Fifty runs till May #33: Langlaufen in Studen

I took the day off today to go Langlaufen, Ski de fond or Cross-Country Skiing as is the official name in English. I'm really getting the hang of it now and it makes so much fun. My favourite place to go is Studen. The 'Loipen' or tracks are really well prepared, it's relatively flat, which makes it easier for a novice like me and it's not overrun, so you can really work on yourself.

• Weather: According to Garmin 2 degrees, according to my app it was 0. It felt very pleasant either way
• Distance: 14,5 kilometers
• Time: 1 hour and 48 minutes
• Pace: 8,0 kph
• Training Effect: 2,9 = Improving

Today I decided to do some more kilometers and look for a new track. There are 27 km of loipen in Studen and so far I'd only done 5 of them. So today I left my 'comfortzone' and I crossed a bridge (literally, I had to cross a bridge to take the new path) and added another 5km track to my normal course.

I will let you be the judge if you think it was worth it, judging by the pictures below. I think it was absolutely justified.

_{The path ran straight through this forrest, it's like something from a fairy tale}

_{#1 is my 'normal' course, today I added #2}

Here are my stats in full for todays' activity. In the end I did 14,5 km in 1 hour and 48 minutes.

This activity also puts me at the 66% completion mark for my 50 runs till May and I am really enjoying it! I don't think I'm the fittest, nor the fastest, but I love it how you guys are all helping to motivate one another to achieve this goal and keep running under extreme/difficult circumstances. This is what this challenge is all about. Here is where I currently stand and if I maintain my 'normal' pace, I am set to achieve the 50th run on or around 28th January!

On this note, I will finish this post for today and I hope you enjoy more of these pictures that I took during my 'run' today. Keep running and hang in there!

_{The path is leading to the forrest.}

_{Crossing a little stream/bach into 'Winterwonderland'.}

_{Obligatory selfie, how would you believe me otherwise 😉}

_{I couldn't get enough of the view in this magical forrest.}

_{I can imagine worse places to sit and have a break.}

!steemitworldmap 47.07342246758822 lat 8.838227047534247 long Studen, Sz D3SCR

Doron