A sad day

Today was my last day. It was so sad to say goodbye to everyone. But I am still looking very much forward to see my family tomorrow.

Idag var min sidste dag. Det var virkelig sørgeligt at skulle sige farvel til alle. Men jeg glæder mig stadig virkelig meget til at se min familie i morgen.

Finally it's finished

The sweater is finished. The ends have been weaved in and it has been washed. When I hadn't washed it yet, I was afraid that it was too short. But I streched it during the drying, and now it fits.
I was going to post this picture yesterday, but the internet at the house didn't work. Don and Nancy have bought a new computer, and had a technitian come and setup a new network yesterday. Of course, during the afternoon when the technitian had left, the network failed and we had no internet. It is supposed to be fixed now, and I hope it is, because there is really not much to do in the evenings, and I eat too much when I am bored.

Sweateren er færdig. Enderne er hæftet og jeg har vasket den. Da den ikke var blevet vasket endnu, var jeg bange for at den var for kort. Men jeg strak den da den skulle tørre, og nu passer den.
Jeg ville have posted det her billede i går, men vores internet virkede ikke. Don og Nancy har købt en ny computer, og havde en tekniker ude for at sætte et nyt netværk op i går. Selfølgelig skete der det hen på eftermiddagen da teknikeren var gået, at netværket gik ned og vi ikke havde noget internet. Det skulle være oppe og køre nu, og jeg håber det er, fordi der er virkelig ikke rigtig noget at lave om aftenen, og jeg spiser for meget når jeg keder mig.

Paleo cookies

A lot of people in the crossfit community eat a paleolithic diet. The people at my gym are no different. So when I wanted to make something delicious for them, it was quite a challenge to find a recipe for a paleo cake that I thought was good. I tried making paleo cake two times before, and I failed miserably both times. This time, however, was a succes. I made paleo cookies, they are not crispy but soft like a cake. I brought them to the gym, and when I was done with my workout I had one. A guy who hadn't heard that I had brought paleo treats looked very funny at me and asked: "Are you eating a brownie?" I thought that was really funny, it must have looked pretty strange that someone would eat a brownie right after working out. It is not exactly the best recovery snack.

Here is the recipe: http://paleomg.com/nutella-banana-bread-cookies/

Mange personer i crossfit verdenen spiser efter stenalderkosten, også kaldet paleo. Menneskerne i mit fitness center er ikke forskellige. Så da jeg gerne ville lave noget lækkert til dem, var det en udfordring at finde en opskrift på paleo kage som jeg synes var god. Jeg har to gange før prøvet at lave paleo kage, men det er gået virkelig dårligt begge gange. Denne gange var heldigvis en succes. Keg lavede paleo småkager, de er ikke crispy, men bløde som en almindelig kage. Jeg tog dem med til træning, og da jeg var færdig med træning, ville jeg også have en. En fyr der ikke havde hørt at jeg havde taget paleo lækkerier med, så rigtig underligt på mig og spurgte: "Spiser du en brownie?" Jeg syntes det var rigtig sjovt, det må have set ret sjovt ud at nogen ville spise en brownie lige efter træning. Det er ikke rigtig den bedste recovery snack.

Her er opskriften: http://asneakpeekonme.blogspot.com/2013/01/paleo-banan-smakager-banana-bread.html

Independence Day

4th of July means parades, fireworks and a lot of Stars and Stripes. It is the ultimate American holiday. I am not American, so I went to work even though I was almost the only one there. I did have my lunch while watching the parade. I must say, I was expecting something more. But I guess, that since this is a small town, they don't have the money to go all out. The fireworks however, was very impressive. Especially the last part, which is in the short film below. But I still like new years eve better...

4. Juli betyder parader, fyrværkeri og masser af amerikanske flag. Det er den ultimative amerikanske helligdag. Jeg er ikke amerikaner, så jeg tog på arbejde selvom eg næsten er den eneste der er her. Jeg spiste dog min frokost imens jeg så noget af paraden. Helt ærligt, så havde jeg forventet noget mere. Men altså, når byen er så lille har de nok ikke råd til det helt store. Fyrværkeriet derimod, var meget imponerende. Specielt afslutningen som er på filmen nedenfor. Jeg kan dog stadig bedre lide nytårsaften...

