Pictures from a beautiful winter

This winter has gone by so fast I haven't had the time to sit down and share any of my trips or adventures with you. Finally it looks like life is getting back to normal again so here are are some photos showing what a wonderful  and varied winter it has been:) 

Blåvegen

A 45 km long yearly tradition in classic style. Mostly double poling so it's a good race for those who have strong upper bodies, but not for me. I got a good exercise though and the weather was really nice this year:) All along the track it's people cheering and having a good time making the race even more fun!=)

My brother came in second place:D

It's always fun to get a photo with a celebrity: Tom Sandberg, former world and olympic champion. 

No competition:p

Photos from a an Easter filled with snow

Kveldtuva

It's hard work making new tracks in the endless amount of new snow coming during the Easter...

Bad weather coming, time to head back home...

More snow than normal indeed!

Luckily not our house nor cars...

The mailbox is just above the snow:)

Not much view at this family trip...

who fights about making the track?:p

High risk of avalanches this Easter, luckily this was all we saw of it:)

Vikskaret
From a switchyard at Viklandet it is nice to follow the route of the power-lines to up Vikskaret. From here you can either turn right and head for Vettafjellet or left and go to Vikfjellet. Or as I did some times, just turn and go back down. A short trip, but it gives a great view of Sunndalen and is great exercise:)

Sunndalen

The view towards Øksendalen

Børsetkjerringa
Just above Ålvundeidet. A short and nice trip that also gives a good view of the surrounding areas:) It was totally still the day I was there so one could sit and really enjoy the view, the coffee, the company and so forward:)

My mum and dad enjoying the day:)

Peknukjen
A perfect afternoon trip that was possible to do even when the days were short:)

 

NC in randonee skiing

Tarjei working hard up the hills

My mum and dad cheering at the top:)

Some photos randomly picked:)

Yes, I am a nerd:p

Johan Jørgen in his second skiing competition:)

A wonderful day spent skiing to Trolltind:)

:D

Weekend and winter --> skiing=)

This has been a beautiful weekend full of skiing! It started on Friday when I went to cheer on my brother in the Norwegian Cup for cross country skiing. It was a cold experience. Minus 14 degrees C. But still fun, one just have to keep on moving and be very engaged in the cheering. I came without the start list and since the organizer of the event did not hand them out it was difficult to cheer on the people I know. I do not recognize people in skiing suits (plus there faces were more or less covered due to the cold). Luckily university's sports team have very distinct racing suits; mostly green and with some black and yellow. They are perfect; One can recognize them anywhere and from far away. The competition is very tough in Norway and on Friday not even Petter Northug jr made it to the sprint finals.

On Saturday it was my turn to participate. I signed up for Markatrimmen, a 27 km long race, skating. It had been a long time since there had been any snow at all in Trondheim, but during the night it snowed a lot and because of that the tracks were awful; they were very loose and since the track was a bit narrow to begin with it made it almost impossible to get past anyone. It was also impossible to skate up the hills because the snow was too loose and one ended up walking, and there were no breaks downhill either, just more work. Even so, I enjoyed skiing again and I made it in less than 2 hrs with a great effort at the final stage. Here are the results for those who are interested: http://www.skiklubben.no/images/stories/markatrimmen/resultater_fristil_2012.pdf

Today, the whole family except my sister,got up insanely early for a Sunday to cheer on my brother. A 10 km classic race was on the schedule. It was no warmer than Thursday so once again it was a cold experience. My brother was not pleased with the result, but I enjoy cheering on him anyway=) We were back in my apartment before I would usually get up on a Sunday!

Petter Northug jr

Vegard Godø, the only other senior from Møre og Romsdal participating in the sprint

My brother has started:)

AND when we were not outside skiing, we were sitting inside watching all types of sports where skies are involved on tv :p