The Last Few weeks

The last few weeks I have been quite busy. I've been to a ski camp with my ski team here called team Kollen. Team Kollen has members from clubs all around Oslo. I ski for the club Heming but there are other skiers from clubs like Lynn as well. I can't remember all of the names. We started out the first day of that camp with a 2.5 hour ski. We got dropped off at a location about 2.5 hours away skiing from where we were staying so we could go for a long ski and not have to turn around. There were huge uphills and huge downhills. My rollerskies are slow in Norway so I was constantly getting passed on downhills. I settled into my cabin with my teammates the same age who were great. Next day we woke up and did uphill running intervals L4-5. 6x5 min running up the alpine mountain with 3x1 min sprinting up the alpine mountain when we were finished with the 6x5. This workout was hard but I felt pretty good. In the afternoon we went for a 2 hour classic ski with double pole focus. The next day was a 12k time trial for men and 9k for women (I think). I actually had a good race and finished near in the middle of the pack with boys anywhere from born in '94 to '91. In the afternoon we went for an hour run and did strength as well. To finish the camp off the next day we did a 3 hour run in the morning then headed home. I felt great in the run which I was happy with because not all 3 hour runs are easy. I slept very well after that.

The two nights after the camp Marianne and I went to a rowing dinner party with some people which was a fun time. I saw some people I had already known and met some new people too. Many of the kids were actually going to the US with full rowing scholarships. The next night I went out again with some people I know pretty well now, and some new people as well. I had a great time with this group.

Now for the past few days I have been enjoying the last few days of summer doing some 5x4 min intervals two days ago, a strength workout with Heming, and a 2 hour 10 min classic rollerski today. Tomorrow I will do a 3 hour run with Heming. This is usually a large event where kids come out (they don't run quite that long), and parents join as well. I think it's a great way to add more people other than serious athletes into training.

Tonight I'm going to the movies with some girls. We will watch inception. Funny enough, besides Marianne, all 3 girls are named Andrea. I did the math and 1/6th of the people I know are named Andrea.

Here are a few photos I've taken lately. Not as many as I'd like to, but it's hard bringing a camera around all the time.


Some dancing... I think I was a bit surprised as I saw the picture being taken.