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Thursday 44k

Mylly hiihto (link describes the course in the reverse direction we did it)

Wednesday 42k

Around Ylläs. Again the snow is soft and slow towards the afternoon. And it's raining.

Tuesday 40k

About +1C already in the morning, so in the sun it gets very warm, soft, and slow by the afternoon.

Monday 57k

A flight north to Kittilä to escape the spring in Helsinki and enjoy what's left of the winter during a week of skiing in Äkäslompolo (Ylläs).
Started off the week with a 57km trip:

Biking in the early spring is a messy business. Most of the roads are now free from ice and snow, but the bike-paths are all covered in remains of sand and gravel from the winter with the occasional patch of ice, snow, or a wet slurry. Even with reasonable fenders on the bike your back and legs are pretty much covered in mud after an hour.

Data is from my latest gps-toy, which supports openstreetmap! (20.1k in 58mins, avg-speed 20.8km/h, avg-HR 148, temp +0 C)

Come spring/summer the plan is to put in some longer training rides to complement the running training. Maybe even some brevets on the new road-bike.

The temperature measurement circuit or transducer on the edge 800 seems to have a long-ish time-constant of about 15 minutes: