Author Archives: Rykno

Off to the desert for most of October

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Update: New travel dates.  I am now leaving home on the 7th and returning to Sweden on the 30th! Great, just what I needed.  So instead of getting a week to be in the pool before my 24 hour swim I will land and take the train straight to Göteborg, try to sleep then, wake up and swim longer than I have ever tried before. Good thing my wife is OK with me being away for nearly 4 weeks.

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@goväxjö

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Starting tomorrow, Monday, I will be posting pictures around Växjö the way I see it on the @govaxjo Instagram account.
I have no idea what pics to take or post but I hope the people of Växjö will enjoy seeing Växjö through my eyes.

Coaching

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Most of people know that I am the coach of our local Masters team. My personality and the lack of a coach got me into the position as team dad.  I write the workouts, plan for meets and do what I can to increase our pool time so we can be open for more than just competitive swimmers, but masters of all levels. With today’s limits space in the pool I have been forced to set requirements for our weekday workouts, but Sundays everyone is welcome.
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Ironman 2015 – The Video

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Enjoy my Ironman Kalmar video.

I personally thought that last years video from Finisher Pix was better, not sure if it was the location of the videos, or maybe there was music in last years video. I was happy to see that I was running at all the locations of the cameras 😉

I even sent a little comment to Kalmar to inform the volunteers about the locations of the cameras since one guy seems to be standing in front of the camera at T2.

Crossfit Progress

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Amazing what three days of rest can do for your body.  I spent Saturday and Sunday with the family in Gothenburg. Satruday we were at Liseberg amusement part from just before 11am until nearly 8pm. The next day we visited Universium and were there from 10am until nearly 3pm before driving home.  On Monday I visited Leon, since I felt I was mentally over my Ironman race, but that my body was not really on board.  Leon was able to gave my body a push towards recovering. so to let that treatment have full effect I rested the rest of the day.

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Ironman Tattoo

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I didn’t wait as long as I did last year to get a new IM tattoo. But with no swimming again on Thursdays and Liseberg this weekend, that meant no swimming again until Tuesday, so I figured this would be the least intrusive to my fall swim training.

I went back to Old Sailor Tattoo and Macke. I was really happy with the other work he had done for me on my first Ironman tattoo as well as the work he did on my back.
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Crossfit levels

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Being a competitor at heart it’s been hard for me to ease into crossfit. From day one you hear “scaling is your friend”, then the workouts are posted with Rx (normal weight) and advance. Most times a scaled weight is offered, but I quickly advance over the scaled option in some movements and was in “no mans land”. I often chose a weight that was too easy or way too hard. The only goals I was able to set was first be able to do all the exercises, then build up to the Rx weights.
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