Well my bags are packed, I'm ready to go,..... I'm leaving on a jet plane..
Unless you are a fan of old music, then you pretty much have to be my age to remember the song - who says "jet plane" these days?
The big question is have I forgotten anything? Once in northern Finland, shopping opportunities are a bit more limited. This year, I have looked more at nutrition - I tracked down a gel that tasted better than most, doesn't freeze easily, and tracked down the importer (as it turns out to be Danish) and bought a box. I have straps for both knees, just in case.
Friday 28 February 2014
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Two steps forward and one step back
Just as I was getting back into training and thinking that I might just be able to get fit enough, I got hit by a virus. Some kind person where my wife works played the martyr and went in whilst sick to help spread it around. I would probably have still got it anyway, but I do wish people would at least try to keep their viruses to themselves. A month later and I still have the cough.
There was an interview at the Winter Olympics where someone said a virus was worse than an injury - with an injury, you can usually do some forms of training and retain some fitness, but with a virus you have to stop training completely.
Just got back from a week in Norway - stayed in Lillehammer; local trails were poor condition as it was raining when we arrived, so we took buses up to Sjusjoen and Nordseter. The recommendations I had for a good ski shop in Lillehammer were correct - my wife was even able to get a new pair of waxless skis. On our first day, when it was fairly warm even up on the top, she had the last laugh as I and many of the Norwegians (so it isn't just my poor waxing) struggled to find grip with our waxes.
The snow on the trees leads to some fascinating shapes, as can be seen here
I got a bit of training done - muscles I don't normally have trouble with were a problem, especially going uphill, so I had to break myself in gently - it felt like the running injury was starting to recur. But on a couple of test runs by myself, the speed is still there, so the main questions for the RR are will the leg muscles hold up and have I got the endurance after being unable to train much?
Well there is only way to find out, and that is to go out and do it!
There was an interview at the Winter Olympics where someone said a virus was worse than an injury - with an injury, you can usually do some forms of training and retain some fitness, but with a virus you have to stop training completely.
Just got back from a week in Norway - stayed in Lillehammer; local trails were poor condition as it was raining when we arrived, so we took buses up to Sjusjoen and Nordseter. The recommendations I had for a good ski shop in Lillehammer were correct - my wife was even able to get a new pair of waxless skis. On our first day, when it was fairly warm even up on the top, she had the last laugh as I and many of the Norwegians (so it isn't just my poor waxing) struggled to find grip with our waxes.
The snow on the trees leads to some fascinating shapes, as can be seen here
I got a bit of training done - muscles I don't normally have trouble with were a problem, especially going uphill, so I had to break myself in gently - it felt like the running injury was starting to recur. But on a couple of test runs by myself, the speed is still there, so the main questions for the RR are will the leg muscles hold up and have I got the endurance after being unable to train much?
Well there is only way to find out, and that is to go out and do it!
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