<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Emil’s Substack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Staff Engineer writing about Technical leadership and aspects of Staff+ Engineers. Problem solving, architecture and api/integrations are likely topics to pop-up from time to time.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uOFP!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f0b9ff5-e2f2-417d-9b31-17446fc1f764_1200x1200.jpeg</url><title>Emil’s Substack</title><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:04:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.emilbacklund.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[emilbacklund@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[emilbacklund@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[emilbacklund@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[emilbacklund@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[A Cost-Based Decision Framework for Software Engineers ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As software engineers, we&#8217;re constantly faced with a barrage of decisions.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/a-cost-based-decision-framework-for</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/a-cost-based-decision-framework-for</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As <strong>software engineers</strong>, we&#8217;re constantly faced with a barrage of decisions. From architectural choices to feature prioritization, and even down to how we approach a specific coding problem, each one carries weight and can significantly impact the trajectory of a project. Over the last year, I&#8217;ve honed a cost-based decision framework that has proven invaluable, providing clarity and confidence, particularly in the often-chaotic discovery and implementation phases of a project.</p><p>I started leveraging this approach heavily when kicking off a large-scale project where I had identified over <strong>50 key decisions</strong>. With discovery being paramount, it was simply infeasible to thoroughly research every single decision before launching a prototype or beta to gather crucial user feedback. This forced a pragmatic approach to decision-making.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png" width="1024" height="608" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:608,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M6oC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0610b90-97a6-40d3-9fdc-40ec68e24fa2_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"></figcaption></figure></div><p>At its core, this framework hinges on understanding two fundamental types of costs:</p><ol><li><p><strong>The Cost of Making the Wrong Decision:</strong> This refers to the negative consequences that arise from committing to a suboptimal path. These can be direct or indirect, and often compound over time.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Cost of Delaying a Decision:</strong> This is the value lost or cost incurred by <em>not</em> making a decision in a timely manner. It represents missed opportunities, prolonged uncertainty, and potential setbacks.</p></li></ol><p>My guiding principle has become: <strong>whenever you can delay a decision, you should.</strong> Why? Because waiting often allows you to gather more information, observe real-world outcomes, and reduce uncertainty, thereby increasing the likelihood of making a <em>better</em> decision. However, this isn&#8217;t a blanket rule. If delaying a decision means sacrificing significant value, such as a critical business opportunity or market advantage, then making an early, albeit potentially less informed, decision is the wiser course of action.</p><p>Let&#8217;s dive deeper into these two costs:</p><div><hr></div><h3>Understanding the &#8220;Cost of Wrong Decision&#8221;</h3><p>The <strong>cost of a wrong decision</strong> can manifest in various ways:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Rework and Reruns:</strong> Implementing something incorrectly means time and effort spent building it, only to tear it down and rebuild. This directly wastes engineering resources.</p></li><li><p><strong>Technical Debt Accumulation:</strong> Poor architectural choices or rushed implementations often lead to <strong>technical debt</strong>, which incurs ongoing costs for maintenance, slower future development, and increased bug fixing.</p></li><li><p><strong>Performance Issues and Scalability Limitations:</strong> A wrong decision in system design can lead to poor performance, hindering user experience and potentially requiring costly refactoring or infrastructure upgrades later.</p></li><li><p><strong>Security Vulnerabilities:</strong> A flawed security decision can lead to breaches, data loss, reputational damage, and significant legal and financial repercussions.</p></li><li><p><strong>Loss of Business Opportunity:</strong> If a product or feature is built incorrectly, it might fail to meet market needs, leading to lost revenue or market share.</p></li><li><p><strong>Impact on Team Morale:</strong> Repeatedly working on things that get thrown away, or battling against fundamental design flaws, can significantly demoralize a team.</p></li></ul><p>Quantifying this cost can be challenging, as some impacts are indirect or long-term. However, even a qualitative understanding of the potential fallout is crucial.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Deconstructing the &#8220;Cost of Delay&#8221;</h3><p>The <strong>cost of delay</strong>, often underestimated, can be equally, if not more, impactful:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Lost Revenue/Business Value:</strong> If a feature or product could generate revenue or deliver significant business value, every day of delay means lost income or competitive advantage. Think of a critical compliance feature or a new product that unlocks a new market segment.</p></li><li><p><strong>Missed Market Opportunities:</strong> In fast-moving industries, being late to market can mean missing a window of opportunity entirely, allowing competitors to gain a foothold.</p></li><li><p><strong>Increased Project Costs:</strong> Delays can lead to extended team allocation, prolonged infrastructure usage, and increased overheads, directly inflating project budgets.</p></li><li><p><strong>Erosion of Customer Trust/Satisfaction:</strong> Users expect continuous improvement and new features. Delays can lead to frustration and a perception of stagnation, potentially driving users to alternatives.</p></li><li><p><strong>Dependency Blockers:</strong> Delaying a decision on one component can block progress on multiple dependent features or teams, creating a cascading effect of delays across the organization.</p></li><li><p><strong>Increased Uncertainty:</strong> The longer a decision is delayed, the more uncertain the path forward becomes, making future planning more difficult and introducing more risk.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>The Decision Matrix: Cost of Delay vs. Cost of Wrong Decision</h3><p>To make this framework actionable, we can visualize these two costs in a simple 2x2 matrix:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PasH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F041600d0-2179-4e64-ad14-2b0f6de5a833_1000x1000.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PasH!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F041600d0-2179-4e64-ad14-2b0f6de5a833_1000x1000.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PasH!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F041600d0-2179-4e64-ad14-2b0f6de5a833_1000x1000.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PasH!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F041600d0-2179-4e64-ad14-2b0f6de5a833_1000x1000.png 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Let&#8217;s break down each quadrant:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Low Cost of Delay, Low Cost of Wrong Decision (Defer or Default)</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Description:</strong> Decisions here typically involve minor details or reversible choices where the impact of being wrong is small, and waiting doesn&#8217;t significantly hinder progress.</p></li><li><p><strong>Action:</strong> <strong>Defer</strong> the decision until more information is naturally available, or <strong>default</strong> to a reasonable path if a quick decision is needed. Examples: Minor UI tweaks, naming conventions for internal variables, or initial logging levels. These can be iterated on easily.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Low Cost of Delay, High Cost of Wrong Decision (Research &amp; Validate)</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Description:</strong> These are decisions where the immediate impact of not deciding isn&#8217;t high, but getting it wrong could have significant negative consequences.</p></li><li><p><strong>Action:</strong> Invest time in thorough <strong>research, prototyping, and validation</strong>. Seek expert opinions, conduct experiments, or run small proofs-of-concept. Examples: Choosing a core database technology, selecting a major third-party integration, or defining a critical API contract that will be used by many consumers.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>High Cost of Delay, Low Cost of Wrong Decision (Decide &amp; Act Quickly)</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Description:</strong> This quadrant often contains decisions that are time-sensitive but where the consequences of being wrong are relatively contained and reversible.</p></li><li><p><strong>Action:</strong> <strong>Make a decision swiftly</strong>, even with imperfect information. Prioritize getting <em>something</em> out to learn and iterate. Bias towards action. Examples: Launching an MVP with a core feature set, deciding on a rapid marketing campaign, or making an urgent bug fix that unblocks critical business operations. The &#8220;fail fast, learn fast&#8221; mentality thrives here.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>High Cost of Delay, High Cost of Wrong Decision (Strategic &amp; Careful)</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Description:</strong> These are the big, high-stakes decisions. Delaying them has significant negative consequences, but so does getting them wrong. This is the highest priority quadrant.</p></li><li><p><strong>Action:</strong> These require <strong>careful consideration, senior stakeholder alignment</strong>, and potentially phased rollouts or robust rollback plans. Mitigation strategies for both delay and error are paramount. Examples: Major architectural paradigm shifts (e.g., monolith to microservices), large-scale platform migrations, or entering a completely new product market.</p></li></ul></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>Implementation Cost</h2><p>The &#8220;cost of a wrong decision&#8221; and &#8220;cost of no decision&#8221; also need to be evaluated against an <strong>implementation cost</strong>. Here&#8217;s were we find some rough edges in this framework and where the highest potential for improvements (or even just improved rationale).</p><p>From low <strong>Cost of Delay (No) Decision</strong> we still need a way to understand if we should default or defer. Using an implementation cost is one way to improve that decision. <strong>Cost of Wrong Decision</strong> is in to some extent dependent on the imagined implementation. But I&#8217;ve found that contrasting to the implementation cost is, currently, the best approach to getting to a guiding result.</p><h3>External vs. Internal Costs</h3><p>While actively using this framework I realized that I needed to understand who to involve to make a sound decision. To assist with that I introduced the split between <strong>external</strong> and <strong>internal</strong> costs.</p><ul><li><p><strong>External Costs</strong> are incurred by parties outside your business, such as customers or partners. These could include a customer experiencing an issue that requires them to spend hours instead of minutes to complete a task, a vendor being unable to integrate with a new API, a loss of brand reputation from a security breach, or a drop in customer conversion rates.</p></li><li><p><strong>Internal Costs</strong> are those experienced by the business itself. This includes everything from wasted engineering effort and missed market opportunities to increased operational overhead (like higher cloud bills), reduced team morale due to technical debt, and licensing fees for incorrect tool choices.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>Practical Approach with a Decision Scorecard</h3><p>While a simple 2x2 matrix is great for high-level thinking, we can use a scorecard to handle more variables and quantify decisions. This helps us prioritize and make trade-offs on a more granular level.</p><p>My approach has been to build a spreadsheet with all project aspects and rate each on a <strong>logarithmic scale</strong> (e.g., 1, 10, 100, 1,000). Using a logarithmic scale helps us differentiate between low-impact and high-impact costs, preventing a single major cost from being obscured by a series of minor ones. Since it&#8217;s difficult to quantify costs to the exact value, the logarithmic scale accepts that we are dealing with estimates largely based on experience or short research (like 30 minutes or so).</p><p>Here&#8217;s an example:</p><p><strong>AspectImplementation costInternal cost of wrong decisionExternal cost of wrong decisionInternal cost of no decisionExternal cost of no decision</strong>Data validation &amp; sanitisation100010010010001000API Traffic routing1001010010001000API Deployment100100110001Logging and monitoring1010110001Scalability and performance optimization100101001010Caching1010101010</p><p>Using this scorecard, we can calculate a <strong>Research Priority Score</strong> for each aspect, helping us decide where to invest our discovery efforts. We calculate this by multiplying the relevant costs, which highlights where a wrong decision would have a significant negative impact.</p><p>By analyzing the scorecard, we can then apply the principles from our decision matrix:</p><ul><li><p>For aspects with a high <strong>Research Priority Score</strong> (like &#8220;Data validation &amp; sanitisation&#8221;), we should treat them as <strong>Quadrant 2: Research &amp; Validate</strong>. This is where we should invest in deep discovery, like collaborating with a UX researcher or creating RFC design documents for engineering feedback.</p></li><li><p>To accelerate <strong>time to market</strong>, we should identify aspects with a high <strong>cost of no decision</strong> but a low <strong>cost of wrong decision</strong>. These fall into <strong>Quadrant 3: Decide &amp; Act Quickly</strong>. For &#8220;API Deployment&#8221; and &#8220;Logging and monitoring,&#8221; the low <code>External cost of wrong decision</code> means we should quickly find a solution and move forward.</p></li><li><p>Finally, we can find aspects with low costs across the board. These fall into <strong>Quadrant 1: Defer or Default</strong> and can be ignored for now. For example, &#8220;Caching&#8221; and &#8220;Scalability&#8221; both have relatively low scores, so we can defer these until they become necessary.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>Applying the Framework to Everyday Coding</h3><p>This cost-based decision framework isn&#8217;t just for high-level project planning; it&#8217;s a powerful tool for improving efficiency in our day-to-day coding too, primarily as a <strong>mental model</strong> rather than requiring a spreadsheet analysis. How often have you found yourself stuck trying to find the <em>perfect</em> solution to a problem, only to realize you&#8217;ve spent hours deliberating when a &#8220;good enough&#8221; solution would have unblocked you much faster?</p><p>Consider a complex function you need to write:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Cost of Delay:</strong> Every minute you spend agonizing over the most elegant, highly optimized algorithm is time <em>not</em> spent delivering value. If the immediate need is to just get the feature working, the cost of delaying a functional solution can be high (e.g., blocking other features, missing a deadline).</p></li><li><p><strong>Cost of Wrong Decision:</strong> How bad would a less-than-perfect solution be? If it&#8217;s an internal utility that only runs occasionally with small data sets, the &#8220;wrong&#8221; decision (e.g., a slightly less efficient algorithm) might have a very low cost. If it&#8217;s a core performance-critical component, the cost of being wrong is much higher.</p></li></ul><p>This framework encourages us to make pragmatic choices:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Sometimes &#8220;Good Enough&#8221; is Best:</strong> If the cost of delay is high, and the cost of a slightly imperfect solution is low (e.g., it can be refactored easily later, or the performance impact is negligible for current scale), then choose a &#8220;decent&#8221; solution and move on. Don&#8217;t let the pursuit of perfection become the enemy of progress.</p></li><li><p><strong>Prototype for High-Impact Decisions:</strong> If you&#8217;re unsure about the best approach for a critical piece of code, don&#8217;t over-engineer upfront. Quickly prototype a few options. The &#8220;research and validate&#8221; quadrant applies here: the cost of delaying the <em>final</em> implementation is low, but the cost of getting the fundamental approach wrong is high. A quick prototype drastically reduces that risk.</p></li><li><p><strong>Prioritize Learnings:</strong> Often, getting a working solution, even if it&#8217;s not ideal, allows you to gather real-world data and feedback. This new information can then guide a better, more informed decision for future iterations.</p></li></ul><p>By consciously applying this cost-based framework, software engineers can move beyond intuition, make more informed choices, and ultimately drive more successful outcomes for their projects and organizations. It empowers us to be not just technical contributors, but strategic problem-solvers.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Staff Engineer's Challenge: Balancing Impact]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever feel pulled in two directions at once?]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/the-staff-engineers-challenge-balancing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/the-staff-engineers-challenge-balancing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 20:22:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uOFP!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f0b9ff5-e2f2-417d-9b31-17446fc1f764_1200x1200.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever feel pulled in two directions at once? You&#8217;re needed to fix a critical bug <em>right now</em>, but you also know you should be designing a system that will prevent future ones. This is a struggle many staff engineers face: the constant effort to balance <strong>immediate, hands-on contributions</strong> with <strong>broad, long-term strategic influence</strong>.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Two Modes of Leadership</h3><p>A staff engineer operates in two essential leadership modes:</p><h4>1. Direct Leadership (The Hands-On Contributor)</h4><p>This is the hands-on approach where your impact is <strong>immediate and visible</strong>. It involves solving critical problems, unblocking a team, or personally driving a project to launch. The connection between your effort and the business outcome is clear, making this a reliable way to get a measurable return on your time.