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Enjoyed early morning runs. Always so nice when the light is coming back      Started preparing the garden for the spring  Built a sandbox  First rollerski training session (think that the roads haven't been this clean, this early ever before)  Sledging around Lago di Dobbiaco/Toblacher See     Visiting the cows and calves in the stable   Morning hike    Enjoying life    Since there is a lockdown here in South Tyrol, we aren't allowed to leave the municipality and there are no events/competitions etc., so our days are mostly about nice training sessions, outdoor life, work and hanging around together and with our hosts. Here comes some pictures from some of the training sessions: The track around Toblacher See/Lago di Dobbiaco   Checking out the tracks:)  Technique training at Nordic Arena in warm and amazingly sunny weather   Some training sessions along the Toblach-Cortina track, always amazingly beautiful. Ending the training in the best way, with a picknick in the sun:)             A trip to Sesto/Sexten     First in the tracks on a beautiful morning     In front of our house    Sunset from the balcony     A cross country-skiing parody Toblach-Cortina has always been my favorite race, since it is our home track and also a track that suits me perfectly, especially the track for skating. A long ongoing light uphill and then an ongoing long light downhill of altogether 32 km. Although it is my favorite race, I have only been able to go it once, in classic 2018, the other times I have had back problems, the race has been canceled and last year it thought that it was a bit too close after my pregnancy. This year the race has been about covid-19, be able/not being able to come down to Italy, new rules because of the covid-19, a track change because of the risk of avalanches, changed starting times for the race (the last one 15 minutes before the start), and a track that, due to the classical races for the elite skiers just before, wasn’t groomed at all. It is really hard to really say if it was a good race or not, but at least it was though on my body. I think that I double-poled appr. half the race, and skate half the race. Since the recreational classical skiers started just 10 minutes after the skaters there were one or two classical tracks that you could use that still were quite good, but the skating part was a mix of 5 centimeter snow, the marks of the snow mobiles and lot of deep marks of the skaters before. I had prepared for the original course and have done almost no double-poling, and of course not that much skating in unprepared tracks with 5 centimeters snow either :) I had an average heart rate of 172 and a maximum of 180 and that was a bit too low, but I really found it hard to go and push any faster, since the tracks were so bad. I thought that my body hasn’t felt that good the days before, but I still think it was okay during the race, so that was at least very nice. To sum the race up I can use the words of one of the best skaters in the race: it was the worst skating race ever, no tracks. But even though the conditions were really bad, it was still very nice to compete, and it is always lovely to be skiing in this environment. + Very good help of Marcus with liquid + The body felt quite good, was a bit worried about that before start + I was happy with my skis - Should have been training more “not so specific” to be better prepared for another course - Need be better at the downhills, unnecessary to lose time on them  Started the morning to watch the elite women to get to know exactly how the track was going, almost impossible to found out on just the profile En längdskidåknings-parodi Toblach-Cortina har alltid varit mitt favoritlopp, eftersom det är vår hemmabana och också en bana som passar mig perfekt, särskilt tävlingsbanan för skate. En lång ihållande slakmota och därefter en lång ihållande lätt utförslöpa, på sammanlagt 32 km. Även om det är mitt favoritlopp har jag tyvärr bara kunnat åka det en gång, klassiskt 2018, de andra gångerna har jag haft ryggproblem, loppet har ställts in och förra året kändes det som att det var lite för nära graviditeten. I år har loppet handlat om covid-19, kunna komma/inte kunna komma ner till Italien, nya regler på grund av covid-19, byta av bansträckning på grund av risken för laviner, förändrade starttider för loppet (sista ändringen 15 minuter före start), och en bana som, på grund av de klassiska tävlingarna för elitskidåkarna precis innan, inte alls preparerades. Det är verkligen svårt att säga om det var ett bra lopp eller inte av mig, men det var åtminstone tufft för min kropp. Jag tror att jag stakade cirka halva loppet, och skateade halva loppet. Eftersom de klassiska amatörskidåkarna startade bara tio minuter efter skate-åkarna fanns det ett eller två klassiska spår som du kunde använda som fortfarande var ganska bra, men skatedelen var en blandning av 5 centimeter snö, spåren efter snöskotrarna och massor av djupa spår av dem som skateat innan. Jag hade förberett mig för den ursprungliga bansträckningen och har nästan stakat något alls, och naturligtvis inte tränat så mycket