I R O N K A I S A

So how to spend time if you are in my homecountry Finland, and specially in Helsinki? Look at this:

So this is what all triathletes will spend time with, else it is good shopping in town

I like Helsinki in the summer time. In Finland there is lots of times beautiful weather; dry and sunny skies, and if you like swimming or triathlon, you can go to swim in the swimming stadium. This is what I always do, I love the place… 50 meters pool open from early in the morning at 6 am, closing at 9 pm in the evening, heated pool in the middle of the city, always place even it sometimes gets a bit crowded, as the lanes are so wide that you really have good space to swim anyway.
Above of swimming, the Finns are grazy for aquajogging, so the wide lane on the left is only for aquajoggers! And there are lots of them, most of them though are really jogging… slowly slowly… very slowly, some of them having a bit of exercise in it, and always a few really running And believe or not, I dont even feel to get bored when jogging there together with so  many others, it is actually quite cool. And the belt you can just borrow from the pool, for free.
This stadium has existed in Helsinki since the Summer Olympics in 1952, and it is still a very famous swimming spot in the town during summer season. Fantastic! This is how I spent my week in Helsinki, in the pool
Swimming can also be included into your restitution training after an Ironman or half, do a week and just swim…swim even every day, and feel how your catch is getting better, and how your strength is growing

Well, what can I say, always the things are not going after the plan. My plan did not go like I wanted yesterday. I tried to be positive and optimistic about it all, but this time it did not bring me to the finishline. I was standing on the startline, and that I am happy about:

the race start

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This is how the race goes sometimes… fault in the times in the Ironman site… I never finished the race… no more comments today…

For me the race start goes at 8.10 in the morning, on Saturday, and you can see and even follow the race on Mallorca on website
www.ironman.com, race number 224.
Feeling good and feeling lucky to be in the start line again tomorrow morning.
Here some shoots from the morning training, race gear ready… thank you for my sponsors to help me with my equipment ! Crunching time…

Yes, here we go!

short run on the route

ready with the race gear

It is more or less a week to go for my first race of the year: Mallorca 70.3 will be on Saturday 12th May, and I am tappering = training less,  before the crunching time. Tapper is important part of racing, so if you make it well, you have a better race. But how to tapper correct, and what should you remember when tappering?

Mallorca 70.3 Saturday 12th May

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My absolut favorite restaurants in Alcudia are in Alcudia old town.
Not only because it is cosy up there, but also, because there are many good restaurants to choose from. Check the website
www.simplesite.com/pierorossi
Piero has a lot to choose from; tapas, spanish, italian, fish, meat, anything, nutricious, delicious. He even has a new restaurant in the harbor area in Alcudia beach.
Good food, good atmosphere, and even Ironman menus:

just a coffee???

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These days I have been reading some articles, where the good “old hotmeal” is not meant to be good breakfast anymore… Why, because it is lean carbohydrates, and gets the blood sugar to rise too fast, which is not good but stressing the body too much. But hey, remember it is not necessarily good just as it is for not-active-people. It is still a fantastic meal for us active sportsmen!!!

So much I enjoy my morning oats, fruits, Udo's Choice and still my newspaper, if time

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