</p><ul><li><p><strong>When to Use It:</strong> To establish a high standard of quality, build team confidence by showing a path forward, or resolve a time-sensitive technical crisis.</p></li></ul><h4>2. Leadership by Proxy (The Strategic Influencer)</h4><p>This is a more strategic approach where your impact is <strong>scaled through others</strong>. You design systems, define architectural standards, or mentor engineers. Your work enables others to be more effective, making the impact less direct but potentially much larger.</p><ul><li><p><strong>When to Use It:</strong> To address systemic organizational or technical problems, define long-term roadmaps, or design systems that support years of future growth.</p></li></ul><p>The challenge is that it&#8217;s easier to measure the expected return on investment (ROI) for direct leadership. You can often estimate the effort needed for hands-on work and see the immediate results. This makes it easier to avoid getting stuck in strategic work with little potential for a good ROI. However, being able to operate effectively by proxy is essential for achieving impact at scale.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Switching Between Modes</h3><p>The ability to switch between these two modes is critical for most staff engineers. Ultimately, every decision should be guided by one question: <strong>where can you have the greatest impact?</strong> This applies to both short-term and long-term outcomes.</p><p>Once you&#8217;ve decided on your focus, act deliberately. A great place to start is your <strong>job description</strong>. Ensure it clearly outlines your primary focus and gets support from your manager and sponsors. For example:</p><ul><li><p><em>I will spend 80% of my time as a tech lead on project X to unlock a critical growth opportunity.</em></p></li><li><p><em>I will spend 20% of my time in architectural design and review, noting that the impact of this work will likely take longer to see.</em></p></li></ul><p>Next, focus on time management. There are two levels to consider:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Thematic Focus:</strong> To achieve effective outcomes, it&#8217;s wise to schedule work in themes that run for several weeks before you switch. This protects your focused time. For example, spend four weeks on Project X and then one week on architectural design.</p></li><li><p><strong>Maintaining Balance:</strong> Even with a thematic focus, you still need to set aside time each week for tasks outside of your current theme&#8212;the &#8220;keeping the lights on&#8221; work.</p></li></ol><p>Watch out for ad-hoc tasks, as they can quickly derail your plans. By using time management and scheduling, you can ensure you dedicate time to both modes and avoid neglecting the high-impact, long-term work.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Planning Your Time</h3><p>Here is a sketch of how these two approaches might look on a calendar:</p><p><strong>Week 1 (Project X Focus):</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Monday:</strong> 50% focused coding on Project X; 50% on weekly team syncs and ad-hoc requests.</p></li><li><p><strong>Tuesday:</strong> 100% deep work on Project X.</p></li><li><p><strong>Wednesday:</strong> 50% focused coding on Project X; 50% on mentoring and code reviews for other projects.</p></li><li><p><strong>Thursday:</strong> 100% deep work on Project X.</p></li><li><p><strong>Friday:</strong> 50% strategic planning for a future project (part of your 20% theme); 50% wrap-up tasks.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Week 5 (Architectural Design Focus):</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Monday:</strong> 60% on architectural design review; 40% on team syncs.</p></li><li><p><strong>Tuesday:</strong> 100% deep work on system design.</p></li><li><p><strong>Wednesday:</strong> 50% on architectural design; 50% on unblocking the Project X team.</p></li><li><p><strong>Thursday:</strong> 100% deep work on system design.</p></li><li><p><strong>Friday:</strong> 50% on a communication about the new architecture; 50% on ad-hoc requests.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Ultimately, staff engineering leadership is a <strong>dynamic skill</strong>, not a fixed role. The key isn&#8217;t to be one or the other, but to master the <strong>continuous dance</strong> between direct and strategic work. Embrace this challenge, because your ability to switch fluidly between immediate contribution and long-term influence is what will define your impact and leadership as a staff engineer.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foundation of team practices for new teams]]></title><description><![CDATA[An opinionated set of practices as foundation for software development teams]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/a-foundation-of-team-practices-for</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/a-foundation-of-team-practices-for</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 21:56:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!59IK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cc0feb-4aa2-48c0-966b-78622fa376ae_1024x1024.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's not everyday that we setup a team from scratch. But when doing so it's interesting to consider what practices to include in the foundation of the team. In the end we still need to listen to the team members and adapt to what works in the current condition. But it can be easier to start from a baseline and make changes than starting from a blank page.</p><blockquote><p><em>This is an initial post covering the foundation on a high-level. In later posts I plan to dive deeper into the rationale of some practices listed.</em></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!59IK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cc0feb-4aa2-48c0-966b-78622fa376ae_1024x1024.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!59IK!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cc0feb-4aa2-48c0-966b-78622fa376ae_1024x1024.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!59IK!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cc0feb-4aa2-48c0-966b-78622fa376ae_1024x1024.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!59IK!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cc0feb-4aa2-48c0-966b-78622fa376ae_1024x1024.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!59IK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cc0feb-4aa2-48c0-966b-78622fa376ae_1024x1024.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!59IK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cc0feb-4aa2-48c0-966b-78622fa376ae_1024x1024.webp" width="1024" height="1024" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/92cc0feb-4aa2-48c0-966b-78622fa376ae_1024x1024.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1024,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A group of animals collaborating on a project to illustrate teamwork practices. For example, a wise owl guiding a planning meeting with a clipboard, a busy beaver building with tools, a fox brainstorming ideas, and a squirrel gathering resources like acorns. The animals are gathered in a forest setting, with a whiteboard propped against a tree, tools and resources scattered around, and a collaborative, friendly atmosphere with animals working together harmoniously on a shared project.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="A group of animals collaborating on a project to illustrate teamwork practices. For example, a wise owl guiding a planning meeting with a clipboard, a busy beaver building with tools, a fox brainstorming ideas, and a squirrel gathering resources like acorns. 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Of course each practice need to be reviewed based on current conditions to make sure they make sense.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.emilbacklund.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Emil&#8217;s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><strong>Speed of learning</strong>, continuous discovery needs to be an integral part of any user facing development team. Team members need to understand the value of learning and how speed of learning needs to be prioritized. A bit simplified but; <em>Is something good enough to uncover new learnings? =&gt; Release it</em></p><p><strong>Outcome over output</strong>, a feature being released is sure something to celebrate but the aim of the team is to reach outcome. A released feature with no or unhappy users has little to no value.</p><p><strong>No estimates</strong>, to avoid estimating functionality that we have already committed to building. There's value in estimating on feature/project level to iron out priority but after that we are only getting diminishing returns.</p><p><strong>No deadlines</strong>, a product development team will not benefit from deadlines so avoid them. Only use deadlines when there is a high external impact that will happen if the deadline is not met.</p><p><strong>Kanban</strong>, is for most product teams the more suitable way of structuring work. Some iteration cadence is still needed for planning and other ceremonies but what has been completed at the end of one iteration is not the goal.</p><p><strong>"Off-board" time</strong>, many teams struggle with planning, refactoring and cleaning out tech debt. We know we need to take time to make technical improvements. With off-board time we make sure that a healthy level of technical improvements are always being done. I believe it&#8217;s easier for a Product Manager to commit to say 15% time on technical improvements instead of making a decision on a specific technical improvement. </p><p><strong>Zero-bug policy</strong>, by setting a strict definition on what is a bug and what is an improvement. And, afterwards aiming to resolve all known bugs. This practice makes help us towards higher software quality and how a clear description for how to prioritize bugs.