{"id":401,"date":"2010-12-13T13:14:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T18:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T14:36:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

My introduction to nordic skiing came when I was almost 40 years old. I pictured myself peacefully shuffling through the woods on skis and never considered wearing lycra. I was not interested in ski racing and I knew that one pair of all-purpose classic skis was all I would ever need. Well! It didn’t quite turn out as expected.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was soon lured away from Southern Ontario (where Winter is only 8 weeks long) to the National Capital Region, and found myself taking up running, swimming and cycling during the “off season”. I started to refer to exhausting hills by affectionate names such as “Penguin”.\u00a0 I joined\u00a0 Nakkertok Ski Club and discovered bizarre, “cult” activities such as ski-walking and roller skiing. From there I was encouraged to take coaching courses (CANSI and NCCP 2), and found myself leading jackrabbits, challenge programs for teens, dabbling in citizen ski racing, teaching for the city of Ottawa, assistant coaching for Nakkertok Masters and\u00a0 (presently) coaching a women’s masters\u00a0 training group.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Gatineau Park\u00a0 is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts. It’s easy to find idyllic Winter scenery and wildlife, but also very active ski clubs,\u00a0 colourful local races and a myriad of fascinating characters on skis. Musicians have strange work hours and so I am free to indulge my addiction and to ski, to quote Jackrabbit Johannsen, almost “every day there is snow”. A small camera always tags along. The challenge is to get it out of the bag and fired up quickly enough to catch the action without freezing to death or sacrificing a good ski. During the “off season” the camera is let loose to capture literally anything in its path.\u00a0 These photos might even be remotely related to skiing: the teams, outdoor exercise, birds, insects, wildlife, scenery and the passing of the seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope the photos will give you a glimpse into the vibrant ski life in Ottawa-Gatineau. If you ski, run, hike, swim or cycle in Gatineau Park, check back now and then. You may see yourself!<\/span><\/p>\n

Jo-Ann\u00a0Holden<\/big><\/span><\/p>\n

jholden@musicianonskis.ca<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My introduction to nordic skiing came when I was almost 40 years old. I pictured myself peacefully shuffling through the woods on skis and never considered wearing lycra. I was not interested in ski racing and I knew that one pair of all-purpose classic skis was all I would ever need. Well! It didn’t quite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-401","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25487,"href":"https:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/401\/revisions\/25487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianonskis.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}