2009

Mar 23

12 hour test

During last weekend the team was getting togheter in Stockholm for the first training camp for the season. Mornington Hotel in Bromma was the base camp for the weekend, that started with VoMax tests on Friday, continued with a 12 hour test on Saturday and Sunday was a technical day with ropes and race tactics.

Read more about the scienceprojekt on: www.gih.se/multisport


Mikael Mattsson from GIH are looking over the monitors before the test on Mikael.



John is just started the VoMax test.


Per in the Dart Vader outfit.


Viktoria did some impressive results on the bike.



Mikael Mattsson with team did all the necessary tests.


Kayak and rowing machines was on the program 3 times during the day.



7 hours in to the test, the team took 10 seconds for a photo shoot.


Every 3 hours the team was up on the bikes for 1 hour of biking on 170W and 70rpm.


On Sunday the team did technic training with ropes and diskussed race tactics. All the big races this year have big ropeworks so it was a great time to practice.

 Next thing is a training camp in Greece, 10-19 of april.

Mar 06

New bikes for 2009

Team Explore choise of bikes for the 2009 season are done. Team team will race with both Scott Spark 10 och Scale 10, depending of the race and individual choice.

www.scottusa.com

Feb 09

Tests for 2009

Lactat test

The team is starting the year 2009 with physicaltests on the team, to see how they have improved their training during the winter. Mikael was first out and here he is doing the VO2Max test. The test was done at the Wintersport centra in Östersund and done by Martina Höök.



In Mars the team will do a 12 hours test for the reasearch at GH/Åhstrandslabratoria in Stockholm. Then the team will be a test team to see what happen with the body during endurance sports that cover so many hours. The team has been tested since 2005, and also done a 24 hours test, and the responsible for the test in Stockholm has reached new and exciting information that the team will have good advance to know into their own performance.


Mikael pushing on the 400Watt level on the bike

2008

Dec 17

Team Explore´s story in Outside

This issue of swedish Outside, you can read Mikael Lindnords story from Adventure World Championship in Brazil. All the problems and joy from a racers view.

www.outsideonline.se

Dec 12

No ADAC

Today Abu-Dhabi Adventure Challenge starts but with out Team Explore. Team captain Mikael Lindnord had a virusinfection just after he came home from the World Champs in Brazil, so with this short notice the team couldn´t find a replacement that was good enogh, becouse the Abu-Dhabi race requires very good paddling skills to perform.

Now the team looking forward to the next season after a 3rd place finish in Colombia last week.

Dec 06

The team in Colombia

After the ARWC in Brazil the team aimed for Abu Dhabi adventure challenge, but made a quick change just a couple of days before the start of 7 Cerros Medellin, in Colombia. A great urban race where Petri Forsman recently years have been racing.
Mikael Lindnord got really sick after arrival to Sweden with some virus after ARWC, and had to cancel his participation and the replacement in Colombia will be Ola Alsterholm.

Petri Forsman, Viktoria Wallin, Martin Flinta and Ola Alsterholm in the lineup.

Nov 11

ARWC report

The big and fantastic support crew together with the team just before the start.

The team and the support crew arrived to the stunning beautiful small village Jericoacaro on the 28th and got some hot days in the sandy terrain for acclimation. Except the 5 person support team from Sweden the team also got the greatest help from Andres Barbagelata, who helped the team with support and also with translation from English to Portugees! We also had two excellent drivers; Delano and Eliberto.


The carconvoy heading to the start... Photo: Helena

The logistic before the race was hard. The race briefings and opening ceremonies started really late in the evenings and the transports to different destinations (which were two) - one for the briefing and handing out the maps, and the other on was to the start - was starting really early morning.


Teams fighting for positions...

The start over the sandunes, Mikael coming from left side...

During this paddling section the team could choose to take a bonus CP, which meant that they could take away 4 hours mandatory sleep (every team had a “sleep card” where they must sleep at least 8 hours during the race, and this sleep must be taken out in different CP) The team decided to not take this extra CP.

Team Explore together with the becoming WorldChampions Orionhealth.com on the starting leg. Photo: Alexandre Cappi

After the night paddling the team reached TA and changed for a biking leg, the section was going to be very sandy so the teams headed out with gaiters on and still the team was in strong mode.

The biking took the teams trough small villages and when night set in the team reached TA at the church. There the team had to make a bit slower change when Viktoria had problems to keep food and liquid. But after eating and slowly drinking the team set off again.

On this stage the team made some mistakes when they didn´t find one of the CP and lost around 4 hours seaching… so the team lost places, but very near the other teams with about 6 team within an hour.



Hot mountainbiking section..



The fantastic buildning that the organisation had put up on the sanddunes just infront of the ocean where the opening cermony, registration and closing cermony took place. Photo: Tomás Gridi Papp

Then out on a biking again during daytime and a very hot one again, and the team gained time against the team infront. Then followed a trekking and a biking and then a kayaking. During the kayaking Viktoria became really sick and after hours and hours of not beeing able to keep anything in her stomage the team took the decision to call for help. Viktoria did a great effort trying to keep on going but a least it became impossible. The team withdrawln only 7 hours from the finish and was at that time the best place Scandinavian team.


Helena and Andres together with the local children that happily and interested followed everything that happend in the TA. Photo: David dos Santos Jr

The team had a high ambition during this AR World Championship and raced hard during the time on the course. But sometimes things don´t goes as planned. The team will now look forward to Abu-Dhabi race in December!

The team out training the day before start. Photo: Davis dos Santos Jr

A HUGH thanks to all in the support team, the race organisation, and to other teams and assistants around the course that helped out!!

Oct 31

The team is in Jericoacoara

Yesterday the team was out running in Fortaleza on one of the biggest beaches in the middle of the day and got attacked buy a small gang and get robbed on a Suunto watch, but could run away at the end and got Police escort back to the hotel.

After getting robbed in Fortaleza the team got all the other gear and crew to Jaricoacoara the team feels good.

Martin Flinta, Viktoria Wallin, Petri Forsman and Mikael Lindnord.

The team training in the waves in Jeri.

Registration at the HC. Very impressive organisation.

Trying the official Ecomotion boats at the big mall in Fortaleza the 28/10.

Oct 22

Petri in Länsi-Uusimaa

Yesterday Petri Forsman was in interview in local newspaper Länsi-Uusimaa regarding the big goal for the season.
Read the article: http://www.lansi-uusimaa.fi/Urheilu/Urheilu-Uutiset/Paauutiset/Seikkailijan-harjoituspainona-oma-tytar

The Forsmans, Petri and Aada in training! Photo: Kari Sallinen

Oct 20

Martin second in Trinidad

Martin Flinta just survived the two day stage race in Trinidad. He got second just Richard Ussher in front of him. " I had a good race and it felt ok in the heat. Tough course with 4-5 meters waves and real djungel running and heavy beaches."