Inspiration from a friend

Inspiration can be found everywhere if you are open minded. This time it was not hard to find the inspiration.

A short time ago I received an e-mail from a friend from one of the service companies working with me at the rig when I was offshore.
"Tei", and I have talked a lot about triathlon, it's approximately one year since we met last. Tei has done some olympic distance triathlons 24 years ago, and was really eager to get back on the horse again with a dream of doing a full Ironman once. The main issue was that Tei has been troubled with injuries for some time which he couldn't figure out and hence couldn't prioritize to train as much as required.

Last Spring, Tei was seeing a doctor to try to figure out what the injury problem was about, further on you can read his story:

"
> Hi Jan Morten,
> This is Tei (Bakerhughes) from TOA. Heard that you got a job onshore - congratulations!
> Just wanted to let you know that I finally got my arse in gear and bought myself a bike back in March, then > went to see the doctor about my hip.
> After he had diagnosed early onset osteo-arthritis and probably a hip replacement in a few years -  
> for some reason it made me more determined to try triathlon again after 24 years off.
> I entered a few local triathlons, mainly sprints and one Olympic - then went and did IM Wales back > on the > 16th September!
> It was a great event and a great day. Everything went well on the day (except I lost my garmin
> forerunner  910xt on the swim!)and I managed to finish in 11.42 - not bad for a first attempt by a > 47 year old!
> What a great buzz and an awesome experience!
> I've attached one of my finisher photos from finisherpix.

>Maybe thinking of doing a 70.3 next season - we'll see?

>Take care and maybe see you around somewhere

>Cheers
"

Inspirational for sure, below you can see the picture of one happy Tei. Remember whats behind, the story and the passion :)

When asking Tei if I could share his story, I also got the following update:

"
First of all some good news about my Garmin 910xt. I contacted Garmin telling them that I had lost the watch in the sea during the race and sent them my quick release strap. They decided that the quick release kit was faulty and sent me a new 910xt watch and quick release kit!!!!! 
- Thank you Garmin!

I'm still buzzing from my Ironman experience and also winning my triathlon clubs vets section this season (Celtictri.co.uk). Still havent had my M dot tattoo yet though! I can recommend Ironman Wales as a really great event with amazing support all around the course - If  you like cooler climates and hills.

I have been thinking on having another go at Ironman when I qualify for super vets 50+ and maybe trying to qualify for Kona - but this is only a distant dream at the moment.
"

Well Tei, you have done a good job so far despite your set-backs. So if anyone is thinking of qualifying in age group 50-54 for Kona in about 2-3 years, watch out for Tei. Here we have a man with a dream, on a mission :)

Back in Business?

Ja, jeg tror og håper det :)

Det har vært veldig rolig fra meg de to siste månedene. Det er mange unnskyldninger til det, men noen er at det har vært lite trening og ingen konkurransemål i sikte.

Siden NM lang 21.juli har jeg vært en del skadet i venstre ankel. Jeg hadde noen viktige konkurranser igjen og prøvde å gjøre det beste ut av situasjonen for å kunne delta i og fullføre disse konkurransene. Dette endte med enda en småskade, nå i høyre kne (Mest sannsynlig av overkompensasjon pga venstre ankel.)
Så etter IM 70.3 VM i Las Vegas 9. september kuttet jeg mer eller mindre ut løping i drøye 6 uker og sykling i 4 uker. Det var sesongpause og jeg trente litt når jeg hadde lyst (Svømming og styrke med ellipse/x-trainer som oppvarming). Det har vært veldig greit å kunne prioritere et litt mer sosialt liv med familie og venner en stund og det satser jeg på å kunne opprettholde langt inn i 2013 :)

Nå etter noen uker med økende treningsmengde og stadig innføring av faste treningsrutiner ser jeg at skadene har gitt seg. Nå er det min jobb og styrke de svake områdene og fortsatt holde meg skadefri!

Jeg er enda ikke der at jeg har fått definert planen for 2013, selv om jeg ofte tenker på den :)
Med den gradvise innføringen av treningsrutiner føler jeg at jeg får innført bare kvalitetsøkter uten at belastningen for raskt blir for stor og det kommer godt med i en travel hverdag nå når jeg har begynt å jobbe på kontor på land i stedet for rotasjon offshore med mye fritid.
Jeg er ikke i tvil om at øktene jeg planlegger vil gi meg enda mer fremgang til neste år så lenge jeg klarer å opprettholde grunnstammen og de forebyggende nøkkeløktene. Kvalitet og rutiner med et variert treningsopplegg er viktig og i alle fall når tilgjengelig tid er begrenset.

For vintersesongen blir det disse trenerne som skal holde skikk på meg:

Svømming - Øyvind Egset
Løping - Einar Søndeland
Sykkel - Coach Troy Jacobson (Spinervals) og Guppi (Spinning)

Styrke/core/stabilitet og tilpassing av plan (totalbelastning) får jeg ta meg av selv, ja også treningen da :)

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