New friends

I made some new friends today on my way home. This house is in the neighborhood where I live, and I ride past it everyday. It makes me happy everytine I see it. Today there were some curious visitors right by the house.

Jeg fik nogle nye venner i dag på vej hjem. Dette hus er i det område jeg bor i, og jeg kører forbi det hver dag. Det gør mig bare glad hver gang jeg ser det. Idag var der nogle nye besøgende lige ved huset.

Good luck

Held og lykke

I did it!

I did my first dead hang pull-up today. Totally awesome day... I didn't even mind that a thunderstorm started when I had to go home. Well, that might have had something to do with Molly giving me a ride. She has a jeep, so it was no problem driving through the water that was 40 cm high. However, it was a problem to get to the car. I don't think my shoes will be dry any time soon.

Jeg lavede min første strict pull-up i dag. Total fed dag... Jeg havde ikke engang noget imod at der startede en tordenstorm da jeg skulle hjem. Okay, det kan også have noget at gøre med at jeg fik et lift af Molly. Hun har en jeep, så det var ikke noget problem at køre igennem 40 cm højt vand. Men, det var dog et problem at komme hen til bilen. Jeg tror ikke mine sko bliver tørre lige foreløbig.

Getting chased by the weather

Suddenly, as I was driving home today, there was a flash of light immediately followed by a loud bang. I looked up at the sky and could see the dark clouds getting closer. So all the way home I was chased by the dark clouds, and only just made it home a couple of minutes before it started pouring. (Sorry for yet another weather update. It really does change very quickly here.)

Lige pludselig, da jeg var på vej hjem i dag, var der et lysglimt efterfulgt af et højt skrald. Jeg kiggede op på himlen og kunne se mørke skyer der nærmede sig. Hele vejen hjem blev jeg jagtet af mørke skyer og jeg nåede kun lige hjem et par minutter før det begyndte at øsregne. (Jeg undskylder for endnu en update omkring vejret. Det ændrer sig altså virkelig hurtigt her.)

Grill party

My supervisor here in the US, Emad, invited the group for a barbeque at his house this evening. There was a lot of good food, and my brownies were a definite hit. 

Min vejleder her i USA, Emad, havde inviteret gruppen til en grillfest i aften. Der var rigtig meget godt mad, og mine brownies gik rent ind. 

Moving for my friend

My friend is moving. He has been living in a furnished apartment in the university housing, and he is moving to an unfurnished one about 150 m away. So I helped him move his stuff this evening. Due to my extensive knowledge about assembling furniture (courtesy of Ikea), assembling the table he bought on craigslist was a breeze.

Min ven skal flytte. Han har boet i en møbleret lejlighed udbudt af universitetet, og nu flytter han til en umøbleret en omkring 150 m væk. Så jeg hjalp ham med at flytte hans ting her til aften. Pga. min omfattende viden omkring at samle møbler (takket være Ikea), var det en leg at samle det bord han havde købt brugt på nettet.

Summer band concert

There was a summer band concert in the main quad of the university this evening. I went to listen to it after working out. It was a nice warm evening, very relaxing. And of course, the whole thing began with everyone standing for the national anthem.

Der var en sommer band koncert på den centrale plads ved universitetet her til aften. Jeg tog hen for at høre det efter træning. Det var en dejligt lun aften, meget afslappende. Of selvfølgelig startede det hele med at alle rejste sig for at høre nationalsangen.

Drag Racing

Brandon from my gym (the young guy) is also dragracing in his spare time. The weekend before last, he entered his first competition and won. I think that is very cool.

Brandon fra mit træningscenter (den unge fyr) kører også dragracing i sin fritid. Forrige weekend deltog han i sin første konkurrence, og han vandt. Jeg synes det er ret sejt.

Is crossfit really this hard?

As I wrote yesterday, I brought my indian friend from the office to the gym today. We weren't even finished with the warm-up when he said that he was dissy. He rested for a little bit while I did the strength work. Afterwards, he was ready to go again, and he also did some strength. 

