Summary of last week

There is much to do now so I do not have time to blog as I thought but here are anyway a small sign of life from me.
Last week was spent in Malmö and Mörrum in the job. My fears that it would be hard to eat right was in vain. It went very well and I have eaten well throughout the week. However, I did not eat my porridge for breakfast for four days but it was the only one.

The training, however, has suffered. I had time for a short run of 8k in Malmö, the first one since last fall. Since returning home, I rode on Saturday, my birthday, just under 3 h easy because I have a slight cold comming.

I feel I'm starting to find a concept in everyday life with the Vegan food. Everything works fine and I take the time to cook more than I did before. This also means that I almost always have food with me to work the day after. It's all about planning!

My plan for the upcomming winter is to run more often. I hope I can make it two times a week. The rest of the training will be in- and outdoor cycling and some gym at home. 

Have a nice day and CTFU!!

Early ride

Liniment season! Only +8 degrees when I rolled out at 06:30.

Woke up without the alarm today at 06:00 so what to do then? Of course I went for a ride, a short one. Just under 1 h @247W in average. That will be 3,3 W/kg. Nice ride in zone 3. My legs screamed: Why the fuck are you doing this so early in the morning and without breakfast? But I told them to shut up, like Jens Voigt :) (You can find my ride here)

Today I watched the last hour of the 6th stage of Eneco Tour. What a race! Attacks all the time and narrow winding roads up and down. It could´n be better.
In a week the Vuelta a España start. It will be one of the best ever if you look at which ones to attend. I´ll look forward to the battle between Froomie and Quintana. But don´t count Rodrigues out. I'm also curious to see what Adam Yates can do. I great talant.

Take care and carb the fuck up!

Friday

My Bianchi cyclocross

The weeks are flying away faster then ever now and it´s already friday. Today I set the alarm for 05:30 to hit the road and trails with my overhauled cyclocross for a recovery ride (the ride on Strava). +10 degrees, sun and a perfect tuned bike did the ride epic. This week will be a week with less training just because the lack of the time I have. I hope I have time to do two ride this weekend.

Since I converted to Vegan I have been feeling so much better generally. I don´t race right now so I have no proof if my cycling is better but the feeling when I ride is signifikant better. Previously my lowest weight has been 78 kg (this is in the middle of the summer when I´m leanest) but now the scale shows 75 kg. Thats pretty good for a 190 cm guy...I think.

My focus is now to sleep properly, at least 7,5-8 h, to drink plenty of water and to eat good meals with lots of carbs, like I´ve done all the summer now with good result.

Have a nice evening and carb the fuck up!!

My first post

Ok, time to start a new blog. Previously I tried to run a blog which was about my life as a ordinary cyclist, (http://jockehallman.blogspot.se/). I didn´t want to continue because of my big turnaround in my life. What was my turnaround then?

In may I stopped eating meat, mainly to improve my health even more. But soon, one month later, I saw Gary Yourofskys speech (see below). That speech opened my mind completly and I got aware what is right in life. I also realized Vegan not only is a way to eat...it´s a lifestyle which I love and proud to be part of.

So, who am I? I am a Swedish guy born in the early 1970s living in Sweden. My big passions in life are, besides the family, are cycling and now the Vegan lifestyle of course. Other topic that will pop up here is all kinds of training, nature and travel.

For information I´ve also started a new channel on YouTube, me on You Tube

So a warm welcome here and I hope I can make this an interesting blog.