Training and competitions in Sweden
I am back in Sweden enjoying the lower temperatures in comparison to Texas that is having a heat wave. The trek over the Atlantic is always fairly tiring, so I take it easy the first days. My first training was to be a mountain bike ride on some easy trails (mostly gravel roads) around my log cabin in the province of Dalecarlia, or Dalarna in Swedish. Well, after 4 miles I had a chain drop in an uphill and in my desperate attempts to free my feet, I peddled and twisted until I got the chain stuck. At least I got my feet off and avoided a fall. There was nothing to do but to walk back. Four miles, but I was able to roll downhill! A quick trip to the nearest town where I found a very nice bike shop that fixed the problem by the next morning. Then, I managed to ride 27 miles without problems. But I realize, I will have to tackle harder trails if I am going to have a good time on the race "Cykelvasan" in August. It is more or less on the same trails where the cross country ski r