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Norwegian National Olympic Distance Champion
After a few weeks of getting some ok training in, I felt ready for the Olympic Distance championship. After losing the title on the long distance, I wanted to secure the most important title, the Olympic distance title! Race day was a grey and wet day… Not so much before start, but as the start went, the rain started pouring down! The swim was a three lap course, with a turnaround point on land and a dry land start… Normally this would not suit me, but today it would turn out to be great! I had a great start, and was right on the legs of guys I was 1.20min behind at the long distance championship, and every time we went up on land, I caught the few meters I had lost on the swim… It was a great start! After the first transition I was 1.40min behind the leader (which I had hoped to be, at best, 2min behind before start) and 15sec in front of the next guys! The great swim meant I could take the ride out safe in the wet weather on the technical parts, but hammer away on the flat, straight parts. After 10km I had the lead guy in sight and a gap of about 1min down to the others. I felt I had a big enough gap down to the guys behind to just slowly catch the leader, without using too much energy, so it took until 30km before I was in the lead… After that I controlled the last 10km and was first off the bike… However, after a really bad second transition, the previous leader was 10sec in front out on the run. He is my team mate, so I knew I was the better runner over 10km, and therefore I ran slowly up to him without rushing. It was 12 degrees Celsius and bucketing down, so I was pretty cold coming off the bike, but after about 2km I had found a good pace and gotten the heat back. From there I ran away from my team mate and secured a win of about 2min! My run split was 35.46min on trail, with the last 2-3km going easy, so I’m very happy with that! It was a great day for me, and I was very happy to take home another Norwegian Championship gold medal! Especially after losing the long distance champs! Last I would like to thank my family, girlfriend and her family for the support during the race, Oslo Sportslager for supporting me with all my equipment (Polar watch, Everst bikes, Giro helmets, Fast Forward wheels, Orca triathlon suit and wetsuit, x-socks, Oakley sun glasses and Craft clothing), Ostmarka IL, M&M Tomrerservice, Laerdal Trevare and Laerdal Sport og Rekreasjon for financial support, CanWi for coaching and Honey Stinger for support with energy bars, gels and fruit smoothies! |
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