Sometime this spring I got teased into joining up for another bikeride. This years task is not as huge as last years "Styrkeprøven" but yet, it’s 300 km of road, about 45000 steps on the pedals and 14-16 hours on the bike. So it’s with mixed feelings I’m getting ready for "Vätternrundan 2006" in Sweden.

One part of the getting-ready stage is to take atleast two bikerides of 100 km’s. That equals 1/3 of the distance of Vätternrundan and is a good pointer at how your own shape is. Yesterday we had our first ~100 km bikeride. The ride took five members of On.Wheelz.Biz plus one non-member to Orkdal and Orkanger, a small town about 45 km south-west of Trondheim. After making a brief stop at the local Esso gas-station we turned and went back home. To be fair, the weather was >bad<. The rain slaped me in the face and from time to time there was little visibility beyond 100 meters.

Yet I had fun and today I’m going to spend the day doing a slow bikeride and some workout at the local gym (3T Pirbadet) to make sure my legs are not hurt. Enjoy these days of rain people, summer will be all too hot anyway.