The first 5k for the season is done. I did 7.08 and got place 8th. I`m really happy about the way I did the race. It was very consistant and I did lap times within a second. From 33,4 to 34,4. In the first couple of laps, I was "testing" the speed a litle bit, it`s been a long time since last 5k. I`m most happy with the last part of the race, that I could keep the pace up. This is positive, and I feel I`m where I should be at this moment. Tomorrow is 1500m. That`s a whole lot different distance, and I`m going to work on a lower position and a longer push.

Now I`m in Russia, where I`m skating 5k and 1500m this weekend in the 3rd world cup of the season. I was using most of my days at home to do laundy and to get ready for a new trip. I`ve been here in Moscow two times before, and I think the ice feels better now than before, if I remember right. I`m hoping to do better races now than the ones I`ve done before. I`m skating 5k on saturday and 1500m on sunday.

The world cup in Heerenvees is over. I did skate 3 distances this weekend, 3000m friday, 1500m saturday and team pursuit on sunday. The 3k was hard from start to finish and I felt I was working really hard to keep up the pace. Technically I felt better on the National Championships on Hamar, and espesially the corners felt better at that time. I got 13th place on 3k with 4.13 and appr.8,6sec from the winner Groenewold. Looking at this, I feel I did a good job with the form I have right now. 1500m works better and better. 2.01 and 16th place i group A is ok. I`ve not skated with the girls I did the team pursuit with yesterday, Ida Njåtun and Hege Bøkko, but I think we did a good job for those 6 laps! Picture is taken by Naomi Schläger

The days in Heerenveen has gone so quick, and allready tomorrow it`s my next race. I`ve been training the way I wanted here, and I even found a hill I could use on my dry land workout the other day! The ice sessions have been good. Both the ice and the temp in Thialf seems to be colder than Berlin. I like it here, and I`m looking forward to 3k tomorrow. Now, I`m just done with massage and should be ready for 7,5 laps of hard working...

The world cup opening in Berlin went quite well for me. I won both the 1500m and the 3k in group B, and will start in group A next weekend! I`m happy about my races, and both the races were quite flat races. On the 3k I had lap times from 32,4 - 33,6. I feel sorry for my brother who couldn`t start in any races this weekend, he got sick. But I know he will come back stronger!

3k today was a good experience! 4.13,30 and 1st place is a good result, but most important is the feeling of beeing "back on track" again. Things start to work out good, both technically and psyically in the race. Next weekend I`m skating the world cup in Berlin. Sverre did do a great job in this weekend and he`s also ready for the world cups! Photo: Kirsti Biseth

First day of the Norwegian Championships is over, and I`m quite happy with my results. My 500m was ok, the time 41,75 is 43/100sec better than the race I did 2 weeks ago, but I`ve still got a lot to improve on this distanse. On the 1500m I had a good feeling, and was trying to copying some of the good stuff I`ve been doing on training into the race. I think it worked out in a good way and my time 2.01,78 is the 3rd fastest time I`ve performed in Norway ever. Before start I didn`t think of times or places, so getting the gold and performing that time is just bonus. I`m starting on 3k tomorrow. On this distance my focus will be to get in a good rythm and keep steady lap times.

Now the national championships are only a few days away, and I`m looking forward to compete again! I have to admit that I`m excited to see how my form are developing at this time of the season. I`ve been having some good sessions outdoor in Drammen the last week, but I`m looking forward to go indoor again. Maybe I don`t have to sharpen my skates everyday after skating in the Vikinskipet...The ice are ready for use on Hamar today, but I`m not going up there until tomorrow. Today I don`t have any ice session. On Saturday I skate 500 and 1500m and on Sunday I do the 3k.

Yesterday I was training on the out door rink in Drammen. This was my first session in out door conditions, but I feel I handled the wind and the rain on a good way. The plan was to skate there on tuesday also, but then the ice was not ready to skate on. The weather had been too warm to make ice. So then I did slide board instead. This weekend is a training weekend, my next races will be in the national championships next weekend.

