Rehab training after my shoulder surgery in september is going well and I am gradually picking up some of the lost strength in my upper body. If I spent the autumn training on my exercise bike, it has almost turned rusty again as I am able to ski again, at least double poling. Despite the lack of snow and winter temperatures until last week, I have done about 4 sessions each week double poling. Today I did my first XC-race with interval start since year 2004, as the Swedish championship for 15 K classic skiing was held in Umeå and we were a bunch of friends racing. Started among the firsts, as I was one of few without any ranking points what so ever. Had now idea about how fast I was going, but ended up in place 31. Years behind winner (and Haglöfs friend) Markus Hellner, but way better than I expected.
Andreas was watching and sent me some great (as always) photos. Looking forward to another 3-4 months of deep snow running, exercise biking (ok, maybe not really looking forward to that one…) and racing xc ski marathons.
Enjoy winter!
Björn
Imponerande!! Riktigt bra kört och kul att kolla!