{"id":1149,"date":"2010-11-24T19:35:02","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T02:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2010-11-24T19:35:02","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T02:35:02","slug":"winter-sports-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/winter-sports-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Sports Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bicycles and fishing gear are stowed away for a little while due to the onset of heavy duty winter weather. It has been snowing fairly heavily and unusually cold. Despite the 20 degree weather, I had to get outside and go for a couple mile hike in the local forest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SnowyTrail11-24-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1150\" title=\"Snowy Trail 11-24-10\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SnowyTrail11-24-10.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Trail 11-24-10\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SnowyTrail11-24-10.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SnowyTrail11-24-10-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was between six inches and a foot of snow on the ground. The trails are slippery and trudging through the deep snow has got me thinking about a pair of snowshoes. We&#8217;ll be hitting the backcountry soon and I have to get in shape; walking in snowshoes uses different muscles than cycling so it&#8217;s time to get going now that there is plenty of snow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ColdSnowyTrail11-24-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1151\" title=\"Cold Snowy Trail 11-24-10\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ColdSnowyTrail11-24-10.jpg\" alt=\"Cold Snowy Trail 11-24-10\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ColdSnowyTrail11-24-10.jpg 267w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ColdSnowyTrail11-24-10-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The woods are dark and cold, the snow covered trees blocking out the sun. The sun is low in the sky this time of year and the days are getting shorter and shorter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/DarkWinterTrail11-24-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1152\" title=\"Dark Winter Trail 11-24-10\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/DarkWinterTrail11-24-10.jpg\" alt=\"Dark Winter Trail 11-24-10\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/DarkWinterTrail11-24-10.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/DarkWinterTrail11-24-10-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be getting into the preparation and training for backcountry snow action and started posting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watermanatwork.com\/Land\/Cycling\/Reviews\/Reviews.html\" target=\"_blank\">cycling gear reviews on the WatermanAtWork website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bicycles and fishing gear are stowed away for a little while due to the onset of heavy duty winter weather. 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