Oh wait! That was last year.

I've done a lot of biking in the early summer, then switched to running during a vacation in BC. Running became addictive ...and I forgot I'm north of 40 on the age-o-meter. I was running up to 90 km a week. My Achilles started to hurt when I switched shoes. I ignored it because the shoes were "so comfortable". Now my tendons are so stiff in the mornings I have to hobble down stairs holding on to the railing. Tendinitis sucks!
While my ski training was going quite well, (15 km running time down to about an hour) I've been derailed by the injury. I've switched to biking and am spinning low gears. Also hitting the gym twice a week to build core & poling strength. And of course lots of stretching.
Doc said "No Running! ...at all!!" ...told me biking only if it's totally pain free. Skating should be fine, classic remains to be seen. Pole walking may be possible in a couple of weeks, but no bounding. I also have to get orthotics to account for my pronation.
The challenge: To keep the conditioning alive till the snow flies. Fitness has improved and I've dropped 15 pounds since July (hills? what hills?

How is your training going?
kaNUK