Both my father, my mother and Snypp has commented on the picture of me from last Sunday. I used my cell phone as a camera, and the quality is not very good. But Elin took a picture of me when I came home with our new camera. If they thought the first picture was horrible, take a look at this one 🙂
Third outdoor training session with Rye this year. We meet at Hvervenbukta, started from there and went down to Son and back again. Cold, but ok weather until we came to Son where the rain started. With only about 4 celsius it became quite soon quite cold…but, what does not kill you only makes you stronger.
Me in the car when back at Hvervenbukta
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The route
On Tuesday I was about to participated on the first outdoor training session with Rye (http://www.sportsklubbenrye.no). I lasted only five kilometers before one of the spokes on my front wheel snapped and I had to return home. So on Wednesday I went down to http://www.fast-bikes.no with my bike so that they could fix it. Got kinda expensive as well, since I bought a new wheelset Mavic Ksyrium Elite http://www.mavic.com/road/products/Ksyrium-Elite.995153.aspx I guess I will go waaaaay much faster now 🙂
I’ve also put my name on the helmet. This is needed when we have a pace line chain, when I’m the last one in the slow chain the man in the fast chain will shout out my name letting me know that I must switch chain and follow his rear wheel. Since we are so many it is a neat trick to have the name on the helmet.
I took out my MTB on Saturday for this years second ride. The weather was nice and I wanted to see places I’ve never seen before, so first I took a quick stop at Simen to say hello before I went to Ulvøya, Ormøya and Malmøya. I must say I was really impressed, it is very, very nice on all three islands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B8ya
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orm%C3%B8y
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulv%C3%B8ya_i_Oslo
The first picture is taken on the outside of Malmøya, Maløykalven on the right hand side. The second one on the same place, but towards Oslo, and the last one shows approximately the route I followed.
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I’ve read reports that this winter is the warmest ever known, meaning the past 100 years since they did not keep records before that. I’m not shocked, today I mounted my newly repaired front wheel of my off road bike and with my 4 layers of clothes I went to Vestreng. Tested my new Sealskinz gloves http://www.sealskinz.com/ They where super, not at all cold on my hands. I’m wearing Sealskinz on my feets as well, a bit cold on my left foot, but no big issue. I can really recommend Sealskinz!
But – it was very, very good to get on the bike, I’m getting kinda tired of just sitting on the spinning bike I must say…
Yesterday Petter and I competed in Alperittet http://www.alperittet.com It was really fun, and most of all really fast skiing. Check out the results on the page, we have nothing to be embarrassed of for sure 🙂 Fri Flyt has also an article, check it out, there are some pictures there as well http://www.friflyt.no/index.php?pagenr=12&articlenr=54760
Yesterday S.A.T.S had a two hour “Spinning Marathon”, so I expanded it a bit by attending the 45 minute session in the morning, then spinning alone for one and a half hour, and then 2 hours together with the S.A.T.S-team again.
I know by experience that I get worn out by riding on my bike for 4 and a half hour, but on the spinning bike was a bit different. There are no downhills where I can get some rest, but the worst thing is that you spend the hours in the same position. I guess that was what made my back really stiff.
Me, a bit sweaty after nearly two hours…
Have been out with my mountain bike today, a very nice day, I guess the temperature is just above freezing but I have plenty of clothes. The sun was shining and all in all very nice. Ended up at Ellingsrud, doing some track riding. Since I’m not hardcore I do not know if it was a single track, or a double track, or maybe a triple track.
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But, after about one hour this happened, and I had to return back home. It is the second time with my front wheel that one of the spokes snaps. Maybe I need to buy a new and better wheel…
Two days ago I pasted the 4000K limit with 10K’s. Most of it spent on my racing bike, but strangely enough I’ve managed to do 1300K on my mountain bike as well. I had hoped to get 5000, but due to two weeks of sickness when we came from Croatia I missed about 400-500 I would guess.
But, not a problem I have other things to waste my time with, try this Sushi Go Round game…stressed me for sure!! http://www.miniclip.com/games/sushi-go-round/en/
Today I was supposed to be found on the starting line of Oslo Sykkelfestival http://www.oslosykkelfestival.no. I got up in the morning just to realize that the weather had changed from yesterday, today it was +5 degrees and rain. I dressed the same as a couple of weeks ago when I did Femsjøen Rundt, and thought it would be okay, but maybe a bit cold. I got dressed and got on my bike, ready to go downtown to the starting line. Passing Tveita I had to use my breaks, high speed did not do any good when being so cold as I was. Hoping I would get warmer when passing Valle Hovin, but no, and finally when I came to Tøyen I turned around. I did not want to spend 3 more hours on my bike, so after 30 minutes outside I returned back home. Elin was surprised, but glad to see me 🙂 So, warmer clothes need to be packed out, and hopefully, I will attend Oslo Sykkelfestival next year…