I closed up the longdistance period of January with 10 hours training in Belgium. Just realized that training in sun is like ”vacation” while rain, mud and cold weather is what really makes it a good and hard training ;)
Saturday morning I left Zingem on my bike to meet up with the team in Gent. 10:30 we sat off on the 2010 circuit of “Het Nieuwsblad”, 126km and some very interesting changes. The cold weather combined with the rain and the muddy roads made it a hard training and after warming up our toes in the shower the dinner in Zingem was just at it´s place :)
After a good nights sleep at Sigginga Haim we were ready for a new day!
Sunday was the “Ronde van Vlaanderen day” and with a little less rain we got to know a circuit that also gave some new changes. New cobble sections that I really like :) and also some new hills.
Two days together with the girls and the staff – And I really look forward to the 2010 season!
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Emma
10 days, 2 recovery days and 51 traininghours later I´m back home…
Tired, sunburned and satisfied :)
Today restday with massage and tomorrow I go to Belgium. Trainingsweekend with the team is on the schedule and I really look forward to see all the girls!
But first; some more rest…
Emma
PS: And hire is a map of my last training at Gran Canaria…. http://bit.ly/6OhV2r Pretty cool. Just forgot to stop the clock as we enjoyed the sun with a coffe break so the average speed is terrible. :-)
It´s a great feeling to go into a new part of my training. The whole winter I have been busy with building up my muscular strenght. And today I had my last session in the fitness center. When it comes to lifting the weights I´m just as stong as last year but on the powerintervalls on my bike I can see a big progress :)
Christmas and New Year gave real winterweather in Norway, alot of snow and cold!
-17 degrees today and that makes it difficult to go on my bike… so our trainingcamp to Gran Canaria comes just in time!
We (Me and Martin) leaves tomorrow for 11days of what I love the most, cycling in the sun! :)
Have a good weekend,
Emma