I skated 3 distances this weekend on Hamar. 500 and 1500m on saturday and 3k on sunday. I got the times 42,18 - 2.03,44 - 4.19,74.I`m not thinking too much about the times I did now, the most important thing for me is to be capable to do some of the stuff I do good on training in the races. To feel that the body is working with me and that the technic are better now in the races makes me happy. These races are the only tempos I`ve done so far this season, so I`ve got a lot to improve on my speed. But I think that will be working better and better when I start to do more and more races. I also think that the technic was working better this weekend, and my lap times were more even now. So I`m taking it step by step still, and believes that I can do some good stuff later this season! (Picture is taken by Kirsti Biseth)

Tomorrow I`m skating 500 and 1500m in the first Norwegian Cup in Hamar. On sunday I will do a 3k again. It`s good to get some more races in before the National Championships,the first weekend of November. The first couple of days this week were quite easy ones, and I spent some more time on the school. And now we`ve had some normal training days again, and are back on Hamar. It`s a litle weird, but I feel the hard training weeks first in the easy week that follows the hard ones. Then it takes some days with normal training again, before everything feels ok again. Now I hope my body had enought rest, and are ready for new work!

Yesterday I did my first races for the season. 1500m and 3k was on the program, and I got the times 2.04,81 and 4.21,06. It`s not scary fast times, but it`s atleast a start for me. I haven`t done any speedwork or tempotraining so these races are good traning for me. Next weekend I get a new chance in the first norwegian cup. I have still some things to improve technically, but both races were positive experiences and I`m looking forward to the next ones.

Long time since last update. Finally I have delivered my school task, and can relax a litle again. At least for some days. On saturday I will skate my first competition for this season. 1500m and 3k are the distances I will skate. It`s two hard distances, but it`s important and good training for me. I`m going to use the first couple of races as speed training, and I`m not expecting tip-top shape now. I`ve been keeping up the large training loads until these races, and that`s why I`m keeping my shape "on hold" a litle further. Hamar was my training location last week also, and the conditions in the rink is better that it was in the summer. On friday I met some young and talented skaters from my home town, Jevnaker. And it will be fun to watch them this weekend, hopefully many will set some new PB`s!

Endurance test on the program today. The results were good, my threshold is now higher than before, and I`m hoping to get my capasity out on the ice as well. That`s the most important thing!

Last night, I came home from a good training camp in Berlin. During the 11 days I spent there, I was doing a lot of training. Both ice training and dry land training. This week will be an easier week. It`s important to let the mind and body get a litle bit rest after a periode with a lot of training and attention on each training. I feel my technic has improved since last ice periode, and espesially the corners feels better. Now I`m looking forward to keep developing this technic on Hamar in the beginning of ocotber. Before that, I have a endurance test again next monday the 22nd. I`m excited to see how my level is now, after a lot of time on the ice.

August is over, and I`m happy the way I trained the last month. I went to Berlin on Thursday, and I will stay here untill the 15th. I`ve been on the ice two times, and the ice feels good. It`s fun to skate again! The temperature here is quite different to what it was in Norway when we left, here it`s about 20 degrees now. Good conditions for cycling. The focus on this camp is good training loads in good skating positions.

The Olympics are over. It was a lot of impressing performances in Beijing, and I would like to congratulate all the norwegian athletes who did great. It gives me inspiration and motivation to see other who fights hard to fullfill their dreams. Now I`ve started on school again, and this semester I will take three classes. As you can see, I`ve got a "new" web site. Thanks to my web master for all help! I`ve kept the frame and put some new stuff on the inside of it. New pictures are now available! My brother, Sverre, has also a new site. Check out www.sverrehaugli.com

Yesterday I was competing in Ringeriksmaraton, an 42195meters long event from Vik to Jevnaker (my hometown). But I was not running all those meteres, I only ran about 10km in the relay class, and I think it was especially fun to be on the winning team for the elite mix class. A lot of promesing and good athletes were on this team: Frode Andresen and Solveig Rogstad from biathlon, Anders Aukland from cross coutry skiing, Rune Fenne, Ingunn Opsal and Gunhild Halle Haugen from track and field, and my brother Sverre. My stage was 4,64km long and I was running as hard as I could from the beginning to the end! I was so tired when I sent out my brother for the next stage. I think I used about 18.15 on my stage. But it`s nice to feel that I now can really push my body, knowing that I`ve been training "normal" before this great event! I think it`s good to do some competitions now and then,and I`m already looking forward to next years race and I hope to be in an even better running shape then!

