Less Flailing, More Skating

In an effort to not feel like an uncoordinated clutz on skinny skis, I have tried putting in a little time on those contraptions (aka accident waiting to happen) they call skate skis.  As with anything else, it is a function of putting in the time....The learning curve is still trending upwards and it feels like the sport unlocks her secrets just a little bit more each time out.

I had set a couple of modest goals for the year relative to skate skiing...try to improve the technique so that is it less cave-man and fluid-man...that, arguably is hard to measure other than feeling like it is getting easier.
My other nominal goals are to finish the Tangent Loop around  Meissner in less than an hr (stops included)...and the biggie goal is to do a loop on Tangent without having to stop.  I went up skiing with the wifer on Sunday and was able to accomplish the sub hr Tangent goal....now to keep on trying to gain skate fitness to finish that darn loop without having to stop, lean over and feel like I am sucking through a straw to get air...

yup yup yup, gotta start with baby steps: