Today I replaced my running workout with a cross country skiing trip with my partner. The snow is going to rain away next week, so we wanted to use this last chance to get in a skiing trip before it goes. The conditions were amazing. Great tracks, partially sunny and not really any wind. Perhaps the temperature was slightly colder than ideal (-11 C reported by my car at the parking lot), but I'll take it. We started our trip at a place called Skullerud in south-east Oslo. Our target was Sandbakken sports cafe, which is a about 9 km from our starting point. We have skied this route many times before, and know it well.