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.

Quick ride over the Coteau with tot, we didn't go too far as it was getting a bit gloomy. Pleasant temperature.

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.

A little pre Sunday lunch ride with tot over the Bergers climb and down the steps. After my recent crash didn't clear 1 of the steps as I didn't want another bad knee.

Finally broke my PR on the Berger climb: 9m45, 20 seconds quicker than 2013 and I was an a lighter hardtail back then.

We climbed (raced really) with a running group on the climb.

A PR on the N -> S leg of 10m15, now to see if I can improve on that on rollerskis.Some nice sensations on inline skates in terms of balance and breaking.