The whole family boarded the Icelandair flight here in Seattle May 8. Goal, land in Oslo, Norway mid day May 9.
Henrik ready for the flight.
The pilots at Icelandair had decided to have a 12 hour strike on Friday May 9. So we had to stay in Iceland 12 hours longer than planned. We got a hotel room, but it would be nicer to be in Norway with family.
12 hours later than planned we landed in Norway. So we got to be around 2.30 after a long day. Well Saturday was competition day for me. I had a spot at my brother's running club's team. The team rand in the senior class where you find young, skinny and fast runners. Even without jet lag it would have been hard. The Holmenkoll relay is a 11 miles and 15 stages relay around Oslo. The stages are everything form 600 meters flat to 2,5k. Some are hilly and some are downhill or flat. I had the 5th stage, 1240 meters with uphill in the beginning and end, and flat and downhill in the middle.
Fearless Racing Team at Bislett stadium.
The cool thing about the Holmenkoll relay is that you meet old friends and compete against or around many sports star. I spotted several Olympic medalists.
My run went ok, but nothing more. I had problem getting up to speed, but then again I have not done a lot of speed work either. With some more rest I should have done 5-10 seconds better, but I had fun. 90 minutes after the run, I ran another stage for my brother's employer. This was in the company class so it was mostly for fun. I ran the first leg and did ok. Hard to run fast when your legs are really tired before start.
After the relay I was tired.
