The reason to leave Davos?

I guess going down for altitude 10days + of Budapest is a good one.
Preparing for a 10k run in Stockholm is another.
Or get to Falun for a block of testing in the lab.

But that wasn’t the reason I that came to my mind today when I rolled out on the train.

I think the SNOW was the best reason for me to leave!

Davos was trying to tell me something.

Telling me I have done enough of mountain running and altitude training.

It’s time to go down and enjoy the work!

Wow, what a day!

Won the first ever sprint World Championship gold medal today in Lausanne.

I’m a WORLD CHAMPION!!!

On my bed next to me is a gold medal… need to look at it every once a while to belive it’s true.

I had a great day.

Swam exteremly well.

Got away on the bike.

Got two really strong girls with me. Emma Moffat and Daniela Ryf. Best possible scenario.

Got off the bike and ran hard.

Had Moffat with me at the half way point. Didn’t want to loose in the sprint. Did want to win the true way. The tough way. To run one off ones feet is the true way to do it.

I did it!

I managed to get a gap. I closed my eyes. I ran.

I won!!!

The headcoach put is hand out with a swedish flag. I had time to celebrate at the finish. My smile stretched from ear to ear.

Pictures to come. Video to come.

Keep posted!

Imust admit I’m not a big fan of the amount of World Championships titles there are triathlon.
For me there is one and only that matters.
The ITU WCS medals that is.
Thats the olympic version of triathlon. That’s the pinacle of the sport. Thats where the deep high class field is.

Not taking the glory of IronMan Hawaii. But it’s a different sport.
It’s fantastic athletes – but a complete different world from mine.

So now we have a Sprint World Championship as well?
Does it matter? How heavy is that medal actually going to be?
Looking at the field I think it will be a decent race with accurate and fair medals.
It will be interesting as some juniors might be gunning to take down some big names.

The dynamics are very different from the WCS races.
Leg speed will be more important that efficiency.
Lausannes hills will favor the strong bikers instead of swimmers.
It will be interesting.

For me it will be a good speed hit out. Two days of short sharp racing.

A step towards more speed in my legs.
A step closer to Budapest.

I’m not here with some big goals in mind.

But if I somehow would manage to get one – it would be very important for my country.

A country where triathlon now is beginning to grow.

A country that will have a young and inspired team on the start line for the Team World Champs.

How could I miss not being a part of that?
I’m in Davos. It’s a train trip.

I wouldn’t miss it for the world!

Read more about the event at ITU’s homepage.
You can also watch it live saturday and sunday.