The Ultimate Winter Workout

No. In Geezer’s mind, the ultimate winter workout is not a Winter Adventure Race. A Winter Adventure Race would be, in Geezer’s mind, more like the ultimate bid for near-catastrophic pain and suffering, in the name of good fitness fun. More cautious readers–those whose instinct for survival is still largely intact–might consider forgoing the Adventure Race in favor of an Ultimate Winter Workout like that presented in Outside magazine. In that piece, ski writer Evelyn Spence turns for advice to Steve Higgins, a 46-year-old former pro cyclist
who spent the winters of 1990 to 1994 as a coach for the U.S. Ski Team. Higgins–and Spence, apparently–have discovered a kind of seasonal hall of fitness mirrors, in which cross country skiing is used in the winter to prepare one for biking in the summer, and biking in the summer is used to prepare one for cross country skiing in the winter. OK, it’s most successful preparation may be for not being here now, but Geezer is comfortable in negative space. He suggests that skeptical readers at least check out this quick description of the workout before opting for the Winter Adventure Race.