The actual workout of the day was: 

10 min AMRAP (as many rounds as possible)

10 push-ups

20 lunges

Run 100 m

After one round he stopped. He later told me that he was about to puke, and that was why he stopped. I was kind of surprised that he couldn't finish, but I guess it is kind of tough if you are not used to doing any physical activity.

Som jeg skrev i går, så tog jeg min indiske ven fra gruppen med til træning i dag. Vi var ikke engang færdig med opvarmningen da han sagde at han var svummel. Han slappede af et øjeblik imens jeg lavede noget styrketræning. Bagefter var han klar, og så lavede han også noget styrke. 

Selve workouten i dag bestod af:

10 min AMRAP (så mange runder som muligt)

10 push-ups

20 lunges

Løb 100 m

Efter en enkelt runde stoppede han. Han sagde bagefter at han var ved at brække sig, og at det var derfor han stoppede. Jeg var ret overrasket over at han ikke kunne afslutte det, men det er åbenbart virkelig hårdt når man ikke er vant til at lave nogen former for fysisk aktivitet.

I am bringing crossfit to the people

A friend from my office asked if he could go to the gym with my one day, so I am bringing him tomorrow. I am excited about it, this should be fun.

En ven fra min gruppe spurgte om han måtte prøve at komme med mig hen og træne, så jeg tager ham med imorgen. Jeg glæder mig, det skal nok blive sjovt.

The garden

Nancy is growing different vegetables in the garden. She has said that I can use what I want. Unfortunately, the squirrels an rabbits have eaten the most of it. I was just able to get the last bits of spinach for my lunch today. 

Nancy har lidt forskellige grøntsager i haven. Hun har sagt at jeg må tage hvad jeg gerne vil have. Uheldigvis har egern og kaniner taget det meste. Jeg kunne lige få de sidste sørgelige rester af spinaten til min frokost i dag. 

Look what was waiting for me when I got home

Flowers from the best boyfriend ever. 

Blomster fra den bedste kæreste.

Back in the midwest

After a great trip in New York, I am now back in Illinois. Nancy let me borrow her car to go to the store this evening. The weather has been very hot and humid today, so as a true american I drove to the store in a blue minivan at 9.30 pm in 30°C. 

Efter en fed tur i New York, er jeg nu tilbage i Illinois. Nancy lod mig låne hendes bil, så jeg kunne tage ud og handle her til aften. Vejret har været rigtig varmt og fugtigt i dag, så som en rigtig amerikaner kørte jeg ud og handle i en blå minivan kl. 21.30 i 30°C.

Thank you

... to Iben and Sara for a great day in a great city. We spent most of the day in Harlem. The morning was spent in worship of the lord in a Harlem church. It was a special and very long experience. Then, we had lunch at an old american style diner called the Harlem Shake. Shopping is fun in Harlem, and meeting the people there is also a fun experience, although you sometimes feel like the three stupid danish tourists that are easily fooled.

We followed in the footsteps of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, and went to dinner at Buddakan. It is a hip restaurant in Chelsea, where Carrie and Big have their rehersal dinner. The food was very good, but also expensive.

On the way home we stopped by Times Square to see it in the dark, and Iben and I embarrassed Sara by asking the police men to take pictures with us. 

... til Iben og Sara for en fantastisk dag i en fantastisk by. Vi tibragte det meste af dagen i Harlem. Vi brugte morgenen på at tilbede herren i en Harlem kirke. Det var en speciel og meget lang oplevelse. Vi spiste frokost på en amerikansk diner i gammel stil der hed Harlem Shake. Shopping er sjovt i Harlem, og det er også rigtig sjovt at møde menneskerne der, også selvom man nogle gange føler at man er tre dumme danske turister der er nemme at narre. 

Vi fulgte i fodsporene af Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte og Samantha, og spiste middag på Buddakan. Det er en hip restaurant i Chelsea hvor Carrie og Big holder middag dagen før deres bryllup. Madan var rigtig god, men også dyr.

På vejen hjem tog vi forbi Times Square for at se det i mørke, og Iben og jeg gjorde Sara pinlig berørt ved at få taget billeder sammen med politiet.

Rain, rain, rain...

I have travelled to New York to meet with two of my best friendsiben and Sara. They have come all the way from Denmark to see me. :-) it is so good to see them again.

It has been raining all day, so we have just been shopping. Many hours and dollars later, we are now relaxing in bed, waiting for the storm that is about to hit.

Jeg er taget til New York for at mødes med to af mine bedste venner, Iben og Sara. De er kommer hele vejen fra Danmark for at se mig. :-) det er virkelig dejligt at se dem igen.

Det jar regnet hele dagen i dag, så vi har bare brugt dagen på at shoppe. Mange timer og dollars senere, ligger vi nu og slapper af i sengen imens vi venter på den storm der skal til at ramme.

Just another sunday

If you go to see crossfit regionals every Sunday. The tornado on Friday never made it all the way to us, so we could sit in the garage door and watch the bad weather that came and went in around ten minutes.

Today I am in Chicago to see the north central crossfit regionals. It is very impressive and inspiring. 

Hvis du tager til crossfit regionals hver søndag. Tornadoen i fredags nåede aldrig helt hen til os inden den drejede af, så vi kunne sidde i garage åbningen og se på det dårlige vejr der kom og gik i løbet af ca. Ti minutter. 

Idag er jeg i Chicago for at se north central crossfit regionals. Det er meget imponerende og inspirerende. 

I spoke too soon.

The tornado is moving right for us. 

Tornadoen er på vej direkte mod os. 

Tornado valley

Tornado valley refers to an area of the US which has a lot of tornados. May is the worst month. Illinois, where I am, is not actually a part of tornado valley, it is located just east of it. So the weather is not that bad here, but tornados and violent weather is also frequent here in the spring. Almost every night, there is tornado or storm warning on tv, and tonight they actually turned down the volume of the program I was watching, to alert people in specific counties of Illinois. Luckily the bad weather here, has been mostly at night so far. Last night there was a thunder and lightning storm, and when I drove to work, a lot of branches had fallen from the trees, and one tree had actually fallen over. I am quite fascinated with how the weather can change so quickly here, you cannot count on anything. On minute the sun is high in the sky, and the next it looks like the sky is about to open up.

Tornado valley henviser til et område af USA som oplever rigtig mange tornadoer. Maj er den værste måned. Illinois, hvor jeg er, er lige øst for tornado valley. Så vejret her er ikke så slemt, men tornado og voldsomt vejr forekommer også her rimelig tit om foråret. Stort set vejr aften er der en tornado eller storm advarsel på tv'et, og i aften skruede de rent faktisk helt ned for lyden for at advare om tornadoer i specifikke dele af Illinois. Heldigvis har det dårlige vejr her mest været om natten. I går nat var der en storm med lyn og torden, og da jeg kørte på arbejde i morges var der faldet rigtig mange grene af træerne, og der var faktisk også et træ der var væltet. Jeg er ret fascineret af hvordan vejret kan ændre sig så hurtigt, man kan ikke regne med noget. Det kan være høj solskin det ene øjeblik, og det næste ser det ud som om at himlen skal til at åbne sig.

It is too hot here

I don't know if you can actually tell from this picture, but my knees are sweating. I am not sure they are supposed to do that.

Jeg ved ikke om man rent faktisk kan se det på det her billede, men mine knæ sveder. Det er jeg ikke sikker på om det er meningen de skal.

My favorite commercial

I normally hate commercials, and a lot of them here in the States are REALLY bad. However... There is one that I really like. Of course, it is for the Big Bang Theory, and it is a mix of clips autotuned so that it plays Beethovens "Ode to Joy" from the 9th symphony. You can hear both the original and the commercial below.

Jeg hader normalt reklamer, og virkelig mange af dem her i USA er super dårlige. Men... Der er én som jeg rigtig godt kan lide. Selfølgelig er det for Big Bang Theory, og det er et mix af klip fra serien der er autotuned så de spiller Beethovens "Ode til Glæden" fra hans 9. Symfoni. Du kan høre både originalen og reklamen nedenfor.

The sweater

My sweater is really coming along. The Big Bang Theory is really good for knitting. Although it does look like the arms might be too long.

Min sweater er ved at være godt på vej. The Big Bang Theory er virkelig godt at strikke til. Det ser dog ud som om ærmerne godt kunne go hen og blive en anelse for lange. 

