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Training in March is coming along very well. Even though spring does not seam to show any signs yet, training switched from X-country skiing to to hiking and walking. Live and work is very busy and if I am not able to train during the day, I am spending a lot of time hiking and walking during the night hours. I pretty much train every day to get into a routine. Most
of my training is now walking and hiking for several hours with a full backpack. The backpack makes a big difference as this will also strengthen my core and shoulders. Most of my walks I combine with climbing stairs. We do have a 40 meter vertical set of stairs going down to the beach which I will do at least 3-5 times after a multi hour fast walk including all my gear. The hikes are still in the snow and when the snow gets to soft or to icy I am wearing my snow-shoes. My plan is to do multi- hour walks/hikes for several days in a row and then train for a day or 2 in the gym. 
You can see my progress on my MovesCount page or even see how I am doing compared to the other xAlper at http://www.movescount.com/groups/group1115-Red_Bull_X-Alps_Athletes
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Last week we headed to Silverstar with the whole family. Unreal how much snow these guys have and how much still was coming down in the week we stayed there. Penny participated in 3 races and had the following results 15 km classic ski, 6th overall and fastest Canadian 1o km classic ski, 8th overall and fastest Canadian 30 km classic ski, 6th overall and fastest
Canadian Way to go Penny we are all so proud of you. Considering Penny raced only a 15 km and a 30 km in cross country ever before. Some of the worlds best coaches say “if she would now learn how to ski, she will be for sure one of the best skiers in Canada. We had an excellent time there, we shared a suite with the Tamelin’s (3 kids from 6 to 12) and the kids never had a dull moment. We spend time cross country skiing, down hill skiing, skating,
toboggan, hot tubbing with rolling in the snow and tubbing. The kids loved tubbing the best. I had enough time to get work done as we had very good internet connection and i got about 10 hours of cross country skiing in. Most of my skiing was at night and sometimes challenging due the poor visibility with all that snow. Skiing at night for up to 2 hours with poor visibility defiantly hones your orientations skills.
Photo by Calum Neff
How is training going?
That is what I get asked most of the time from people meeting on the road.
All started very good except when I had a nasty cold which was affecting my lungs resulting of a no training period for about 10 days in January and February.
After the first week in February I could start in the gym and slowly get outside to hike, cross country ski, ski and walk.
Beginning of February we had same melting temperatures which got replaced soon with very cold temperatures dropping as low as -30 C and more snow. This season is a very good snow year here in the Rockies. Even today I was hiking up Mt. Swansea in a blizzard and there is no sign of spring yet.
Most of my hiking was with snow-shoes due either the sheer ice on the bottom of the mountain and the deep snow at the summit. When it got to cold I spend a lot of time in the gym to work on overall core strength.
Based on MovesCount.com I still logged 62 hours of training in February alone.
Suunto is behind MovesCount.com and has sponsored 10 xAlps athletes with T6d watches, a heart rate monitor, walking pad and biking attachment to log our training.
For February I was training most hours of the athletes who logged their times, this does not mean I was working out the hardest as this is not my goal. My goal is to work out every day and slowly bring it up to a level where I can train hard for 4-6 hours a day at least 5-6 days in a row without feeling any fatigue.
Keep on checking out our xAlps MovesCount Group to see what kind of training everyone is doing. Also make sure to check out my profile often at http://www.movescount.com/members/maxfanderl as I can win 1000 Euro if we get most of the hits/visits until the race.
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We have been asked several times to talk and do a presentation about our experiences during the 2009 xAlps and how we are preparing for the 2011 xAlps. A week ago we did 2 “motivational” presentations for the Windermere Valley school and are most likely going to do the same for the other schools in the valley. We were also asked to do a presentation for the “Wild Voices” which is part of “Friends of Kootenay National Park” and “Parks Canada”. We love to support this
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project, and this also gives us a great opportunity to, once again, thank all the local businesses who donated services and products for our 2009 fundraiser and all the other companies who supported us with gear and equipment we used in 2009. The Presentation is Tuesday Feb 22nd, 7:30 pm at the David Thompson Secondary School in the theater. See you there, Max & Penny
