With just three weeks left before my first race of this season, I`m doing my last preparation at the Spanish Island Gran Ganaria. The same place as in December last year but this time I brought my montainbike.

The plan was to escape from a hectic week back home in snow to sunny conditions again. And belive me; Gran Canaria has not been sunny at all..I don`t know the number of times I`ve been to this island but I`ve never experienced such bad weather before. Hurricane and lots of rain! I`m happy I`m not here on holiday to get a nice swimsuite-tan like most of the tourists

Desipading bad weather, training is still going on as planned and more intensive training is on the program. I`ve already done some good intervalls on a gravel road close by where I stay. It feels good to push my body and heart again, and this is the perfect preparation I need to get in a okay shape for my first race March 13th in Bonelli Park USA. My personal trainer Ragnhild was here last week to take a close look on my training and to do some testing on the hard efforts. This was important feedback for me and proved I was on the right level during training all the time.

I still have one week left on this island, so I hope for some sun the next seven days, otherwise my bike-tan from South Africa will disappear and my legs will be as white as my new S-Works ERA.

Big Smile

Lene