Now I`m home again after another good periode on Hamar. I had some good sessions on the ice, and had a lot of good quality in skating position. I feel I have reached another level technically again after the camp in Heerenveen, almost a month ago. Now it`s “back to basic” and it will stay that way until beginning of September . then we are going to Berlin for a new ice camp. But before that I`m going to follow the Olympics from Beijing closely from the sofa! I`m found of nearly all kinds of sports, so it`s good timing that the Olympics are on television the next week when I`m having a week with less training. I feel that the weather has changed a bit the last couple of weeks, the fall is soon here. The picture is from a bicycle trip on Hamar where I had forgotten my shoe raincovers. Then I had to look for other properties so I could keep my feet dry as long as possible…

I`m now home for some days before I go to Hamar again on monday. The ice training is a litle bit harder than all other trainings and it`s important to notice how the mucles responds on the ice training. So far the training has been working out good, and I start to like my new skates better and better. I`ve got a question if I would start in some test races soon, and the answear to that is no. I would keep on focusing on training good and skate races when the time is ready. It`s easy to save to much on some trainings on forehand before such competitions, which doesn`t meen a thing. I`m going to test my form in other competitions such as Ringeriksmaraton August 16th. (2 stages a 5km)

Now I`m back on ice, this time I`m on Hamar. It`s some differences between the conditions we had in Thialf 3 weeks ago, and what`s the reality here on Hamar. The temperatur in the rink is about 8-10C colder and as a result of this the ice get "icy" in no time. But; I can do skating again, and that`s the most important thing. I came up here on saturday and will this time stay to the 31st. Then I go home for some days, before I go up again the 4th-8th of August. I think the two first sessions have been positive, I`m working on a lot of the same things as I do on the rollers. And this time I feel the gap betweeen the rollers and the ice skates have been smaller than before. It takes less time to get used to the "new" equipment again, after changing from rollers to ice skates and the other way around.

This is what my shoes looked like, after a running session in the forrest... It was fun to run in a different terrain than I usually do, even if my shoes got dirty and wet. Yesterday I was in the same terrain, but then I was using my bicycle. That was also a lot of fun, and it`s a litle bit different to do cycling in the terrain compared to city cycling. I think the cycling session yesterday was both fun and challenging and it was nice to see some new places. This area is the place where I usually go cross country skiing in the winter time.

Now I`m back to dryland training and will keep it this way until the summer ice starts on Hamar in the end of July. On thursday it was rollerskating training again and I used the first couple of laps to get into the right technic. Yesterday I had some endurance tests again. I did both lactat profile and max VO2 test. I`ve improved quite a bit on these tests on only two months. This gives me faith that I`m doing some things right at the moment. But I still have a way to go and I will keep working on these things in the next months as well. Now I have to find my MTB and make it ready for tomorrows ride in the terrain. I`m looking forward to it!

My brother, Sverre, and I are now "Team Sparebank 1 Jevnaker". We`re really glad and proud to have a co-operation with our local bank this season. The partners we have a co-operation with are making it possible to do top sport, and to go after our dreams. The last couple of years I`ve had PricewaterhouseCoopers as a generalsponsor and Coop Mega as a mainsponsor, and I`m really happy to continue this also for this season. Without the contribution from all of my partners and suppliers it would have been a lot harder to be an top athlete.

I came home on thursday after 12 good days in the Netherlands. I`m satisfied with the camp and how I solved the technical challenges on the ice. This camp was also an excellent oppertunity to test out new equipment. It`s important to get confortable on it before the race season starts, and usually I`m giving up way to easy when I`m trying out new stuff. It`s too easy to go back to the old equipment, and this time my brother Sverre pushed me a litle bit to don`t give up the new things too early. Now I`m quite happy with my choice, and will skate the next season on both an another shoe and blade than I`ve done the last couple of years. This week will be a litle bit easier before I start to train "normal" again before I`m going to Hamar on summer-ice in the end of this month.

Now I`m in Heerenveen. We arrived on saturday, and will stay until the 3rd of july. They have summer-ice in Thialf at this time, so now I can finally try my ice skates again. It`s almost 5 months since last time I had them on, so I was a bit excited before the first session on the ice. But I`m feeling good on the ice, and I will use this periode espesially to get better on my skating technic. I will also keep training on the normal stuff as I do at home such as aerobic work on the bicycle and general strenght. The cycling roads here in Holland is much better than I`m used to in Norway, here they have their own roads for cycling something that makes it much safer. I`m also satisfied with the ice conditions in Thialf, I`ve never been here before at summertime, but I think the ice here is good.

