My PR is  21m18 which is 5m20. Today just over 2 minutes off that and 50 seconds improvement on November. A bit off the January pace but in the ballpark. Hopefully something to build on.

I parked in the new parking lot. It took me 5 minutes to find snow. Some people parked at the Betta or even higher but in theory it is banned to use the road before the 31 March.

I'd tried to ski the Royale back in 2019 but sections were closed due to lack of snow. Well it was the end of the season.

The Jura is having another YoYo season with areas below 1200 meters really struggling.

Run along the banks of the Saone. As I got closer to the peninsula the wind got stronger. The target was 5m45s for each km. I didn't quite manage it.

Thought I'd make another early start but didn't get to the slopes until 8.50.

Run along the Saone from work. First of 2025. Pace was an apparently leisurely 6m09s for 5k at 155bpm with the fastest 1k split at 5m41s.

I had to drop the boy off early for his ski but to the Alps so decided to take advantage of the early start to do some cross country skiing and cover a bit more distance.

Return to St Hilaire du Touvet for a few runs after it had been shut for a couple of years due to lack of snowLargely seemed to be locals up on the plateau des Petites Roches.

Last cross country ski this Christmas. I wanted to try out some Atomic Gen skis - these are shaped cross country skis a bit like cross country carving skis.