Coast to Coast 2015 !

At 18.00 Swedish time tonight (Friday) the Coast to Coast starts in New Zealand.

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Last year at this time I was nervously double-checking my gear and trying to get in bed by 21.00.  This year I pedaled to work over icy roads and thought about a possible attempt at The Coast in 2016 …

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The mountain run in 2014.

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The jog down to the kayak in 2014.

 

My teammate Carolin Holmqvist from Thule Adventure Team will be racing. I tried to give her a few tips from my experience (what to do and what NOT to do!). I think she’ll do great, but there’s some strong competition from the women’s side.  See here for a preview

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Caroline at the 2014 Åre Extreme Challenge.  Paddling is likely to be her strongest leg in The Coast which is a great asset to have in that race. 

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Check in at 18.00 tonight from Sweden and follow the GPS trackers for the top racers… winner expected at around 04.00 in the morning.

Side note — this is the first event since Richard Ussher took over as race director, signaling a potentially new direction for the race.  Besides reducing the starting fee, Richard has a bunch of other fresh new ideas for the race in the coming years …

My winter training is going well and has benefitted from a couple of rare mid-February paddles in Northern Sweden. We had some warm weather and the dam released a bunch of water, pushing away the ice and leaving a nice 5 km opening.

 

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In my next blog I will write more about my new training approach — including “periodization of intensity/volume” in 2015.

Train smart

Scott

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