Today it was time for competition again. I was competing in a hillrace which has 400m up on the 2km long course. I used about 15.25 up the hill, and got 5th place I think. The winner used 14.11 and set a new course record. I was so tired under the race, but I`m glad I`m able to really push my body again. My brother Sverre won the mens competition and ran up the hill on 10.57, something I find really impressing. This time is second best ever in the history of this race, only Knut Aalien has performed better with 10.38 in 2000. Foto: Knut A. Ramsrud

Now I`m finally having a easy week after many weeks with hard work. May was a good trainingmonth. I`ve started up with position training again and have kept up the good work on the endurance training and been trying to develope my technic further. On these areas we`ve now got some help from the wellknown coach Hans Trygve Kristiansen. I`m happy and I`m sure I`ve got a lot to learn. He will be with us on some trainings and is going to keep an eye on the whole traningplan. He has been in this game for a long time, and I think that it`s still a lot of the same thoughts for endurance and technic that are the same now as 15 years ago. And I also think that this will make my headcoach Knut Andreas Ramsrud better. Since last update I`ve been holding my breath, waiting for my testresults from my schoolwork... But they all went pretty good, so now I can start to prepare for next year! This weekend I was relaxing on my cabin. It`s nice to do something else for a couple of days. I`m planning to attend to a running-race next saturday, so next weekend won`t be that relaxing...

On tuesday I had some endurancetests on Olympiatoppen in Oslo. Max VO2 and lactatprofile... The difference this year from the others, is that I now run instead of cycle. I feel I can push my self even harder on running than I can do on cycling. The results were ok. It`s good to take some tests now, to see where I am now, so I have a clue where I want to be in some months. Endurance is one of the most important things for me at this time of the year. I`m also done with my tests on school for now, so hopefully I know in some weeks if I`m done or have to do it all over again...

I`ve not been doing any skating exercise on 3 months, so I was really exited before todays session on the rollers. I was hoping my ancle would be fine. Usually I have to use some sessions to get used to the technic I use on the rollers, because it`s a litle bit different since we don`t have the clap system. But todays sessions was surprisingly good. It`s fun to do some training in skatingposition again. I`ve only been thinking about technic development in my head since I got injured, so it feels nice to finaly be able to do something about it.

It`s the 3rd time I`m competing in Skarverennet, a cross country competition over 38km. The weather is usaually great at this competitions weekend, and this year was no exception. This year I was using the whole day and enjoying the nice weather, instead of racing in the elite class. I didn`t want to take any chances with my ancle. I want to thank everyone at Ustekveikja Energi for a super weekend!

A lot has happend since last update. Last thursday I desided to go out from the national team. I would like to stay there, because it should be the best oppertunity for the best skaters. After two seasons with not so good results, I`ve been looking back in my trainingdiary and been thinking about which changes I have to make to improve again on the ice. These changes are unfortunately not possible to make on this team, and then I have to do things on a different way. I have to take responsebility for my results and to find back to good form. This also means that I can spend more time at home and stay more on school and be able to see my familiy and friends more, which also is quite important in the "big picture". Knut A. Ramsrud will be my headcoach, and hopefully I will have "everything" ready in short time. I`m looking forward to start the trainingseason!

It`s been some days now since last training, I`ve having a cold and have to take it easy. It`s boring to just stay on the sofa, but I`m watching tv when there`s good shows on so it`s ok. These days I`ve also been thinking about a facelift on my site. It was almost 43 000 who visited my site in 2007, and that was about 45% more than the year before. Thanks to everyone who have visited this site, I hope you come back soon again. If you have any coments about my page, or any ideas how to make it better, please send me a mail.

Now the easter holiday is over, and it`s time to start working agian for a new season. I`ve had a vacation long enough now, and it feels good to finally start doing something again. During the easter hoilday I was taking it easy, and I had a lot of fun. I had some really nice tours in beautiful weather with my cross country skiis and I even tried to catch some fish, but without any result. The picture are from Brevik.