This week is the intro to the very hard period after the initial rest after altitude. The response to the training (if you manage to stay injury free and not get sick) can be quite remarkable during this period as the low lactate levels at the…

Had a small talk with Leif Olav yesterday as he just arrived back from Portugal where he has been coaching his sprint group. Very inspirational as always.

There are two main elements I believe the long distance runners can learn ALOT from…

My training partner Henrik did 2.18 in London marathon this last weekend, placing 21. It was a pr with 4 minutes in his second marathon race, so he is learning the way to go about these races.

He has been training with consistancy all…

After a short altitude stay I am back again in Norway, to the spring here. Out in shorts today, it was perfect to come from South Africa to all the forest areas cleared of snow.

Now I am going into a period of lots of rest, which will be…

A bit over a week into the stay now and all is going fine here. Quiet weekdays in the small town up here, but the weekend is getting close when loads of people come on their way from/to safaris in the Kruger park (on the the biggest natural reverves…

For the third time I am here in Dullstrom for altitude training. It feels like I never left, as it was only a a bit over a month since I left from here the last time

First hard session on the day of arrival, together with the other…

Yesterday the Vidar group did a series of 500 meters around the Sognsvann area and I joined parts of it, and did some longer repeats in between to get a good workout. That will be the last hard work before heading south tomorrow. The reports from…

Busy days now, as I am leaving Wednesday for South Africa again. Some more altitude training again up in Dullstrom Nice timing, as I have done lots of resting after Portugal and just regained energy again before moving to good training conditions…