A nervous, yet excited, Lily was Lucia (St Lucy’s Day) at Hovshaga School 2014!
Author Archives: Rykno
100x100m challange (2014)
So really I had no plans on doing the 100×100 this year, but after a very very slow fall season, I decided I needed a kick in the butt. So January 4th I will again swim the 100x100m with Växjö Masters.
Depending on which swimmers attend I will either take the easy way out and swim on start 1:40 (100 seconds) or 1:30. In order to do 1:30 I need help from 1 or more to push me and help with the counting. where as 1:40 I could manage alone with plenty of time to snack along the way 😉
Ironman Tattoo
Even before I registered for my first Ironman, I knew that after I crossed the finish line that getting an Mdot tattoo was going to be on the top of my “to-do-list”. I think it is so cool to see those with their Mdot tattoo, either a straight up red Mdot, or with a theme for the specific race they finished. Since I prefer to race with calf guards I knew that having an Mdot on my calf would only be seen during training.
I originally booked a time for the 20th of Nov, but a business trip put a stop to that. With Swedish Nationals the 28-29th I had to wait until after. So on Dec 2nd I finally was able to get a time that worked for me…
Oct & Nov Training Summary
With two weeks of travel in both Oct and Nov, my planned rest during Sept has turned into three months of cosy, feel good training. However, I have been more active this Sept-Nov compared to last year. And with only one plan trip in Dec I am hoping to finish off the year strong.
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8th Best Masters Team in Sweden
So this past weekend was the Swedish Nationals for Masters in longcourse. Looking back on my Friday post, I can’t help but laugh at how much I misjudged my readiness.
Had I not been the coach, I think I would have gone home after the first event. That’s how bad it was for me in the pool. But I love the atmosphere at swim meets, and I had four teammates that were prepared to swim well.
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Swedish Long Course Nationals in Falkenberg
This morning I did my second real WoD. Maybe not the best timing, but I am so out of shape there is nothing I can do now that will help or hurt me.
Tomorrow I pick up a van, and then four of my teammates will head to Falkenberg, 180 km away, for the Swedish LCM National Championships.
I am taking a step back from going all in and swimming all the individual events, this time I will only swim eight races over three sessions.
Dubai, Oman, Höstsimiaden & Swedish Nationals this week…
This turned out to be longer than I planned.
On the 12th of Nov I traveled back to Dubai. It was my longest trip away from home since before Viola was born. After traveling all day wednesday I had a 12 hour work day visiting our potential new supplier on Thursday. Since the hotel gym is open 24 hours I enjoyed a late work out to clear my mind.
The Emirates weekend is Friday-Saturday, but with my office working as usual on Fridays I decided to work out of the hotel. Around 16:00 local time I turned my computer off and was ready for my one day off. I went to the gym for nearly 3 hours. Man it felt so good to workout two days in a row.
I’ve been married too long….
I think that I’ve been married for too long. I can not go to bed (or to be more accurate fall asleep) on my own any more, I need my wife to say, “I am going to bed now.” which every good husband knows means “and so are you!”
These long days with 45-90 min in the car to work and 90-120 min on the way back to the hotel with 10 hours of work in between is draining me. I see the sun but don’t get to feel the warmth. It’s a good thing that I got extra sun on Saturday.
Just when things were starting to go my way…
I get sent away for another business trip. Just before lunch today I found out that I am going back to Dubai. Leaving tomorrow morning and coming back to Sweden on Thursday the 20th. That means I miss a few swim sessions, crossfit and outdoor running.
Crossfit – Introduction
So last night I went to my introduction class for Crossfit. We were 12 in the class, 2 women and 10 men. For about about an hour the instructor David went through some basic movements. He was very good to point out that the key to Crossfit is to have good technique from the beginning. It was better to use lighter weights until you can do the exercises correctly. Scaling back is going to be hard for me at the beginning, but because of my “back issues” it will be for the best.
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