skate i 5 centimeter snö heller :) Jag hade en medelpuls på 172 och maxpuls 180 och det var lite för lågt, men jag hade verkligen svårt att gå snabbare och trycka på hårdare, eftersom banan var så dålig. Jag tyckte att min kropp inte har känts så bra dagarna innan, men jag tycker ändå att det kändes helt okej under loppet, så det var åtminstone väldigt skönt. För att sammanfatta loppet kan jag säga samma sak som en de bästa skate-åkarna i loppet sa: det var den värsta skate-tävlingen någonsin, inga spår. Men även om förhållandena var riktigt dåliga var det fortfarande väldigt kul att tävla, och det är alltid lika fantastiskt att åka skidor i den här miljön. + Mycket bra hjälp av Marcus med vätskelangning + Kroppen kändes rätt bra, var lite orolig för det innan start + Jag var nöjd med mina skidor - Borde ha tränat mer "inte så specifikt" för att vara bättre förberedd för en annan bansträckning - Behöver bli bättre i nedförsbackarna, onödigt att förlora tid där  Nordic Arena, the absolute best part of the track, here the snow was at least a bit packed October, a month that started in Toblach filled with great hikings, a run to Cortina and many more training sessions, lovely views and some real winter, and then ended on Åland with Chiara's first birthday and a very nice weather.          November started with many days with lovely weather, in the middle of the month we had a birthday part for Chiara, and in the end of the month the cross country-skiing season on TV began and the Christmas preparations started:)          December: a month with Christmas feeling, playing with gifts from the Advent calendar:), training, celebrating Christmas and New Year with family, an ice cold dip in the sea:), finally some snow, one cross country-skiing session and some very relaxed days            New Year    In July we celebrated our ninth wedding day, enjoyed the weather that was good lots of days and spent some days in the archipelago among other things.   Finished many runs with a dip in the sea    This summer we finally:) realized that there are good swimming opportunities around us, and if you visit them early in the morning after the training or in the evening you're almost alone. In August we also spent some days at sea and visited the new restaurant on Föglö, Carlsro Badhotell.      September was a month that contain a lot of a lot of things: training, everyday life, summer, winter, trip down to Toblach, different countries, hiking, running, rollerskiing, swimming etc.   Finishing the summer on Åland with a dip in the sea ...  ... and continuing it in Germany in 30 degrees ...  ... before finishing the summer for the year in South Tirol with a dip in Lago di Anterselva :)  And then just a couple of days later we welcomed the winter    On one of the hikes we got a ride up to 2 000 m.a.s.l, where we got to enjoy a beautiful view during our hike April and May were a lot about enjoying nature, spending time together and lots of training.               June came with a lovely summer weather and we enjoyed many days at sea, we did many training sessions and we celebrated a beautiful midsummer.        A summary in four parts of a very special 2020 Th year of 2020 and January began with a trip to Orsa for some cross country-skiing and Marcus competed in Orsa Skimarathon. This was also the first time for Chiara in the chariot, a success directly.     A couple of days at home on Åland ...   First run after pregnancy, such a fun morning:) before we went off to Toblach ...   A walk in Bamberg  Marcus has just finished Dolomitenlauf  First run with Chiara in the chariot in South Tyrol  Marcus ready for Marcialonga 2020  And so were the supporters:)  Enjoying life!  Many hours spent in the gym :)  Visit from Chiara's godfather FEBRUARY February started with the race Toblach-Cortina and Marcus and Chiara's godfather were ready as well as the supporters:). Otherwise February were a lot about being outside, skiing and we also spent a day in Anterselva/Antholz watching the Biathlon World Championship.    After the race Toblach-Cortina  Vltava-supporter  Marcus and Chiara outside Cortina  Cool girl  One of many nice cross country-skiing sessions  Italian food and Italian winter:)  Nice day with nice friends in Valle Aurina/Ahrntal  Gsiesertallauf  Running  World Championship in Biathlon in Anterselva/Antholz March was the month when the term corona or covid-19 got on everyone's lips and also started to affect us a lot, but the month started in a great way with my first race and also some beautiful winter days.  My first competition for the year, a huge goal for me after my pregnancy, and also the last competition that, together with Vasaloppet, took place because of covid-19.  One of many beautiful days  Celebrated an amazing birthday at Prato Piazza/Plätzwiese And all of a sudden in the middle of March we had to leave Dobbiaco/Toblach because of covid-19.  Although the journey back home to Åland came too early, we still had a nice journey home with a stop in Hamburg with a very windy morning jog Back on Åland it was a lot about being quarantined and training  |
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