Postings for juli 2009 | Aksel Lund Svindal
On the way to Mt Ventoux
Just left Monaco flying north to see todays Tour de France stage going up to Mt Ventoux. Should be around 1h flying time at 125 knots. Exciting day!
Training at the Olympic center
It's been a good week of training. Starting to get into the condition I need to be in. It feels good to work out hard when you know you're doing something that's gonna make you faster on the slopes. Since I've been biking a lot I'm missing some of the max power, so I'm working on that. Here I'm getting help from my coach Trond. He is ready to help me up if I can't lift the weights. Lifting heavy weights you have to be very careful to avoid inujuries. Push the limit of what you can do, put not so far that you hurt yourself. In the end skiing is way more important than lifting 5kg extra.[...]
Field Productions
Had the team from Field Productions over today. We did interviews for their upcoming skimovie "Eyes Wide Open, check out www.fieldproductions.com for the teaser, and looked at some of the stuff we filmed in Canada. Fun gang of young guys making world class ski movies. Ok, this photo is a bit arranged...haha. But I wanted to get everyone in the frame, cause these guys are usually behind the camera. Well, except for the guy in the red pants. He's a sick twintip skier and does both.
Taco rocks after training
Dont know if taco is perfect for recovery, but it tastes perfect. Went on a 3 hour bike side with my brother and then we made taco. Enjoying it right now. Hmmm
Stopping for a swim
On the road. Its a hot day and really to nice to spend in a car. So i stopped at a random like in austria to take a swim.
