Jens Arne Svartedal is ready for on-snow glacier training at Sognefjellet in Norway. But the sprint World champion would have skipped this camp if the choice was his.
– I have always said that summer skiing gives few benefits. I have experienced too many bad workouts on the glacier at Sognefjellet, says Svartedal.
The Norwegian national teams including sprinters and distance skiers started their on-snow camp on Tuesday this week. And everyone will be there by Thursday.
— Odd-Bjrn and I are doing some work for one of our sponsors on Tuesday and won’t go up before Tuesday night, explains Svartedal.
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<p>Bad experiences</p>
<p>This is a camp Jens Arne Svartedal would rather be without. </p>
<p>— Some camps you just have to go to, even if you don’t feel for doing it, he says. </p>
<p>Because Svartedal is a dryland-man. He prefers traditional dryland training in the summer. </p>
<p>— It’s OK on the glacier if the conditions are good. But my experience is of variable weather and conditions (read: rain/wind) and that quickly makes the workouts less than good. But he sees that others are of the opposite opinion. </p>
<p>For many this is the highlight of all the camps we have, but not for me, he says.</p>
<p>He underlines that this isn’t a protest toward the proposed camp schedule, but a contribution in the training debate regarding what’s important and valuable and what’s not. </p>
<p>He is despite this positive to participate at the camp, especially since the ski manufacturers will be visiting.</p>
<p>– That way we’ll do some testing and conversations we were not able to do this winter.<br />
Strong on the bike</p>
<p>The season preparations are well under way for Svartedal. He feels that he is off to a better start than in many years.</p>
<p>— I hardly trained at all in April, but the May and so far in June, training has been very good.<br />
He proved that when he raced in the Raumerrittet bike race on Saturday. He posted the same time as the cycling-phantom Edvald Boasson Hagen. </p>
<p>— I was very happy with that race and my performance. It went well, he concludes. </p>
<p>Source: Langrenn.com</p>
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