Return to Mont Thou to see if is better on classic rollerskis. Well at least no need to stop to catch breath on the steep sections.

An alternative route to Mont Thou in the Lyonnais Mont d'Or range. It seemed ok on paper, apart from a steep section of 1km before the turn onto the route du Genie and so it proved.

Rollerski climb to the Madonna del Sasso (Madonna of the cliff). A church positioned above a 250 rock wall.

I wondered what the Route du Mont Thou would be like rollerskiing. It is possible to climb all the way to Mont Thou by turning right at the Hameau du Mont Thou but the road is very steep.

Took advantage of the shallow Charlaix climb to do some classic exercises - including some telemark turns on the descent then did some no pole exercises on the flat with the aim of improving weight tr

A lunch skate, I'd wanted to do a couple of climbs up the Chartreux hill but broke the tip of my pole on the hard tarmac, will have to see about repairing it now.

2m33 for the Chartreux climb compared to 2m49 last time on classic RS and 1m46 on skate skis. Still that's 50% slower on classic so room for some improvement.

A mix of slowish skating and some exercises - Swiss cross, one foot etc. Remarks - in V2 poles are still planted too far apart and hands should come down close to hips. Not following through enough.

A bit of technique training for classic. I took advantage of this gentle 3% hill to give a bit of resistance for diagonal stride. Getting reasonably comfortable at the end of the session.

Why not ski from work along the large bike paths of the Innovalley. Well no good reason plus I commute on them and there is hardly anyone who uses the paths which are both wide and well maintained.