Most people can relate with being, or at least feeling, out of shape. Prime time is just after the winter when all seemingly hibernating cyclists start riding outdoors again. Although another...
Read More >>Ahhhh pooooof! Sorry, I had to blow off all the dust from this blog. Time to write again as there is excitement on the training and racing front! But back to...
Read More >>I forgot about the pain. I forgot about how loooooong 100 mi could feel. I forgot about the wind! But four months away from Minnesota did not make me forget how...
Read More >>Today I had the chance to discover some parts of Dunedin on a bike. I made the following observations: There are a lot of hills in Dunedin, A LOT! Those hills...
Read More >>A year ago when I moved to the Midwest I have never heard of gravel racing before. Now, after one season full of gravel I raced 12 amazing gravel races totaling...
Read More >>Our goal was to get an affordable mountain bike trip on gravel- and fire roads in the mountains of Colorado. We found it in Leadville. Accommodation The Leadville hostel not only...
Read More >>Apparently I still haven’t acquired the skill to catch myself with my hands since my last crash four years ago. Both times I successfully let my face take the entire impact....
Read More >>I had not been on skis for two weeks when I was on the way to the Birkebeiner Ski race. I thought I might have lost that little bit of technique...
Read More >>Because last week’s 25k ski race was not humbling enough, I decided to sign up for a ski orienteering race. It’s an orienteering race with a map, just on skis. And once...
Read More >>WARNING: This post might contain sarcasm. Yesterday, I raced my very first cross country ski race – the Spirit Mountain cross country ski race in Duluth, MN. With a solid foundation...
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