far really enjoying the Psychopath test.........for one......confirming I'm NOT one is always peace of mind and now interested to have some knowledge to identify just who may be..........very good read so far Blink is a little slow to absorb as readily....thin slicing concept is interesting....will continue to punch in round the bend is pure laughing madness....this guy from Top Gear is genius in his description of automobile reviews....love his non filtered approach. So....this is a training journal right.......today is "crosstraining day" aka...pull kids repeatedly up a hill for sliding down purposes....may break my 2 coffee max today as we had a couple and kids over for dinner last night which did incorporate some vino and big polish/Czech beeeahs...Let's get the day going. Oh yeah...some good vids from last spring's SC trip to be put in here for some inspiration;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UMAf_-Z2OKQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ThLA0O_eZpw http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y6N7LfV4gvk