Not the only dane anymore

A danish guy is visiting our group for a couple of weeks before he is going to a workshop in Pittsburg. It is pretty weird talking danish to someone who is not inside the computer.

Der er kommet en dansk fyr i gruppen der skal besøge os i et par uger inden han skal på workshop i Pittsburg. Det er helt underligt at snakke dansk med nogen der ikke sidder inde i computeren.

I feel for the people of Oklahoma

In case you haven't heard, Oklahoma was hit by a major tornado yesterday. It is pretty scary to think how close it actually is to where I am. I am definately going to memorize the tornado emergency plan on the billbord in the office tomorrow.

Hvis I ikke har hørt det, så blev Oklahoma ramt af en kæmpe tornado i går. Det er ret skræmmende at tænke på hvor tæt på det egentlig er. Jeg skal helt sikkert lære tornado katastrofeplanen der hænger på opslagstavlen på kontoret udenad i morgen.

We also have a sherif

Who apparently parks his car right by my gym. This is the third type of police car I have seen. Seems like a bit much that the university actually has its own police, with the cars in the university colors. 

Som åbenbart parkerer sin bil lige ved siden af mit fitness center. Dette er den tredje rype politibil jeg har set. Virker som lidt meget at universitetet rent faktisk har sit eget politi, med bilen farver i de samme som universitetets farver. 

Dinner on the farm

There is a goat farm a little while outside of town. They mostly make cheese, but in the summer, they host dinners. You buy a ticket online, only 40 are for sale for each dinner. A chef prepares delicious food from purely local ingredients. So the cheese and most of the vegetables were grown on the farm, and the farmer who provided the lamb was also present at the dinner. We had the privilege of eating with the farmer who owns the goat farm.

Der er en gede farm lidt udenfor byen. De laver mest ost, men om sommeren holder de også middage. Man køber en billet online, kun 40 er til salg til hver middag. En kok forbereder virkelig lækker mad af udelukkende lokale ingredienser. Så osten og de fleste af grøntsagerne var fra denne går, og den landmand som var kommet med lammet var også til stede til middagen. Vi havde fornøjelsen af at spise sammen med landmanden som ejer gede farmen.

Got stopped by the police today

For driving the wrong way on a one way street. Pretty unlucky as I was only going 20 m on that street. I got off with a warning though.

Jeg blev stoppet af politiet i dag fordi jeg kørte den forkerte vej på en ensrettet gade. Rt uheldigt eftersom jeg kun skulle køre 20 m på den gade. Jeg slap heldigvis med en advarsel.

Today's atmosphere

I also wanted to share a video of the skill we did today. I couldn't get the video inserted, so here is a link to the video on YouTube. 

Jeg ville også gerne dele en video af vores skill i dag. Jeg kunne ikke få det til t virke med indsættelsen af videoen. Så her er et link til videoen på youtube. 

http://youtu.be/vjIQhE1kuvk

Last day for Lea and Jakob in Chicago

Their flight was not until this evening, so we had to find things to do until then. Jakob didn't really get a choice, because Lea and I wanted to get a pedicure. It is not actually true that Jakob didn't get a choice, han could choose between getting a pedicure or not. So we did that and Jakob went to dunkin donuts.
Right now I am on a Greyhound bus going back to Champaign. This is quite a different experience than the usual surplus of things to buy when you are waiting for a means a transportation. It showed from the bus station that it is not exactly the wealthiest people who ride the bus in the US. But it is nice to see the different sides of this country, and not just the polished surface that is usually presented in the tourist centers.

Deres fly var ikke før i aften, så vi skulle finde på noget at lave indtil da. Jakob fik ikke rigtig et valg, for Lea og jeg ville have en pedicure. Eller det passer faktisk ikke at Jakob ikke fik et valg, han fik valget om han ville have pedicure eller ej. Så det gjorde vi, og Jakob gik på dunkin donuts.
Lige nu er jeg i en Greyhound bus på vej tilbage til Champaign. Det er en anderledes oplevelse end den sædvanlige overflåd af ting man kan købe når man venter på et transportmiddel. Det kunne ses at det ikke er de rigeste mennesker der tager bussen i USA. Men det er spændende at se forskellige sider af dette land, og ikke bare den polerede overflade der normalt præsenteres på meget turistede steder.

