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An early weekend!

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One of the good things of being in Dubai is that the weekend starts on Thursday.

This morning I woke up at 7am but then laid in bed until nearly 8am. There was a hotel party last night and around 3am I was woken up by the final sessions of songs. I finally get my lazy butt down to the gym. It would be my 9th workout in 6 days. I am really starting to feel strong again, motivated to get strong and start running and biking more. After so much time in the hotel gym I’m starting to see more and more of the same guest. I only managed 95 min this morning since I did not want to miss breakfast.

Since I’m friendly with the staff I feel that I’m getting special care 😉 I don’t have to order my omelets any more, while I am getting the rest of the food, they bring me orange juice and coffee. Seriously, I have never seen so many “rude” people in my life. It’s like watching 2 yr olds. I know it is a class thing, but being raised to respect everyone it is really hard to see the way that some people treat the staff. Hopefully they are good tippers.
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A summary of Dec and a look back on 2014

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For the 4th month in a row, training has been an after thought, last minute planning thing to squeeze in. But not because the desire to work out was not there, but my new tattoo caused me to miss a swim practice, then another Sunday I stood on the side to coach my newbies and help them get updated base times for this winter/spring swim training. I missed then a few more swim practices because of another week in Dubai and then it was Christmas break. But there was no good reason for me not to run or bike more. I did manage to get more time in the gym in December than I did the rest of the year.

My December had the least amount of training since Sept 2013 when I broke my collarbone.
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Happy New Year!

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I just got back from a fun filled three day trip with my girls at Lalandia in Rodby, Denmark.

new years eve 2014

The past four months I’ve been a real family man. Since the last race of my season in the beginning of September,  I’ve cut my training time by nearly 75%.  Not at all according to my Fall plan.  But not waking up at 05:00 and working out or going to work early so i could workout at lunch as opened the door to other activities. I’ve dropped the girls off at school almost everyday I’ve worked in town, and I’ve been with them for a majority of there after school activities. No one would dare say that I don’t do enough around the house either, well maybe Jeanette who expects the house to be clean 100% of the time 😉

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40 and a day

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So I’m officially 40 yrs old!

10 years ago I would have told you it’s all down hill from here. But moving to Växjö and being exposed to Masters swimming, Triathlon and everyone involved has opened my eyes to another world. I know now as long as I stay healthy I’ve got another 20+ years of training and racing to look forward to.

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Christmas Eve

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Christmas Eve in Sweden is the day swedes celebrate Christmas. Families will travel near and far to gather before the annual showing of Disney clips on national tv, then eat a three course Christmas buffet (Julbord) followed by a visit from Santa! Very different from my childhood, but fun for the kids.

Our girls get two Christmas celebrations since they also wake up to find Santa even stopped by our house because he “forgot” to leave all the gifts the night before.

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And now it’s time for nearly three weeks of Vacation….

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It’s Monday and I am officially on vacation until January 8th. Funny it does not seem like vacation. I was up at 06:15 and raced to the office to leave some information to a colleague, I have checked email, made a phone call, and will continue to work until all of my emails have been answered or forwarded before shutting down my work computer for the day. I don’t mind be available for my projects. To me it is a good feeling knowing that I am needed.

Luckily for me the little ones have camped out upstairs so I can be more efficient with getting work done.

ps summer vacation is 100x better than winter vacation in Sweden.