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.emilbacklund.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Emil&#8217;s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A study collection for engineering managers]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2022 I wrote the first version of this post. Now I&#8217;m making an updated version that is solely focused on Engineering Management. Later I'll also do one for Tech Lead / Staff Engineering. When finding new content I will try to update this post.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/a-study-collection-for-engineering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/a-study-collection-for-engineering</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:58:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2022 I wrote the <a href="https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/a-reading-guide-for-new-engineering-managers-or-teach-leads">first version of this post</a>. Now I&#8217;m making an updated version that is solely focused on Engineering Management. Later I'll also do one for Tech Lead / Staff Engineering. When finding new content I will try to update this post.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png" width="1024" height="703" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:703,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1270522,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xncZ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcd83546-2b15-4407-8dc4-d3d92b539331_1024x703.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Below is a collection of&nbsp; books and resources that helped me kickstart the learn about leadership and engineering management.</p><h2>Books</h2><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Elegant-Puzzle-Systems-Engineering-Management/dp/1732265186">An Elegant Puzzle</a> &#8211; Will Larson<br>My first choice for reading about engineering management.</p><p><a href="https://www.engmanagement.dev/">Engineering Management for the rest of us</a> - Sarah Drasner<br>Currently listening to this book. In contention as the first book to read when going into engineering management. </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.se/-/en/Patrick-M-Lencioni/dp/0787960756">Five dysfunctions of a team</a> - Patrick Lencioni<br>Works really well to listen too. You probably end up listening to this more than once. Really good for understand how to relate to your peers and other leaders in the organization I think.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Kim-Scott/dp/B01KTIEFEE">Radical candor</a> &#8211; Kim Scott<br>Understanding &#8220;Care personally, challenge directly&#8221; and always strive to approach leadership this way.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth-ebook/dp/B06XP3GJ7F">The Manager&#8217;s Path</a> &#8211; Camille Fournier<br>Also a great book on engineering management. But a larger focus on management at different levels in the hierarchy.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1484221575">Managing Humans</a> &#8211; Michael Lopp<br>Maybe not the first books to read but if your like me (an example-based learner) this can help you see real-life situations.</p><p><a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-art-of/9781492045687/">The Art of leadership</a> - Michael Lopp<br>A practical book on engineering management, director and executive leadership.</p><h1>Articles</h1><p><a href="https://www.patkua.com/blog/5-engineering-manager-archetypes/">Engineering Manager archetypes</a></p><p><a href="https://leaddev.com/mentoring-coaching-feedback/mentor-coach-sponsor-guide-developing-engineers">Mentor, coach, sponsor: a guide to developing engineers | LeadDev </a></p><p><a href="https://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html">Makers vs Manager schedule</a></p><h1>Talks</h1><p>I know I&#8217;ve watched a bunch of talk but memory is failing me so for now there&#8217;s only one talk linked. But do give <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LeadDev/featured">LeadDev </a>a follow on Youtube and you&#8217;ll probably find some topic supporting your growth.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHEy1I2M5Q">The Engineer to Manager Transition, by Former Twitter Director of Engineering David Loftesness</a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Staff Engineer Expectations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Helping Senior Engineers form an understanding of what is needed to reach Staff Engineer]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/expectations-on-staff-engineers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/expectations-on-staff-engineers</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:14:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/75aa5384-5781-400f-bdfd-dcd38992b422_1024x1024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em>With this post I try to express my current understanding of how to communicate expectations for Senior Engineers. I might to update this post as I learn and receive feedback.</em></p></blockquote><p>About a year ago I moved from Engineering Manager to Staff Engineer at a time when the definition for the role was very vague. There was a career framework but a career framework would never be able to fully express what would be required of me. It meant that I was very much part of setting the expectations of my new role and doing so by building an understanding of how the role was defined in the wider software community. My goal with this post is to, in a condensed format, help guide Senior Engineers and  Engineering Managers in discussion around Staff Engineer roles.</p><p>A bit of a disclaimer. There is a lot to say on this topic and many have written about it before, see links in <a href="https://www.emilbacklund.com/i/143387337/expectations-for-becoming-a-staff-engineer">resources</a>. To make something more condensed I will make some assumptions to narrow down the scope.&nbsp;</p><ul><li><p>Mid-size/smaller companies (say 30-70 engineers)</p></li><li><p>Product Engineering makes up the majority of the engineers.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Primarily need for Tech lead and Architect <a href="https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes/">archetypes&nbsp;</a></p><p></p></li></ul><h3>Let&#8217;s first talk about the terminal level</h3><p>Many companies use the Senior Engineer level as the <strong>terminal level</strong>, i.e. the level where the organization doesn't have expectations that engineers will move on to the next level. The reason to have a terminal level is because after level the expectations change a lot. What got you to be a Senior Engineer is most likely not what will get you promoted to staff+ roles. But remember that Senior Engineers are super valuable, for some staying and improving in this role is a much better fit for everyone. Most companies also express this by letting the salary band of Senior Engineer level reach well into the salary band of Staff Engineer level.</p><p>For an Engineering manager a good initial sign would be that the Senior Engineer shows interest in technical leadership and wider technical impact. If they are seeking promotion without showing interest the engineer might be much better off to keep improving/staying as a Senior Engineer.</p><h3>Business impact over codebase impact</h3><p>At a high level I think the change in expectations can be expressed as a stronger focus on business impact over codebase impact. Roughly, the Senior Engineer implements a new feature for teams to use and tell them through slack before continuing with other work. But the Staff Engineer will make sure that the functionality is getting used and making the teams more successful. Basically a much greater focus on outcome instead of output.</p><p>Technical skills are still essential but apart from the Solver archetype it will not be enough to reach the expected impact. The lever that enables the expected impact requires a <strong>whole lot of soft skills</strong>, i.e. ability to gain impact through others.</p><h3>Expectations</h3><p>I have come to realize that I think there are two sets of expectations that any engineer aspiring for Staff Engineer level should consider. There&#8217;s the expectations on what it will be like to work as a Staff Engineer and if you will enjoy it. And then there&#8217;s all the expectations from the organization before they are ready to promote you.</p><h4>Expectations when being a Staff Engineer</h4><p>Here&#8217;s a short list of what you can expect to be doing or experiencing as a Staff Engineer. I think it could be used as a starting point for anyone interested in the Staff+ levels. If you're still interested after reading this list I suggest picking up one of the books mentioned in <a href="https://www.emilbacklund.com/i/143387337/expectations-for-becoming-a-staff-engineer">resources</a>.</p><ul><li><p>You own and continuously realign your job description</p></li><li><p>You probably are involved in more than one initiative at the time. Some big, some small.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Prioritize your time and <a href="https://staffeng.com/guides/work-on-what-matters/">avoid snacking</a></p></li><li><p>Problems are ambiguous in nature and it&#8217;s your job to bring clarity</p></li><li><p>Effectively network to build organizational context</p></li><li><p>Coach and mentor engineers towards increased productivity/effectiveness</p></li><li><p>Imposter syndrome only gets worse</p></li><li><p>Might write code but most often avoiding the critical path and seldom will it be the highest impact action that you can take.