Can a tech t-shirt be technical, a review of Fusion PRF Pro T-Shirt

I remember when I first start paying attention to the term technical t-shirt. It was in the nineties and I was working in a running store. Nike has start coming out with their Coolmax technology and it was suppose to be so much better than cotton. Now almost 20 years later I have gotten used to not pay attention to the term tech t-shirt. Why? since the term tech t-shirt is used for all shirts made of a synthetic material. An trust me, nothing is technical with most of those shirts. They cannot be used for any training and not like a cotton shirt, for cleaning your bike or to polish shoes.

Luckily you will find manufactures out there who actually wants to create a good product, and that is where the Danish company Fusion comes in. Fusion is making quality clothing for running, cycling and triathlon, but is that true? Well, so far I have to agree. Fusion is a typical Danish company they blend function first with good design and choice of materials. Everything on the t-shirt is there for a reason, and it looks good also.

What is nice with the Fusion PRF Pro t-shirt is the fit and materials. The t-shirt is made for athletes and endurance sports. Also the t-shirt has a different material on the back on under the arms. That is genius. This shirt is not a synthetic heat tap, it is working. It is nice to finally use a shirt that lives up to what is promised. After using this product I have finally found a technical t-shirt that is technical. Now I have to do the easy part, train.

So check out this gem of a Danish brand. You can find it here http://www.fusionsportsusa.com/

So how is training going Halvard?

It is almost Thanksgiving and then Christmas. This is the busiest time for me at work and my wife has been traveling a lot this fall for her work. As you can see I have all the excuses lined up already. But luckily my off season training has not been too bad.

I am not reinventing the wheel when it comes to my training. I am trying to build on the training I did with Coach Tony DeBoom. He got me from the sofa to the top of Gaustatoppen in less than two years so it would be stupid to not learn from it.



Here you have my principles:

• Learn to know yourself


• It is about endurance strength


• Have fun

Learn to know yourself

What does that mean? I am trying to get a good understanding of my body and use that as a data point for decisions making. I am not blindly following any measurement devices but try to use them as a supplement to training, mostly to keep the effort down when I have easy training. It will take time, but I feel that I am starting to get to know my body better now.

 

It is all about endurance strength

Let us be real. I am not swimming fast, bike fast or run like a runner during a long distance triathlon. It is not about the speed, but the strength to keep going. So my running intervals are usually 5x5 minutes uphill, I will also do threshold runs. The goal is to build endurance, not so much the capability to run fast with a lot of acid in the legs like a 1,500 meters runner. On the bike I do two sessions of low revolutions a week. I have good experience with those from my build up to Norseman. Swimming – let’s get back to that in 2014.

Have fun

Training and competitions are about having fun. Yes I can have goal, but the most important is the fun factor. If you take what you do too seriously when it comes to sport, being afraid of failure will be the most dominate thought and suck all life out of the experience.

My speed at Norseman - in YouTube format

I did not race Norseman, I tried to survive. Now I can get a glimpse of my speed. The athletes placing one step in front of and right behind have made YouTube videos. You can even see a slow moving Halvard.

The guy who beat me.



The guy I crushed ;-)

Norseman 2014 - my little contribution

The lottery is over and happy athletes have gotten their spot at Norseman 2014. I have already been asked questions from several athletes lucky enough to get a spot, and I answer as good as I can.

I also got this nice feedback on Slowtwich from one of the elite women.