I’m still enjoying some time at home in Minnesota. Training is going well, and I’m settling back into the American way of life—for better or worse! Somehow I seem to have brought a small portion of Norway back with me. That is, the unseasonably cool weather! Despite all the complaining I’ve heard when walking around town, the cooler temperatures are great for training.

So, on to what I experienced this past year in regard to intensity training:  intervals, time-trials, etc. And by far, this was the aspect of training where I noticed the most difference from my experiences in high school and college.