</p></li><li><p>You are a leader and a role model</p></li></ul><h4>Expectations for becoming a Staff Engineer</h4><p>As a Senior Engineer you will need to prove to leaders in your organization that you are capable of delivering the expected impact. That is what will finally decide if you get the promotion, trying to check boxes on a career framework will not get you there.</p><p>A way to show that you can deliver expected impact could be to have shown:</p><ul><li><p>Proven tech lead with sole technical responsibility for a team</p></li><li><p>Ability to implement change that is not technical in nature. For example, successfully change how a team works with bugs</p></li><li><p>Through a &#8220;<a href="https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-projects/">staff project</a>&#8221; shown that they have the required technical leadership skill. In most cases, showing ability to use soft skills together with technical knowledge to reach business impact.</p></li></ul><h3>Resources</h3><p><a href="https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/04/behaviours-staff-plus-engineers/">Five Behaviours of Successful Staff Plus Engineers</a></p><p><a href="https://www.infoq.com/articles/transitioning-staff-plus-coach/?s=09">Transitioning into the Staff+ Engineer Role - from Player to Coach</a></p><p><a href="https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/senior-engineer-to-staff-engineer">Senior Engineer to Staff Engineer</a></p><p><a href="https://staffeng.com/book/">Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track</a> by Will Larson (Book)</p><p><a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-staff-engineers/9781098118723/">The Staff Engineer's Path</a> by Tanya Reilly (Book)</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immutable vs mutable schemas in APIs ]]></title><description><![CDATA[How mutability affects reliability of APIs when consuming historical data.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/immutable-vs-mutable-schemas-in-apis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/immutable-vs-mutable-schemas-in-apis</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 21:52:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a9177410-9432-4bb0-aaa3-15a2f8b59a65_512x512.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For some time, I have been pondering how the nature of data, whether mutable or immutable, provided by an API, changes how consumers can build solutions on top of the API.</p><p>In this post, I'm focusing on API consumers that do not contribute data. I suggest that such API consumers will prefer an immutable schema API, meaning that the same request will provide the same data when requested at a different date and/or time regardless of preceding events in the system of the API.</p><p>Let's explore this characteristic with an example of two order systems, <strong>Impala </strong>has immutable characteristics, and<strong> Mantee </strong>has mutable characteristics. Both systems has public APIs that expose commerce order data.</p><p>Both APIs provide the endpoint with the single order schema outlined below:</p><pre><code><code>api/orders?startDate=XXX&amp;enddate=YYY</code></code></pre><p><em>The endpoint would return an array or paging object but lets omit that to avoid a bunch of boilerplate.</em></p><p><strong>Mantee Order Schema</strong></p><pre><code><code>{
&#9;"orderId": 0,
&#9;"orderItems" : [{ ... }&#9;],
&#9;"payments" : [ { ... } ],
}</code></code></pre><p><strong>Impala Order Schema</strong></p><pre><code><code>{
&#9;"orderId": 0
&#9;"events" : [
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"items": [{...}&#9;],
&#9;&#9;&#9;"payment" : { ... }
&#9;&#9;}&#9;&#9;
&#9;],
}
</code></code></pre><blockquote><p><strong>Note that the immutable schema in this post has only been constructed to be enough to explain the concept of this post.</strong></p></blockquote><h3>Scenario</h3><p>The <strong>Mantee </strong>and <strong>Impala </strong>APIs are consumed by a consumer that tries to sum up how much VAT was accumulated on each day.</p><ol><li><p>At <code>10:30 on the the 11th of January</code> a customer pays for an order of 100 pebbles and 100 books</p></li><li><p>At <code>9:30 on the 12th of January</code> the customer they only need 10 pebbles so a refund with quantity of 10 is made.</p></li><li><p>At <code>18:01 on 13th of January</code> the customer notes that an extra 10 books were not needed so 10 books are refunded.</p></li></ol><p>For this scenario we will now explore what the order data will look at when making a specific request after each event above.</p><h4>Requests at 11:00 on 11th</h4><p><br><strong>Mantee</strong><br><code>GET api/orders?startDate=2024-01-11T00:00:00</code></p><pre><code><code>{
&#9;"orderId": 39,
&#9;"orderItems" : [
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": 100,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.25,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 33.92,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "pebble"
&#9;&#9;},
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": 100,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.06,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 40.00,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "books"
&#9;&#9;}
&#9;],
&#9;"payments" : [
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"id": "xyz",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"timestamp": "2024-01-11T10:33:46Z",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 8480
&#9;&#9;}
&#9;],
&#9;"updated": "2024-01-11T10:33:52Z"
}
</code></code></pre><p><strong>Impala</strong><br><code>GET api/orders?startDate=2024-01-11T00:00:00</code></p><pre><code><code>{
&#9;"orderId": 39
&#9;"events" : [
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"type": "purchase",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"timestamp": "2024-01-11T10:33:46Z"
&#9;&#9;&#9;"items": 
&#9;&#9;&#9;[
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": 100,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.25,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 33.92,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "pebble" 
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;},
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": 100,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.06,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 40,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "books" 
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;}
&#9;&#9;&#9;],
&#9;&#9;&#9;"payment" : 
&#9;&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"id": "xyz",
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 8480
&#9;&#9;&#9;}
&#9;&#9;}&#9;&#9;
&#9;],
&#9;updated: "2024-01-11T10:33:52Z"
}
</code></code></pre><h4>Requests at 10:00 on 12th</h4><p><strong>Mantee</strong><br><code>GET api/orders?startDate=2024-01-11T00:00:00</code></p><pre><code><code>{
&#9;"orderId": 39
&#9;"orderItems" : [
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": 100,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.25,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 33.92,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "pebble" 
&#9;&#9;},
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": 100,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.06,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 10,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "books" 
&#9;&#9;},
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": -10,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.25,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 33.92,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "pebble" 
&#9;&#9;},
&#9;],
&#9;"payments" : [
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"id": "xyz",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"timestamp": "2024-01-11T10:33:46Z",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 8480
&#9;&#9;},
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"id": "abc",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"timestamp": "2024-01-12T09:29:46Z",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": -424
&#9;&#9;}
&#9;],
&#9;updated: "2024-01-11T10:33:52Z"
}
</code></code></pre><p><strong>Impala</strong><br><code>GET api/orders?startDate=2024-01-11T00:00:00</code></p><pre><code><code>{
&#9;"orderId": 39
&#9;"events" : [
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"type": "purchase",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"timestamp": "2024-01-11T10:33:46Z"
&#9;&#9;&#9;"items": 
&#9;&#9;&#9;[
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": 100,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.25,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 33.92,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "pebble" 
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;},
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": 100,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.06,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 40,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "books" 
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;}
&#9;&#9;&#9;],
&#9;&#9;&#9;"payment" : 
&#9;&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"id": "xyz",
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 8480
&#9;&#9;&#9;}
&#9;&#9;},
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"type": "refund",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"timestamp": "2024-01-12T09:29:46Z"
&#9;&#9;&#9;"items": 
&#9;&#9;&#9;[
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": -10,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.25,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": 33.92,
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"description": "pebble" 
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;}
&#9;&#9;&#9;],
&#9;&#9;&#9;"payment" : 
