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PostsNamib Race (2016) blog posts from Thomas Stordalen
10 January 2016 04:10 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
The training towards Sahara Race is going well and after a good 2015 season im ready to get on with the quality-training this year. My coach Sondre Amdahl put together a nice "show" this week and im very happy with all six runs. In 2015 i ran 4125 km, competitions included so i feel that my body is ready for the challenges that are ahead of me with The Grand Slam. But im patient and will build my self up nice and steady in the upcoming months befor the first race.
Week 1
Monday 04.01: Restday.
Tuesday 05.01: 15 km temporun.
Target: Three km warmup, then 10 km with good speed, 2 km easy at the end.
Summary: Very pleased with this workout on the treadmill. Kept an average pace of 4:11 pr km on the 10 km. My legs responed great.
Wednesday 06.01: 10 km easy.
Target: Nice and easy run.
Summary: My legs felt good after yesterdays temporun. This run was also on the treadmill.
Thursday 07.01: 3 km easy.
Target: A free run, no more than 1 hour.
Summary: Ran 3 km very easy before I went home.
Friday 08.01: 20 km longrun.
Target: 20 km easy. Day 1 of 3 days with longruns.
Summary: Good legs on the treadmill and great mental-training as my view for the night was concrete-walls!
Saturday 09.01: 20 km longrun.
Target: 20 km easy. Day 2 of 3 days with longruns.
Summary: Ran with backpack, 8 kg and i felt so strong. Focused on my techniqe and really enjoyed this one.
Sunday 10.01: 20 km longrun
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04 January 2016 01:02 am (GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris
This year will be an amazing and awesome year and probably the best year in my life so far. Its so crazy to think about The 4 Deserts Grand Slam and my goal to become the first norwegian to accomplish this. I have a lot of work to do this winter and the training has begun. I will post a blog each week that describes my training so that should be fun reading, hopefully.
Why The 4 Deserts Grand Slam?
Three years ago my life was not good at all. I hated my job, my life and my body. 136 kg in january 2013 and that was a real shock for me. I started a journey to change my life and today im a very healty and happy man. The longest distance ive ever had run before this point was 3 km. I will tell you more about this in a later blog.
When I was a young boy I always wanted to do something special and unique. Something that no one had done before. When I saw the movie Desert Runners for the first time i thought it looked very exciting. A few months later i saw the movie one more time and decided to go for the challenge if no other norwegian had done it before. There are several norwegians that have done some of the races and Frode Lein, Gunnar F
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