Just got back from a long weekend of training, planning, racing and photo-shooting in Norway. Here comes a recap.
On Thursday I trained on the Tripp Trap Triathlon course – a training session that begins with one of the world’s most beautiful ferry rides through Lysefjord. We took it easy up the stairs, then had a good 2 hour run across the mountains (with lots of snow left!). Then we rode our bikes about 50 min back to the car.
I’m really looking forward to this race in August. The top Norwegian triathlete, Gudmond “Guddis” Snilstveit will be racing again and he says he will not make the mistakes he did last year. He says he’s going to take 30 minutes off my course record from last year (~5 hrs total). If he does that, he’ll be hard to beat.
Me and “Guddis” last year
On the last minute I signed up for a 50 km mountain bike race in Stavanger on Saturday. I got to borrow a brand new NOR 29 inch MTB. It was a fast paced race on gravel and asphalt (no technical trails and thus no suspension fork, see picture). I crashed and had to drop out. This was one of the most dangerous MTB races I’ve done, crossing narrow bike paths and busy roads in an urban environment at speeds of over 40 kph. When the pelaton (inevitably crashed), I was the one that got a broken dereailuer. I had to walk back to the start. But it was a good 45 minutes of hard interval training at least!
Ready to race Saturday morning!
Then Monday, I was lucky enough to spend 4 hours with Øyvind Nesvåg, NOR bicycle’s official photographer and film chief. We captured some fun shots around the Stavanger landscape. Here are a few …
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I met a farmer during the photoshoot that really liked my new bike
Before flying out on Tuesday, I gave a presentation on multisport – including some stories from Coast to Coast and some tips on how to train with a heart rate monitor. A few in the audience were training for this epic 500+ km non-stop bike race from Trondheim to Oslo. They were keen for some endurance tips …
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One thing I learned during my visit: cycling culture is way bigger in Norway than Sweden. A lot bigger. Everybody cycles and competes – some compete against themselves in endurance events. Others against Alexander Kristoff. But everybody likes to pedal …
Next stop: Söderhamn this weekend as part of a Hälsingland Multisport Training Camp. I’ll be busy with a slide show, paddle clinic, trail running race and MTB race. Come on out and join – more info here: http://soderhamnoutdoor.wordpress.com
Here are a few articles in Swedish about the well-organized local multisport club
http://helahalsingland.se/soderhamn/soderhamnc/1.7102470-han-tar-multisporten-till-staden
http://helahalsingland.se/soderhamn/soderhamnc/1.7066589-multisporten-raddar-stormorshall
Also a nice little video of the MTB course on Sunday.
See ya!
Scott