&#9;&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"id": "xyz"
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"amount": -424
&#9;&#9;&#9;}
&#9;&#9;}&#9;&#9;
&#9;],
&#9;updated: "2024-01-11T10:33:52Z"
}
</code></code></pre><h4>Requests at 19:00 on 13th</h4><p><strong>Mantee</strong><br><code>GET api/orders?startDate=2024-01-11T00:00:00</code></p><pre><code><code>{
&#9;"orderId": 39
&#9;"orderItems" : [
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"quantity": 100,
&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.25,
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&#9;&#9;{
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&#9;"orderId": 39
&#9;"events" : [
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"type": "purchase",
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&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;{
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&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;}
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&#9;&#9;&#9;{
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&#9;&#9;&#9;}
&#9;&#9;},
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&#9;&#9;&#9;[
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&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.25,
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&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;}
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&#9;&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"id": "abc"
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&#9;&#9;&#9;}
&#9;&#9;},
&#9;&#9;{
&#9;&#9;&#9;"type": "refund",
&#9;&#9;&#9;"timestamp": "2024-01-13T18:01:46Z"
&#9;&#9;&#9;"items": 
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&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;{
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&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;"vat": 0.25,
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}</code></code></pre><h4>Summing up VAT</h4><p>When consuming the <strong>Mantee </strong>API, we can match payments and order items as long as each event is processed when it occurs. Even if we need to correlate the order items with payments it works well in normal circumstances and when we are not interested in data in the past.</p><p>Notice what happens if we after the last refund tries to sum up VAT for each day. Since there's only one positive payment we can match with order items that are positive and get the correct result. For refunds <code>abc</code> and <code>def</code> we try to do the same but unfortunately the payments have the same amount. </p><blockquote><p>While the same amount is one way the correlation becomes unreliable it is not the only one. Number of order item combinations or complex use of discounts could also be the source for correlation to be unreliable.</p></blockquote><p>With <strong>Impala </strong>(the immutable schema), payments and items are grouped into events. For this reason working with events as they occur or far in the past will have no difference.</p><p></p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Mutable APIs lack reliable data handling for any consumer working with historical data. This becomes most prominent when the consumer tries to work with data that was produced before the consumer was activated to consume data from the mutable API. But in other cases it also lacks reliability that an immutable API provides. Imaging that a system is unresponsive and cannot handle incoming webhooks. While the system normally handles the example scenario when receiving webhooks on every purchase. It will during an outage be required to rely on risky correlation. With a growing number of integration the likelihood of being unable to correlate correctly will increase.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take ways from StaffPlus london]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having followed LeadDev conferences and content for many years, I was thrilled to finally attend the StaffPlus conference in London. Unfortunately, the onset of summer vacation meant that I had to postpone summarizing the conference until now.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/10413-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/10413-2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff2f70564-1f35-43b8-9e82-c78fad2cfa36_4032x3024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having followed LeadDev conferences and content for many years, I was thrilled to finally attend the <a href="https://leaddev.com/events/staffplus-london-2023">StaffPlus conference in London</a>. Unfortunately, the onset of summer vacation meant that I had to postpone summarizing the conference until now.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rvra!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff2f70564-1f35-43b8-9e82-c78fad2cfa36_4032x3024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rvra!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff2f70564-1f35-43b8-9e82-c78fad2cfa36_4032x3024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rvra!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff2f70564-1f35-43b8-9e82-c78fad2cfa36_4032x3024.jpeg 848w, 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I particularly appreciated how our host, <a href="https://noidea.dog/">Tanya</a>, encouraged us to strike up conversations with individuals we hadn&#8217;t previously met before nearly every break.</p><p>There were numerous outstanding talks, but here are the key takeaways that resonated with me the most:</p><p>As staff+ engineers, we are expected to have a impact and influence that spans multiple product areas or even the whole company. That means scaling your self and one of the most effective way to <strong>scale your influence is through writing</strong>. Among the tools and tips presented, I found the advice to start with rough drafts and include a concise &#8220;tl;dr&#8221; (Too Long; Didn&#8217;t Read) section in documents particularly valuable. Lastly, I got pointed to the <a href="https://agilecommshandbook.com/">agile comms handbook</a> which I recently read.</p><p>No StaffPlus conference would be complete without a discussion on <strong>time management</strong>. Staff Engineers must become adept at balancing maker and manager schedules. Understanding the business context is crucial for making the most of our limited time. The emphasis here is on managing our energy rather than just our time. <a href="https://speakerdeck.com/blanquish/solving-the-puzzle-of-staff-plus-time-management?slide=28">This talk</a> provided insightful strategies for tackling this challenge.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ik5r!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4b7df1f-c3a6-4188-8cf6-91dbb07558e7_1024x570.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ik5r!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4b7df1f-c3a6-4188-8cf6-91dbb07558e7_1024x570.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ik5r!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4b7df1f-c3a6-4188-8cf6-91dbb07558e7_1024x570.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ik5r!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4b7df1f-c3a6-4188-8cf6-91dbb07558e7_1024x570.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ik5r!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4b7df1f-c3a6-4188-8cf6-91dbb07558e7_1024x570.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ik5r!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4b7df1f-c3a6-4188-8cf6-91dbb07558e7_1024x570.png" width="1024" height="570" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c4b7df1f-c3a6-4188-8cf6-91dbb07558e7_1024x570.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:570,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;This image has an empty alt attribute; 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It points to system thinking tools that can be useful when diagnosing software problems or challenges. I really feel the need to try these tools because for me there is still a gap between the theory and seeing the tools used in practice.</p><p>Last presentation was actually then one matched my timely needs to most. I had been in the Staff engineer role for a little over 6 months and felt I didn&#8217;t yet have a process for <strong>setting goals</strong> and re-aligning with leadership. One of the keys ideas was finding a cadence for iterating on the goals on either a quarterly or 6 months schedule. It can&#8217;t be stressed often enough to avoid busy work and focus on high impact work. The way of setting up goals and mapping the to career level expectations in a spreadsheet seems very interesting. I later tried this approach and found it useful even it requires some decision making when an objective matches multiple categories. After some time I have also adopted the idea of making the goals publicly available as a document.</p><p>There was also plenty of interesting technical talks for example about running continuous migrations in an huge microservices environment. But instead of summarizing every talk I found it more valuable to focus on the topics that have direct impact for me to improve in my role. I must end with that I really enjoyed attending this conference. Even if you can see the talks online the networking component is a huge plus and I find the focus on the talks to generally be better when attending a conference.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A reading guide for new engineering managers or teach leads]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I joined Bokio as a Startup of about 15 employees there was to a big extent up to me to understand how to do my new role well.