I like snow and I like running, but the two just don’t mix together. I’m trying to keep myself to my running schedule and it goes pretty while, but because of the heavy snow fall in the last weeks in the Netherlands, it’s pretty hard to up the speed and get some serious mileage in my body.
Running on snow, and sometimes part ice, is pretty tricky. While it is not as slippery on snow as you would expect, you’re still running with some additional tension to the muscles which your normally don’t have. I noticed this today after a good run of 40 minutes. When I came home I felt muscles in my feet and legs I never felt before after running.
Let’s hope there will fall a fresh pack of snow soon or that it melts away soon. The icy stuff that’s on the floor now is really messing up my running schedule.
Last Wednesday I had a little gap in my calendar and thought it would be fun to surprise my son with a nice trip to Landgraaf. Why Landgraaf? Because there is a 550 meter long indoor 5 lane wide field with snow, called Snowworld! My favorite indoor spot to do some snowboarding!
As my son is at les 3 of his 6 lessons course in snowboarding, I thought it was time to give him some extra practice. So together we drove to Landgraaf and after an hour of driving Rody, my son, was jumping with energy to get started.
It’s fun to see his face when he saw the big hill. For the first time in a stoeltjeslift was pretty exciting for him, but I’m proud to say that after the third ride up he managed to do it all by himself without falling. It took me much longer the first times I tried snowboarding!
It’s good to be young and not be afraid that you will hurt yourself! It’s clear after 3 hours of snowboarding that my son still lacks some control while going down, especially in the steering department. Wow, I wouldn’t dare to go that fast down and let yourself fall on your back because you don’t know any other way to brake.
But after a few takes more and more control came to him. It’s clear that he hasn’t got the stamina yet to go on for 3 hours or longer! After almost two hours we took a break and eat and drink something. Afterwards we came back and within the hour it was over. He had no more energy and cold hands (time for some new bigger and longer gloves).
All in all it was fun to do something like this with my son and it made me proud to see him busy on the hill all alone while I was waiting at the bottom. I can’t wait until the course of him is over half way December so we can go again together and he can show me how I can grind and jump! 
I like snow and I like running, but the two just don’t mix together. I’m trying to keep myself to my running schedule and it goes pretty while, but because of the heavy snow fall in the last weeks in the Netherlands, it’s pretty hard to up the speed and get some serious mileage in my body.
