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Another morning session in the swimming hall
Had to step in as swimming coach this weekend. Impressing to see how serious some of the kids are training, especially this early in the morning. 2 hours of swimming in the morning, and we're ready for 2 hours of climbing later today.
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Getting Real: The Book by 37signals
Ordered myself a copy of Getting Real. I love this book, and think about it every day. Even if it's free to read online, I still want a "hard" copy. Underdo your competition!
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Morning session in the svimming hall
My son is training swimming 5 times a week. 3 of those are morning sessions 06.30-07.30. I'm trying to do some work on the laptop. Yes, I have coffee.
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El Caminito del Rey
Found some old photos from a climbing vacation I once had in El Chorro, Spain. Must have been back in 1992-1993? The photos shows the El Caminito del Rey (English: The King's little pathway). Don't know if I would have the nerves to go the path again. But as a young man without family and kids, it didn't feel any dangerous at the time.
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Seasons end
My plans of cycling Vollan-Tromsø and running MSM Extreme Run at the same day, ended with a serious crash about 10 km before tromsø.
It was a nervous race and after avoiding one crash after the other it was finally my turn. Two cyclists fell over in front of me, and before I knew it I was airborne. Landed beside the road with terrible pains, and knew right away that the race was over.
A person stopped his car and called the ambulance. Had to wait about 20 minutes until the ambulance came and dragged me out of the ditch. At the hospital the CT scan was clean, but the X-ray showed that the left clavicle was broken in two places with a splintered bone between.
Clavicle fractures are definitively much more painful than I tought. The only thing in mind is to keep still and eat Tramadol combined with Paracetamol. Sleeping most of the time, and only out of the bed for a couple of hours each day. The feeling of bones scraping at each other is not good. I guess this is going to take some time ....
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Back in Levi
Finally back in Levi, Finland. 3 days of snowboarding and skiing. A perfect place to spend a few days together with the family. Because Levi is a family place. It's a bit too flat for the most extreme skiers, but perfect for the kids.
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Glitnir Oslo Maraton
Half marathon completed. It was a hard track, more slopes and many 90 and a few 180 degree turns than last year. But much more fun to run on Karl Johansgate, even though it was quite slippery. Picture on the left taken by Ellen Michelsen right after the finish line.
- ½ Maraton (21,097 km) 1:40:39 (4:47 min/km | 12.58 km/t)
- 10 km 0:48:01 (4:49 min/km | 12.50 km/t)
- Placement: 532 of 1515 men in total. 101 of 268 in M35-39.
- Avg hr: 163.3 (87% of max), Max hr: 177 (94% of max)
- Lap times (min/km): 4:43, 4:47, 4:48, 4:46, 4:56, 4:42, 4:41, 4:53, 4:45, 5:02, 4:58, 4:33, 4:47, 5:01, 4:37, 4:54, 4:52, 4:42, 4:40, 4:40, 4:31, 0:20
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New trainers
Getting ready for Oslo (half) Marathon. When I first started running again I got a pair of Mizuno Wave Runner. They felt fast, unfortunately they gave me huge blisters. They also felt quite hard when running, so wanted some softer shoes.
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