Weekend's Training
Vätternrundan 27 days
Vansbrosimningen 56 days
Lidingöloppet 132 days
Vasaloppet 280 days
Saturday
biking 0
swimming 0
steps 10231
skiing 0
other hosted my inlaws for dinner, that counts for something...right
Sunday
biking 40 km (average speed of 25 km per hour)
swimming 0
steps 8,102
skiing 0
other 0
Monday, May 19, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Swedish Classic
Some say that the Swedish Classic is a true athletic accomplishment. Most people would probably say you are nuts for trying to complete it. It is made up of 4 exhausting races- skiing, biking, swimming and running. The first race of the year is the Vasaloppet (www.vasaloppet.se). A 90km cross country ski race held in March. The second of the events is the Vätternrundan (www.vatternrundan.se). A gruelling 300km one day bike ride around Sweden's 2nd largest lake. The third event is the Vansbrosimningen (www.vansbrosimningen.se). A three km swim, two km down river and one km up river. The difficulty of the swim depends on the amount of rain in the weeks previous to the race. The last event is the scariest to me- Lidingöloppet (www.lidingoloppet.se ). A 30km, off road run, said to be the toughest in Europe.
I don't really know the history of the Swedish Classic. What I do know is that it started in 1972 and that more then 28,000 people have completed it. I can imagine how it started though. I am guessing about three friends (no idea why it is three friends) sitting around bored one night (and probably drunk) after a day of skiing. The conversation went something like this:
"Whatever, you're a wimp!", said friend A.
"No I'm not, I'll prove it!", said friend B.
"Ok, then do all these events, and you won't be a wimp.", said friend C.
"Yea, and in the same year!", said friend A.
"Umm, ok, then I say say that I did the Swedish Classic, haha. You know, other people will try to prove themselves like did afterwards I bet", said friend B.
"Whatever!", said both friends A and B.
At some point, I decided that I wanted to complete the Swedish Classic (it is possible that it is nothing more then a midlife crisis that I am going through right now, but it is too late to back out of it). I was not really planning on completing it this year, though I had thought about it. It wasn't until work volunteered to pay for it that it became this years project. I skipped the Vasa this year and will compete in next years. So the first event is coming up fast. The plan is to post the amount of time left and the amount of training I do everyday until the completion of it (at least the completion of the Lidingöloppet).
So here we go. The training is yesterdays numbers:
Vätternrundan 30 days
Vansbrosimningen 59 days
Lidingöloppet 135 days
Vasaloppet 283 days
biking 0
swimming 0
steps 23,833 (of which 4km running)
skiing 0
other- none
Some say that the Swedish Classic is a true athletic accomplishment. Most people would probably say you are nuts for trying to complete it. It is made up of 4 exhausting races- skiing, biking, swimming and running. The first race of the year is the Vasaloppet (www.vasaloppet.se). A 90km cross country ski race held in March. The second of the events is the Vätternrundan (www.vatternrundan.se). A gruelling 300km one day bike ride around Sweden's 2nd largest lake. The third event is the Vansbrosimningen (www.vansbrosimningen.se). A three km swim, two km down river and one km up river. The difficulty of the swim depends on the amount of rain in the weeks previous to the race. The last event is the scariest to me- Lidingöloppet (www.lidingoloppet.se ). A 30km, off road run, said to be the toughest in Europe.
I don't really know the history of the Swedish Classic. What I do know is that it started in 1972 and that more then 28,000 people have completed it. I can imagine how it started though. I am guessing about three friends (no idea why it is three friends) sitting around bored one night (and probably drunk) after a day of skiing. The conversation went something like this:
"Whatever, you're a wimp!", said friend A.
"No I'm not, I'll prove it!", said friend B.
"Ok, then do all these events, and you won't be a wimp.", said friend C.
"Yea, and in the same year!", said friend A.
"Umm, ok, then I say say that I did the Swedish Classic, haha. You know, other people will try to prove themselves like did afterwards I bet", said friend B.
"Whatever!", said both friends A and B.
At some point, I decided that I wanted to complete the Swedish Classic (it is possible that it is nothing more then a midlife crisis that I am going through right now, but it is too late to back out of it). I was not really planning on completing it this year, though I had thought about it. It wasn't until work volunteered to pay for it that it became this years project. I skipped the Vasa this year and will compete in next years. So the first event is coming up fast. The plan is to post the amount of time left and the amount of training I do everyday until the completion of it (at least the completion of the Lidingöloppet).
So here we go. The training is yesterdays numbers:
Vätternrundan 30 days
Vansbrosimningen 59 days
Lidingöloppet 135 days
Vasaloppet 283 days
biking 0
swimming 0
steps 23,833 (of which 4km running)
skiing 0
other- none
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Kids Say the Darnest Things
M just got back from yet another trip to Oxford. While she was gone the girls and I just on with everyday life. The night before M was suppose to come home, she talked to both girls and explained that she was coming home the next day. The next morning we were sitting at the breakfast table (which happens to be the same as the lunch and dinner table) when we saw a picture of an airplane and said "Mamma plane today."
When M got home (at 3:30 in the morning), I asked her if she explained to N that she would be taking a plane that day. She said that she just explained to N that she was coming home from England. That means that N understood in order to travel from England, one would have to take a plane (yes, I know there are different options, but whatever). Once again the kids impress me.
M just got back from yet another trip to Oxford. While she was gone the girls and I just on with everyday life. The night before M was suppose to come home, she talked to both girls and explained that she was coming home the next day. The next morning we were sitting at the breakfast table (which happens to be the same as the lunch and dinner table) when we saw a picture of an airplane and said "Mamma plane today."
When M got home (at 3:30 in the morning), I asked her if she explained to N that she would be taking a plane that day. She said that she just explained to N that she was coming home from England. That means that N understood in order to travel from England, one would have to take a plane (yes, I know there are different options, but whatever). Once again the kids impress me.
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