Now I have pretty much guaranteed myself a last place at Luciacrossen tomorrow. Or maybe using my muscles today is good? Probably, if I had been cycling and not skiing. I went again to Partille golfbana and today there were lots of people but not enough to make it actually crowded. The track was maybe a bit better than the other day since we had a couple cm of snow. But it was still quite slow snow.

Had my first fall of the season today but it was a slow speed thing where I kind of tripped over myself. This will happen a lot. I still haven't put a proper dose of glide wax on since I was hoping for more training effect but even with that it didn't feel like I was way out of breath. Under those conditions I can go on forever. And after 2 laps (about 15km) it was more my muscles that had had enough, not my heart.

I saw our dear friend Sven, designer of CX Cupen's best staircase. He has been home with his family sick so I could not convince him to try a bit of CX tomorrow. But he had superb skate technique so I am sure I will see him around in the snow again. The other thing I was a bit surprised about is that women actually ski. This probably sounds silly but cycling is a gubbsport and there are hardly ever women around. But skiing is almost opposite. Maybe we just need more women-specific bikes in this country.

Based on the time it took to do 15km today, Öppet Spår will take a little under 12 hours. But in my own defence, there were quite a few parts today where you had to stop and walk around rocks and things. So hope is not lost yet...