I hope that skimountaineering gets back into the games. The sport is very intriguing and I've started to race it this year myself. It's so much fun. You run up mountains and then jump into hard downhills. When XC skiing is line road cycling, skimo is mountainbiking.
I was an alpine skier as a kid, turned into a (mountain) runner in my teens and now skimo fuses my two passions.
Kudos that you considered alpine skiing for endurance events. Our training 15 years ago was very versatile. Wenn did a lot of jumping and weights and coordination but we also biked and run a lot. The endurance side
of skiing is often underrated. (But I was not lacking in endurance but power)
10k - 30:48 / half - 1:06:40
I was an alpine skier as a kid, turned into a (mountain) runner in my teens and now skimo fuses my two passions.
Kudos that you considered alpine skiing for endurance events. Our training 15 years ago was very versatile. Wenn did a lot of jumping and weights and coordination but we also biked and run a lot. The endurance side
of skiing is often underrated. (But I was not lacking in endurance but power)
10k - 30:48 / half - 1:06:40