Shopping

Today was about shopping. Before lunch we went to Bucktown, which is a more alternative area. We shopped for jeans in a store with a sales woman who was REALLY enthusiastic about jeans and especially raw denim, which is apparently the new thing. Jkob was just happy that the pants should only be washed once every 8 months. We had lunch at an all vegan cafe and afterwards we went back to the apartment to take a nap. In the afternoon, Lea and Jakob had a $30 gift certificate to best buy, and I really wanted to find a pair of reebok crossfit weightlifting shoes. We could find both things in the center of the shopping mekka of Chicago, the magnificent mile, which was quite a different experience than the laid back and personal experience of Bucktown. The day ended in true Chicago style, with a deep dish pizza.

Idag handlede og shopping. Før okost tog vi til Bucktown, som er et mere alternativt område. We shoppede efter jeans i en forretning med en ekspedient der var VIRKELIG entusiastisk omkring jeans, specielt rå denim som åbenbart er det nye. Jakob var bare vild med at bukserne kun skulle vaskes en gang hver 8. Måned. Vi spiste frokost på en veganer cafe og tog bagefter hjem til lejligheden for at få en lur. Om eftermiddagen, havde Lea og Jakob et gavekort til best buy på $30 som de skulle have brugt, og jeg ville virkelig gerne finde et par reebok crossfit vægtløftningssko. Vi kunne finde begge ting i hjertet af Chicagos shopping mekka, the magnificent mile, hvilket var en noget anden oplevelse end den afslappede og personlige oplevelse i Bucktown. Dagen sluttede på rigtig Chicago manér med en deep dish pizza.

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby premiered today, so we went to see it this evening. A lot of popcorn was eaten and a lot of soda was drunk.

Den Store Gatsby havde premiere i dag, så den tog vi i biografen for at se her til aften. Der blev spist en masse popcorn og drukket en masse sodavand.

No hot water

Yesterday evening the hot water suddenly went out. This morning, it hadn't come back. So we wrote to the girl from which we have rented the apartment. Apparently, she is not allowed to rent out the apartment for the landlord, so we couldn't be present in the apartment when he came to fix it. However, we had no idea of when he would come, so we had to be out of the apartment until he had been there. It turned out that it was not until this evening, which meant that we spent the entire evening in a bar, drinking beer and watching hockey. It was fun, but really quite annoying that we didn't know when we could return to the apartment. Now we are back, and the hot water still isn't working.
The best thing today was the trip to the chocolate factory one block from the apartment. That probably requires another visit. :-)

I går aftes holdte the varme vand pludselig op med at virke. Her til morgen virkede det stadig ikke, så vi skrev til hende som vi har lejet lejligheden af. Åbenbart, så må hun ikke leje lejligheden ud for hendes udlejer, så vi måtte ikke være til stede i lejligheden når han kom for at reparere det. Men vi vidste ikke hvornår han ville komme, så vi var nødt til at være ude af lejligheden indtil han havde været der. Det vidste sig så først at være om aftenen, hvilket betød at vi tlbragte hele aftenen i en bar, drak øl og så ishockey. Det var hyggeligt, men virkelig træls at vi ikke vidste hvornår vi kunne komme tilbage til lejligheden. Nu er vi tilbage, men der er stadig ikke noget varmt vand.
Det bedste i dag var turen til den chokolade fabrik der ligger rigtig tæt på lejligheden. Den kræver vidst et besøg mere. :-)

Conference and visit from home

I got up at 4.30 am this morning to go to Chicago for a conference. Luckily, I was driving with a guy from my group, so I could just sleep in the back seat on the way there. The conference was very interesting, and it was fun to go on a field trip with the group. Actually, I was a bit sad that I had to leave everybody afterwards, because they all stayed in the same hotel and are going to to the last two days of the conference thursday and friday. However, it did not matter, because Lea and Jakob were waiting for me and preparing dinner. They are in Chicago for the week, and I will be staying and sightseeing with them until Sunday. We had a great time this evening, and they even brought me salty licorice.