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/a-reading-guide-for-new-engineering-managers-or-teach-leads</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/a-reading-guide-for-new-engineering-managers-or-teach-leads</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2022 08:10:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uOFP!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f0b9ff5-e2f2-417d-9b31-17446fc1f764_1200x1200.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I joined Bokio as a Startup of about 15 employees there was to a big extent up to me to understand how to do my new role well. Later in our journey I had the privilege of being coach of a great Head of Engineering helping me grow further. But the books I&#8217;ve read and newsletters I&#8217;ve subscribed to help me a lot in in speeding up learning process.</p><p>Below is a collection of&nbsp; books and resources that helped me kickstart the learn about leadership and engineering management.</p><h2>Books</h2><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Kim-Scott/dp/B01KTIEFEE">Radical candor</a> &#8211; Kim Scott<br>Understanding &#8220;Care personally, challenge directly&#8221; and always strive to approach leadership this way.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Elegant-Puzzle-Systems-Engineering-Management/dp/1732265186">An Elegant Puzzle</a> &#8211; Will Larson<br>My first choice for reading about engineering management.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth-ebook/dp/B06XP3GJ7F">The Manager&#8217;s Path</a> &#8211; Camille Fournier<br>Also a great book on engineering management. But a larger focus on management at different levels in the hierarchy.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1484221575">Managing Humans</a> &#8211; Michael Lopp<br>Maybe not the first books to read but if your like me (an example-based learner) this can help you see real-life situations.</p><p><a href="http://Talking with Tech Leads">Talking with tech leads</a> &#8211; Pat Kua<br>Like previous books this is also a great one if you are an example-based learner. This books contains a large set of interviews with tech leads and gives good insight into how different tech leads have talked common challenges.</p><h2>Other resources</h2><p><a href="https://leaddev.com/">LeadDev</a><br>Organization with conferences and community around engineering leadership. On Youtube you can find many great talks from previous conferences.</p><p><a href="https://www.patkua.com/media/newsletter/">Pat Kua&#8217;s newsletter</a><br>Weekly newsletter that I&#8217;ve have learned a lot from. Also I thinks Pat is able to adapt the newsletter to time of year or what is happening in the world which makes you get relevant content when you need it.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summering av 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[T&#228;nkte att &#228;nd&#229; skulle f&#229; ut ett inl&#228;gg detta &#229;r.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/summering-av-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/summering-av-2018</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 21:06:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1a338928-3942-4121-a917-b300db70dbb0_1024x498.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>T&#228;nkte att &#228;nd&#229; skulle f&#229; ut ett inl&#228;gg detta &#229;r. Jag har varit p&#229; g&#229;ng ett par g&#229;nger men tiden f&#246;r l&#228;ngre texter har hela tiden nedprioriterats. H&#228;r kommer en blandning av idrott, arbetsliv och privatliv.</p><p>Mycket h&#228;nde 2018, minst sagt.</p><ul><li><p>Hus&#228;gare</p></li><li><p>Hund (Johannas)</p></li><li><p>Bokio</p></li><li><p>Tillbaka i USA efter 7 &#229;r</p></li><li><p>T&#228;vlingar i Sverige, Danmark och Norge</p></li></ul><p>&#197;ret b&#246;rjade med 4 bra tr&#228;ningsveckor men mest minnesv&#228;rd var f&#246;rlovning med Johanna och helg i Norge. Jag v&#228;ntade med vilovecka till vecka 5 d&#229; jag och brorsan drog till Garmish-Patenkirchen. Utm&#228;rkt st&#228;lle att ta sig till fr&#229;n b&#229;de G&#246;teborg och Stockholm (Bara flyga till M&#252;nchen och sedan ta buss)</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg" width="192" height="256" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:256,&quot;width&quot;:192,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D9gP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8cacd5a4-f2ee-4f78-ac47-885993e66f74_768x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Fyra dagar spenderade vi d&#228;r nere. Bra skid&#229;kning, fr&#228;mst uppe p&#229; glaci&#228;ren. Vi tog oftast det f&#246;rsta t&#229;get som gick till glaci&#228;ren och &#229;t frukost p&#229; v&#228;gen.</p><p>Sedan tuggade jag p&#229; med tr&#228;ningen igen. &#196;ven om det gick bra s&#229; var det inte lika l&#228;tt att f&#229; till l&#229;ngpass p&#229; den dagen jag jobbade halvdag. S&#229; k&#228;ndes det i alla fall. Men nu n&#228;r jag kollar tillbaka s&#229; lyckades jag f&#229; till bra l&#229;ngpass hela vintern. Kan ha varit mer stress runt omkring f&#246;r att lyckas med det dock.</p><p>En stor skillnad som startade ungef&#228;r i Mars var nyttjandet av Sweet spot intervaller (88-94% av FTP). Hade lyssnat mycket p&#229; &#8220;Ask a cycling coach&#8221; podcast och s&#229;g att den typ av tr&#228;ning skulle kunna passa mig. Mer om sweet spot intervaller senare.</p><p>N&#229;gonstans d&#228;r i Mars s&#229; gjordes sig mitt andra intresse p&#229;mint. I ett par &#229;r s&#229; hade jag haft mycket fokus p&#229; cykling och mindre p&#229; mjukvaruutveckling. Jag b&#246;rjade k&#228;nna sug att &#228;ndra den balansen. Till en b&#246;rjan var det inte helt uppenbart hur. Men n&#228;r denna k&#228;nsla infann sig s&#229; k&#228;nde jag mig ocks&#229; redo f&#246;r n&#229;got jag inte varit redo f&#246;r tidigare. N&#228;mligen att ta steget att jobba p&#229; ett startup och vara med p&#229; resan att v&#228;xa ett s&#229;dant bolag. M&#246;jligheten har dykt upp d&#229; och d&#229; men jag har alltid k&#228;nt att f&#246;r att g&#246;ra n&#229;got s&#229;dant s&#229; beh&#246;vs jag vara mer investerad &#228;n vad jag varit redo att vara. En helt personlig sak allts&#229;, inget som n&#229;gon arbetsgivare eller potentiell arbetsgivare tyckt.</p><p>Detta ledde till att jag hoppade p&#229; Bokio startat av en god v&#228;n och studiekamrat de f&#246;rsta 3 &#229;ren p&#229; Chalmers. Man kan minst sagt s&#228;ga att vi vet hur vi jobbar ihop. Att l&#228;mna iCore var dock inte ett l&#228;tt val. P&#229; iCore fick jag m&#246;jligheten att utveckla min tekniska expertis, st&#246;ttning i att bedriva elitsatsning och umg&#229;s med mycket fina kollegor. Speciellt tack till min chef Magnus som st&#246;ttade mig bra i att b&#229;de vilja g&#246;ra bra idrott och bra arbete. Att man v&#228;ljer att jobba 90% beh&#246;ver inte betyda att man inte vill mycket p&#229; sitt jobb.</p><p>Men nu l&#228;mnar vi jobb och fokuserar p&#229; tr&#228;ning.</p><p>M&#229;let med 2018 var att ta UCI-po&#228;ng och k&#246;ra s&#229; m&#229;nga UCI t&#228;vlingar som m&#246;jlighet. Majoriteten av t&#228;vlingarna var UCI t&#228;vlingar men n&#229;got po&#228;ng lyckades jag tyv&#228;rr inte ta. Hade beh&#246;vt lyft mig n&#229;gon niv&#229; mer f&#246;r det, de pojkarna p&#229; banan &#228;r helt enkelt lite f&#246;r bra.</p><p>F&#246;rsta UCI t&#228;vlingen var i Danmark. Var nog inte riktigt redo f&#246;r farten p&#229; t&#228;vling. Avsaknad av t&#228;vlingstr&#228;ningar med motst&#229;nd.</p><p>Tv&#229; veckor senare bar det av till s&#228;ter.</p><p>D&#228;refter, vidare till V&#229;rg&#229;rda.</p><p>Efter V&#229;rg&#229;rda var v&#229;r t&#228;vlingarna slut f&#246;r min del. Jag t&#228;nkte att fokus p&#229; t&#228;vling skulle vara b&#228;ttre f&#246;rberedelse f&#246;r att t&#228;vlingar efter resa till USA. Idag os&#228;ker p&#229; om det var r&#228;tt men s&#228;ker att det hade tagit f&#246;r mycket energi att t&#228;vla vidare, b&#246;rja p&#229; Bokio och f&#246;rbereda f&#246;r USA.</p><p><strong>Att &#228;ntligen vara tillbaka i USA och ha med Johanna var &#229;rets stora h&#246;jdpunkt. </strong>Det var d&#229; 7 &#229;r sedan jag l&#228;mnade USA och Wyoming efter att ha jobbat d&#228;r i ett &#229;r. Det var v&#228;rt vara &#228;nda dag i s&#228;mre fysik och mer att &#229;ka ditt!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg" width="768" height="374" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:374,&quot;width&quot;:768,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olGq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06d17d15-8589-4103-b9e6-d13f257fe9d2_1024x498.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Jag tr&#228;nade en del l&#246;pning i USA men som jag f&#246;rv&#228;ntat s&#229; kr&#228;vdes en del arbete innan jag var i tillr&#228;ckligt bra form igen. Jag jobbade h&#229;rt f&#246;r att komma tillbaka i god fysik men v&#228;l i Falun p&#229; fj&#228;rde UCI-t&#228;vlingen s&#229; fanns det inte mycket power. Till veckan efter och SM s&#229; var det lite b&#228;ttre men inte riktigt tillbaka.</p><p>Tv&#229; veckor senare, 8 veckor hemma efter USA, s&#229; k&#228;nde jag mig tillbaka. Vi drog nere till Kolding, Danmark f&#246;r UCI Cat 1 t&#228;vling. Vilket race det var med st&#246;rsta XCO startf&#228;ltet jag varit med om. Tyv&#228;rr teknisk strul men annars ett helt ok race.</p><p>N&#228;sta UCI t&#228;vling i Skat&#229;s med min egen klubb som arrang&#246;r.</p><p>Sista UCI t&#228;vlingen blev Karl XII ritet i Halden, Norge.</p><p>&#196;r du kvar? Coolt, ja det blev ett l&#229;ngt inl&#228;gg n&#228;r det &#228;r det &#228;nda f&#246;r &#229;ret</p><p>Lite av ett stople-ut &#229;r skulle man kunna s&#228;ga. I alla fall vad g&#228;ller t&#228;vlingsresultat. Det finns tv&#229; anledningar som kommer att jobba med 2019.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Andningssv&#229;righeter </strong>i varma dammiga dagar har blivit mer uppenbara. Presterar ofta b&#228;ttre p&#229; h&#246;sten.