Blog
Riding the rollercoaster of life
2018 was a challanging year with the crash at Ironman 70.3 Jönköping broken clavicle followed by operation, infection, 450 gram of antibiotics over the course of 3 months and finally a DNS at...
G’day from the bottomless hole
I have been thinking about writing something for quite sometimes but have found it hard – to do anything actually. It’s easy to lose motivation and enthusiasm when what you thought was a...
Keep the sport clean!
Many people who just see Ironman as a thing on the ”bucket list” might not care about if the sport if clean or not and will perhaps never reflect on the fact that testing athletes is...
Down and Out
Heading down one of the last long descents at Ironman Jönköping 70.3 I was staying low on the aerobars, taking in the last sip of energy that I had in my frame bottle when I hit the pavement,...
Ironman Lanzarote 2018
Last year I had a really bad race at Ironman Lanzarote so after the race I decided to go back and try to get it right. To race here, with my physic, is as logical as how bumblebees can fly. I’m just...
Electrolyte Testing
In my race nutrition plan I have always calculated to make sure to get 250-300cKal of energy per hour. Typically; that means carrying a bottle of my own mix on the bike (15 Isostar gels, a few...
Ironman Los Cabos – Fun in the sun
As I jump off the bike and hand over my precious to a volunteer, my bare feet hit the black asphalt on the street that is temporarily closed off for the race. I don’t know what causes the intense...
Getting ready for my last race of 2017
In just four weeks, I will be heading over to Mexico and Ironman Los Cabos for the last race of the year and I must say that I am looking forward to it as 2017 has been a long season. When I signed...
10 tips for Ironman Racing
In only a few days thousands of fellow Scandinavians will start at Ironman Kalmar or Copenhagen. Some will do it for the first time and some will be repeat offenders that have caught the bug and...
Returning to Roth
A week ago, my swim/bike/run down memory lane brought me back to what can be considered the cradle of long distance triathlon in Europe – the city of Roth in the South of Germany. It was over...