Today was MCK MTBs training day at Allebike and naturally I am always tempted to buy things there because they actually have things. But I only bought some cleaner and ski guards so I don't scratch the glide sections. I did manage to escape the temptation of their lovely frames.

Anyway, after some outdoor warmup with the kids, Karlsson decided to kill us with some styrka. Naturally, those pilates balls were first on the agenda just to destroy the illusion anyone may have about their good balance. This stuff is always tough. I should be training this here now that I have a room and know where the ball is. The rest was your usual tough sets of weights and various lunges and other torture methods.

To top the morning off we had the obligatory 500m race on the rowing machine. Philip was the champion of the day. I delivered a decent 1:49 after sliding a bit off the seat in the middle so I probably could have done 1:47. I beat Tomas with this time since he fell off the seat with about 100m to go and decided his first experience with a rowing machine was not going so great. So with burning throats, it was time for a yummy lunch with some planning for the season.

After lunch was a spinning pass which was basically like a normal gym pass. No high intensity TC-style stuff...just typical climbing. This felt pretty good and by the hour I was still ready for some more. Of course now I feel like I want to die, but that is why we have sofas and TV.

Anyway, I felt like my skiing has had some good effect on my fitness level and strength. Good good.