So my crew – @nordictriathlonutveckling has begun the racing season! They’ve really trained hard this past winter and it’s been inspiring watching such young individuals training with such motivation and focus.
Elin was up first and drove up to Arlanda for the first race of the Swedish Triathlon Cup. We were pretty fresh off our training camp so there was still a bit of fatigue in the legs but she was fired up and ready to go. She didn’t dissappoing, winning the U18 race and finishing 3rd against all the U20 girls AND finishing 5th overall! It was a good showing and she was markedly faster then last year on the same course with slower conditions (rainy and cold)
Noah had a big target for his season debut, flying down to Ibiza for the World Junior Championships in Cross Duathlon and Triathlon (2 races in 3 days!) Noah also showed that his winter training was for real and took the Bronze medal in the Duathlon and finishing 4th in the triathlon despite dropping his chain on the MTB race and having to stop and get it sorted. He was closing on second and third on the run but he just ran out of real estate.
The Simon’s have both tested run for in some local run events and it’s looking good for those boys too.
So we are off to a great start and energy in the group is high. We have a hefty race schedule and a few of them will be testing their first half IM. The others will be focusing on the Swedish Championships in Umea at the end of June.
Yours truly is going to try a half IM – Challenge Vansbro – for the first time in a few years so I’ll be doing some long hard session with the boys doing IM 70.3 in Jonköping a week later.
It’s a great privelage to work in this program. It’s a great group and we have good support. To find out more about our squad go to Hem | Nordic Triathlon – click ‘Utvecklingslag’ or find us in Instagram at @nordictriathlonutveckling.