Jeg stod op kl. 4.30 i morges for at tage til conference i Chicago. Heldigvis skulle jeg køre med en fra gruppen, så jeg kunne bare sove på bagsædet. Konferencen var virkelig interessant, og det var sjovt at være på tur med gruppen. Faktisk var det lidt kedeligt at jeg skulle smutte bagefter, for næsten hele gruppen skulle bo på det samme hotel og til resten af konferencen torsdag og fredag. Men det gjorde ikke noget, fordi Lea og Jakob ventede på mig med aftensmad. De er en uge her i Chicago og jeg skal bo sammen med dem i den lejlighed de har lejet indtil Søndag. Vi har haft en virkelig hyggelig aften, og de havde endda skipper mix med til mig.

30 Muscle Ups for Time

Two guys went for 30 MU's for time after my workout today. I didn't get to film everything because I started too late, and I wasn't patient enough for the last. But both guys finished. Impressive...

To fyre ville lave 30 muscle ups på tid efter jeg var færdig med min workout i dag. Jeg fik ikke filmet det hele fordi jeg startede for sent, og jeg var ikke tålmodig nok. Men begge fyre blev færdig. Imponerende...

Party at the farm

All of Don and Nancys family are here this weekend for a graduation party they are throwing for Don's nephew. The party was at the farm and they invited me to go as well. It was quite an experience. They are all religious, so when everyone had arrived we started the party holding hands in a big circle while their daughter said grace. The food was also quite american. Don's brother likes to go hunting, so he had brought some elk meat. So we had elk steaks and elk burgers. It was quite delicious. Don's nephew is married to a girl from Kenya, so there was a lot of kenyan people and food as well.
I took a photo of an old barn that is next to the farm.

Hele Don og Nancy's familie er her i denne weekend til Don's nevøs dimmisions fest. De holder den på deres gård og de havde også inviteret mig. Det var noget af en oplevelse. De er allesammen religiøse, så da alle var ankommet startede vi med at holde i hånden i en stor rundkreds imens deres datter sagde en bøn. Maden var også meget amerikansk. Don's bror kan godt lide at gå på jagt, så han havde taget noget elg kød med. Så vi fik elg steak og elg burgere. Det var faktisk ret lækkert. Don's nevø er gift med en pige fra Kenya, så det var også en masse mennesker og mad fra Kenya.
Jeg tog nogle billeder af en gammel lade der er ved siden af huset ude på gården.

New outfit

I almost died today during the workout. Thrusters and kb swings shouldn't be in the same workout... ever... Good thing that I had just made a PR in backsquat with 60 kg, and that I had my new top on. I love that they have all the exercises on the back, then people can really see what it is that you do.

Jeg døde næsten i dag til træning. Thrusters og kb swings burde ikke være i den samme workout... nogensinde... Det var godt at jeg lige havde lavet PR i backsquat på 60 kg, og at jeg havde min nye top på. Jeg elsker at de har alle øvelserne bagpå, så kan man virkelig se hvad det er man laver.

CRIME ALERT

I get crime alert-emails on my UIUC email. I am really amazed at the detail in which they describe the incidents and the amount of information they disclose. They even post videos on youtube of suspects. Here is one of the emails I recieved. There was a link for a video in this mail, but it is hidden on youtube, so I am not sure that it is meant for everyone to see. It is a video of 4 men walking across a gasstation.

Jeg får advarsler omkring forbrydelser på min UIUC mail. Jeg er virkelig forundret over detalje-graden de beskriver hændelserne med og mængden af information de frigiver. De lægger endda videoer ud på youtube af mistænkte personer. Her er en af de mails jeg har fået. Der var et link til en video med denne mail, men den er skjult på youtube, så jeg er ikke sikker på at det er meningen alle skal kunne se den. Det er en video af 4 mænd der går henover en tankstation.

"INCIDENT:   Robbery

OCCURRED:  Saturday, April 6, 2013 at approximately 2:40 AM

LOCATION:   200 block East Peabody, Champaign

BRIEF DETAILS:

The University of Illinois Police Department is investigating a robbery that occurred in the 200 block of East Peabody, Champaign.

