Birkebeinerrittet 2010 lazy legs gone wild!

Lost in action.

We decided to test the bike properly before the first adjustment service.

I broke my derailleur dropout-thing after faceplanting infront of a few scared runners, we then managed to get lost  in the scary forrest:

After a few hours we actually made it to our destination:

Activity problem.

There have not been any updates since TinyTerry went MIA during his Christmas calendar so thought I would give a quick update.

TinyTerry have relocated from Sweden to Bergen due to a new job.  We are not sure how he is doing with preparations for the upcomming event.

GayGary is running 3 times a week, and are actually searching for jobs in Norway. Do believe he also will get his bike fixed soon.

Myself have been running 3 times a week with GayGary but have now managed to get injured. Doctors have confirmed it to be 2x inflamed calf tendons so now I have to eat pills and do alternative training.  Also I will be moving to Oslo next Saturday so we will try to give better updates when things have settled abit.

Birkebeinerrittet – Sold out in 41 seconds!

Two years ago, the race was sold out in 90 seconds. Last year, it took 66 seconds. This year, the tickets were available for just 41 seconds. Me and Frank were one of the lucky ones to book our spots in time! Not sure if I am happy or if I regret it, but no way back now!

Read more here: VG

-TinyTerry

Popular events….

Written by Tiny Terry

Tickets for the ski race and some tickets for the mountainbike race were put up for sale today. This caused the servers to break down. The popularity of these events is insane. Last year, they put up 6000 tickets on general sale for the bicycle race, these were sold out within 66 seconds.

On a different note, I finally got my bike that I am going to use over the winter. Not the best bike, but should be sufficient to get me started. The bike got assembled and everything was in place for me to get on with my training! I arranged to meet Frank at a gas station to do some fine tuning on the bike. It felt GOOD to get on the bike.... Everything went great, until I came down to Olympia Stadium.... My freaking crank fell off, and to make it worse this happened just in front of a beautiful girl waiting at the bus stop. Trying to keep my appearance, I rolled out of sight and had to try to fix the crank without any tools....

Crank/pedal fell off, and I have no idea on how to fix it

Frank came and of course almost died of laughter. We decided to roll the bike back to my place to try and fix it.  After a little bit of trying and failing, I thought I had fixed it, but realized after a few metres that the whole crank were about to fall off again. It is still not quite OK, since I need to get some tools to get it fixed.

Updates!

Written by Tiny Terry

It's been a few days since we decided to do this, and I must admit that the more I think about it, the more expensive it gets.....

Equipment needed:

Bike
Bike computer (with pulse meter and GPS)
Helmet
Clothing
Drinking
Hydration Pack (ala CamelBak)
Good back pack for our bacon explosion and champagne!
Registration fee
Insurance (license)

This is what we got so far:

Andreas: Got his bike already (temporary)
Tsair: Waiting for his bike to arrive (temporary)
Ralf: Well, he just found out that there are a few hills in the course....

Andreas is also showing off his googling skills, and are looking into training plans etc.

Plans:

We are looking into putting up a more extensive and interactive blog, and are trying to figure out what what domain to register (write your suggestions in the comment field).

Since winter is coming up, we need some alternative indoor training as well. This is probably going to be badminton, football and a few hours in the gym.

Tour de Helsingborg is still in planning, but hopefully, we'll figure out the course soon.

Next important date: 04th November 2009 - 09.00 - Registration for the race

There's going to be a big meeting (with the three of us) to discuss further plans and eat fårikål this weekend!

The course

Written by Freaking Frank

Luckily I only see the diner signs for now, but I guess when the race is getting closer I will start to see how stupid the plan really is.

Big PDF map:

To do list:
- Get a bike
- Get a helmet
- Get 3.5kg bacon to put in a backpack (regulations)
- Limit the alcohol/smoking abuse somewhat (or find healthy cigarettes/beer)
- Figure out a way to get in shape without doing to much of an effort
- Lower wind resistance
- Talk down to everyone else (staying positive to the project is important)
- Refuse to take any advices

I have probably forgotten a few things, but since we have a whole year to do this i figure we have time to catch up.

To be honest I could probably climb mount everest after one years preparation so this should be a walk in the park.

What did I just do?

Written by Tiny Terry

OK! I am the first to admit that I might be a little bit over-ambitious and this is probably not the smartest thing I have ever done.

A little background:

For the past couple of months, I have wanted to get back in shape (probably around 10 years since last time I was in shape), but I get easily bored, and am not able to train without some kind of goal/purpose/direction.

I love football and we tried to play on a weekly basis, but people quickly started to drop out.

We have thought of other kinds physical activity to replace the football, and hopefully, we'll start with some badminton soon....

In a weak moment (might be some alcohol involved), I remembered reading about something called Birkebeinerrittet, a course of 91 km on a bicycle, starting in Rena and ending in Lillehammer. In my desire to do something outrageous and not something that I would usually do, I thought to myself that if I gave this a serious shot, I could be proud of myself (at least for trying if i don't complete).

Luckily (or unfortunately), I got a colleague sitting next to me, who has a big problem saying 'No' to stuff like this, and as soon as I told him my plans and asked if he wanted to join, it didnt take long before we both were stupid enough to come to an agreement.

We will try and update this blog throughout a year, about progress and what our plans are

Wish us luck!