On Saturday, April 6th at approximately 2:40 AM, an individual was walking in the area of Hopkins and Forbes Halls.  The individual was approached by a group of subjects who battered him.  The victim's phone was taken during this incident.

This incident is similar to two other incidents that were reported to the Urbana and Champaign Police Departments during the early morning hours of April 6th, 2013.

At approximately 0222 hours, an individual was walking in the 400 block of South Busey, Urbana when he was approached by a group of subjects who battered him for no apparent reason.  A witness in the area of this incident stated the offenders were a group of four black male subjects and one white male subject.

At approximately 0256 hours, two individuals were in the 50 block of East Chalmers, Champaign when they were battered by a group of subjects.  The offenders in this case were described as two black males, one white male and one Hispanic male, all 18 to 22 years old.  The offenders were said to be in a silver four door vehicle.

OFFENDER DESCRIPTIONS:

The offenders in the incident that occurred in the 200 block of East Peabody, Champaign are described as three black males and one white male.  The victim described the main offender as a black male wearing a white V-neck shirt with a long silver necklace/chain that hung down to his stomach area.  The victim believed the suspects entered a smaller dark colored older four door vehicle and left north on First Street from the area of Stadium Drive."

I was wrong...

... it wasn't summer yesterday. It was summer today, so I might as well post the same picture again. However, 26°C is too hot for crossfit.

... det var ikke sommer i går. Det var sommer i dag, så jeg kan lige så godt poste samme billede som i går. Men, 26°C er for varmt til crossfit.

Summer

We have had really nice weather today, around 20°C. This is another place on campus that I drive past on the way home from the gym. I have found a route where I almost use every path on campus.

Vi har haft rigtig dejligt vejr i dag, omkring 20°C. Dette her er et andet sted på campus som jeg kører forbi på vej hjem fra træning. Jeg har fundet en rute hvor jeg nærmest udnytter alle sti-systemer på campus.

Cards against humanity

I was at a game night yesterday with the guys I have had dinner with before. We played a game called cards against humanity. It was very fun, you should check it out.

Jeg var til en sil aften i går sammen med den gruppe jeg har spist middag med før. Vi spillede et spil der hedder "cards against humanity". Det var rigtig sjovt, I skulle tjekke det ud.

http://cardsagainsthumanity.com/

Illinois marathon

The Illinois marathon was today. The runners started at 7 am, so when I went with Don and Nancy to hand out water to the runners at their friends house at around 8 am, a lot of the people had already passed. The route whent almost right past our house. When almost all the runners had passed, I took my bike into the finish line which was at the football stadium. The security was extra strict due to the Boston bombings. Many people also wore a sticker to remember the victims.

Illinois maraton fandt sted i dag. Løberne startede allerede kl. 7 om morgenen, så da jeg tog med Don og Nancy hen for at dele vand ud ved deres vens hus omkring kl. 8, var der allerede mange mennesker der var løbet forbi. Ruten løb næsten lige forbi vores hus. Da næsten alle løberne var forbi kørte jeg hen til mållinjen som var midt i football stadionet. Sikkerheden var sat ekstra op pga. Boston bomberne. Mange mennesker bar også et klistermærke for at mindes ofrene.

It is good to be back

I went to workout at the crossfit box today. It was so great to be back in the game, and really fun to be in such a relaxed and personal environment. It seems like there are about 5 people there for each session, and the trainer waits for everyone to be ready. There is no rush to be finished at a certain time or anything. I even got credit for really good deadlifts and I made a PR in front squat of 3 reps at 40 kg. Great experience. I can't wait to go back on monday, although that might change tomorrow when I can't walk.

Jeg tog hen og trænede i crossfit boksen i dag. Det var virkelig fedt at være i gang igen og virkelig sjovt at være i sådan et afslappet og personligt miljø. Det virker som om at der kun er omkring 5 personer til hver session, og trænereventer på at alle er klar til at gå i gang. Der er ingen hastværk til at være færdig på at bestemt tidspunkt eller noget. Jeg fik endda ros for rigtig gode dødløft og lavede PR i front squat med 3 reps af 40 kg. Fed oplevelse. Jeg kan ikke vente til på man dag når jeg skal tilbage igen, selvom at det ændrer sig nok når jeg ikke kan gå.