</p></li><li><p>UCI t&#228;vlingar <strong>tar ibland mycket energi</strong> i planering och f&#246;rberedelser.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Jag har gjort en del framsteg ocks&#229;.</strong></p><ul><li><p>B&#229;de hopp och dropp blir jag mer och mer s&#228;ker p&#229;. Sv&#229;raste just nu har jag f&#246;r hopp d&#228;r jag inte har full k&#228;nsla f&#246;r fart och r&#246;relse som kr&#228;vs f&#246;r dubbelhopp. I slutet av &#229;ret b&#246;rjade mindre dubbelhopp att sitta</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:null,&quot;width&quot;:null,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&#128578;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="&#128578;" title="&#128578;" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bw68!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff01bc72e-a267-4f2d-a923-817c34430a97_72x72.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p>Uppn&#229;tt ny max effekt p&#229; 1 och 2 minuter.</p></li><li><p>L&#228;rt mig mycket mer t&#228;vlingstaktik.</p></li></ul><p><em>Jag skulle vilja skriva mer med det f&#229;r r&#228;cka nu</em></p><p>Jag blickar nu fram&#229;t mot 2019. Av flera anledningar l&#228;ger jag om tr&#228;ningen mot att vara tidseffektiv och fokusera p&#229; optimal prestation. Inte lika m&#229;nga l&#229;ngpass och ist&#228;llet m&#229;nga fler intervallpass i olika intensitet. Dessutom blir det fokus p&#229; t&#228;vlingar i Sverige och n&#228;ra G&#246;teborg. Kul att &#229;ka runt och t&#228;vla men det tog lite f&#246;r mycket energi, f&#246;rhoppningsvis lite b&#228;ttre resultat ist&#228;llet.</p><p>Till sist, stort tack till de som st&#246;ttar mig fr&#228;mst Sportspec och BMC. Tack ocks&#229; till klubben jag t&#228;vlar f&#246;r och alla fina medlemmar som m&#229;nga g&#229;nger st&#229;tt med flaska eller hejat p&#229; t&#228;vling. Mest tack till Johanna som alltid finns d&#228;r!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swe-cup final 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exakt en vecka sedan swe-cup finalen i &#214;stersund.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/swe-cup-final-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/swe-cup-final-2017</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 13:01:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/90bc5b08-e076-48bb-b8d8-25cb177e8d65_1024x770.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Exakt en vecka sedan swe-cup finalen i &#214;stersund. Som vanlig tar det ett tag innan jag f&#229;r ro att s&#228;tta mig och skriva. Men jag t&#228;nker att det inte g&#246;r s&#229; mycket.</p><p>Det &#228;r en bra bit fr&#229;n G&#246;teborg till &#214;stersund s&#229; jag och Johanna drog iv&#228;g redan p&#229; torsdagen och sov i Orsa innan vi fortsatte. Ju l&#228;ngre norr vi kom ju mer fina h&#246;stf&#228;rger blev det.</p><p>Det &#228;r t&#228;mligen smidigt med t&#228;vlingsbanan i &#214;stersund om man bor p&#229; Fr&#246;s&#246; Park hotell d&#229; m&#229;let &#228;r precis bakom hotellet. S&#229; n&#228;r vi hade checkat in och slappat lite s&#229; var det bara att ta cykeln och b&#246;rja testa banan. K&#246;rde 3 varv med 10 min i h&#246;g fart, som vanligt &#228;ven om jag la lite mer tid p&#229; att testa vissa partier. Det var speciellt n&#229;gra byggda hinder som inte var helt genomt&#228;nkta d&#228;r det kr&#228;vdes lite extra tid f&#246;r att komma p&#229; hur man skulle g&#246;ra.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg" width="1024" height="770" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:770,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hdc3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec19fd69-c8c8-4030-abd6-6da83f197a7c_1024x770.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Foto: Johanna Fridhagen</figcaption></figure></div><p>N&#228;r det var dags f&#246;r start s&#229; beh&#246;ll jag armv&#228;rmarna p&#229; men benv&#228;rmarna fick &#229;ka av. &#196;ven om det var ca 10 grader s&#229; vet jag nu hur varmt det blir n&#228;r man k&#246;r p&#229;. Efter typ 2 varv s&#229; &#229;kte dock armv&#228;rmarna av ocks&#229;. 13 stycken kom till start i Elitklassen s&#229; det var inte direkt tr&#229;ngt i starten. Det &#228;r kul &#228;nd&#229; f&#246;r den senaste tiden s&#229; har jag k&#228;nt mig mycket starkare p&#229; f&#246;rsta varvet. Ut p&#229; varv 2 s&#229; &#228;r jag i en grupp som k&#246;r om placering 5-9. Den gruppen h&#229;ller sedan fram till 5e varvet av 6. D&#229; jag ligger l&#228;ngst bak s&#229; tappar jag lite avst&#229;nd n&#228;r farten h&#246;js. Men kan ta mig ikapp en Nils Lillpers s&#229; det blir fight om 7e platsen. N&#228;r det bara &#228;r den l&#229;nga kl&#228;ttringen kvar s&#229; best&#228;mmer jag mig att g&#229; fram. Tyv&#228;rr har jag inte tillr&#228;ckligt mycket krut f&#246;r att k&#246;ra ifr&#229;n. F&#246;rs&#246;ker spurta men blir slagen med 1 sekund. &#196;nd&#229; v&#228;ldigt n&#246;jd med loppet, k&#246;r mot cyklister som brukar vara f&#246;re mig. Tydligt att jag h&#246;jt mig en niv&#229; till under h&#246;sten.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg" width="1024" height="948" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:948,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H7P4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8eed68c-1783-4ba5-9575-0eba24df904f_1024x948.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Foto: Johanna Fridhagen</figcaption></figure></div><p>Tr&#228;ningsdata:&nbsp;<a href="http://tpks.ws/DdG2P">http://tpks.ws/DdG2P</a></p><p>Plus/Minus lista:</p><p>+ Bra start<br>+ Bra startloop<br>&#8211; Sl&#228;pper f&#246;r mycket avst&#229;nd ibland<br>+ B&#228;ttre p&#229; att h&#229;lla fart i detta flacka uf&#246;r.<br>&#8211; Taktik p&#229; sista varvet. Ska man g&#229; ifr&#229;n i backe s&#229; m&#229;ste man g&#229; helt p&#229; max.<br>+ V&#229;gade f&#246;rs&#246;ka att g&#229; ifr&#229;n.<br>&#8211; Beh&#246;ver inte ligga l&#228;ngst bak i gruppen hela tiden.<br>&#8211; Skulle s&#228;nkt tempot efter f&#246;rs&#246;ket att g&#229; i fr&#229;n i backen f&#246;r att kunna spurta b&#228;ttre.</p><h2>Lite om sj&#228;lva banan</h2><p>F&#229;r &#228;nd&#229; skriv lite om banan d&#229; SM n&#228;rmast tv&#229; &#229;r kommer g&#229;r d&#228;r. Tycker det var skillnad att t&#228;vla p&#229; denna bana i j&#228;mf&#246;relse mot att tr&#228;na p&#229; den. Det f&#246;rsta delen (f&#246;rsta 4 min) &#228;r bra, det &#228;r inte s&#229; brant utf&#246;r men f&#246;r att h&#229;lla h&#246;g fart s&#229; f&#229;r man vara vaken i kurvorna. Efter denna del s&#229; &#228;r det r&#228;tt mycket transport k&#228;nsla p&#229; fram till dropp/hopp nr tv&#229; bredvid langningen, det g&#229;r lite nerf&#246;r och lite utf&#246;r men &#228;r inte s&#229; utslagsgivande. F&#246;rsta droppet f&#229;r man verkligen h&#229;lla igen i annars landar bra l&#229;ngt ner, l&#228;tt fixat dock. Fr&#229;n dropp nr tv&#229; s&#229; &#228;r det en rolig nedf&#246;rsl&#246;pa d&#228;r det l&#228;ngst faktiskt &#228;r lite r&#246;tter p&#229; stigen. Kl&#228;ttringen d&#228;refter &#228;r mer utslagsgivande upp till langningen. Sista utf&#246;rsl&#246;pan &#228;r r&#228;tt ok den med men diket vid hoppet &#228;r problematiskt &#228;ven om det g&#229;r enkelt att k&#246;ra om man landar innan och h&#229;ller h&#246;gt v&#228;nster. D&#228;r efter &#228;r det en ganska l&#229;ng slakmota upp mot m&#229;let. &#214;verlag s&#229; &#228;r det viktiga ett en del diken fylls (speciellt utf&#246;r), att hoppen byggs rej&#228;lare och att man g&#228;rna fick leta upp n&#229;gon mer stig med r&#246;tter. Varvets profil finns nedan.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ScreenClip.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pvUS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb955515c-3c9f-4977-88da-50f570c7a3d5_1024x266.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pvUS!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb955515c-3c9f-4977-88da-50f570c7a3d5_1024x266.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pvUS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb955515c-3c9f-4977-88da-50f570c7a3d5_1024x266.png 1272w, 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mig. Det &#228;r mycket resande nu s&#229; sv&#229;rt att hinna med att skriva om t&#228;vlingar under veckorna d&#229; fokus &#228;r p&#229; jobb och tr&#228;ning. T&#228;nkte i alla fall skriva lite om f&#246;rra helgen d&#229; jag k&#246;rde finalen av Flammen liga, den danska XCO cupen.</p><p>D&#229; t&#228;vlingen var p&#229; s&#246;ndagen s&#229; &#229;kte Johanna och jag ner p&#229; L&#246;rdag morgon s&#229; jag skulle kunna tr&#228;na p&#229; banan mellan kl 15 och 17. T&#228;vlingen gick i Vejle vilket ligger n&#228;sta 6 timmar med bil fr&#229;n G&#246;teborg. Ett tips &#228;r att skaffa ett bropass n&#228;r man skall till Danmark d&#229; man tj&#228;nar igen det p&#229; f&#246;rsta tur/retur resan. &#197;ker man dessutom mellan &#246;arna i Danmark s&#229; sparar man &#228;nnu mer. Dessutom sparar man ju tid ;)</p><p>&#196;ven om det tog tid s&#229; gick det smidigt att komma till t&#228;vlingen. Efter lite parkeringsletande s&#229; b&#246;t jag om till cykelkl&#228;der och Johanna till l&#246;pkl&#228;der. Johanna drog ut p&#229; l&#246;ppass medan jag drog till t&#228;vlingsarenan f&#246;r att h&#228;mta nummerlapp. P&#229; t&#228;vlingar som denna &#228;r det ju obligatoriskt med nummerlapp under tr&#228;ning. Med nummerlapp p&#229; s&#229; drog jag ut p&#229; banan. F&#246;rst ett lugnt varv f&#246;r att kolla linjer och l&#228;ra mig banan. P&#229; varv tv&#229; s&#229; b&#246;rjade jag med 10 minuter i t&#228;vlingsfart f&#246;r att v&#228;cka kroppen. D&#228;refter testade jag linjer i en utf&#246;rsl&#246;pa som var lite lurig. Men efter att ha testat en ny linje s&#229; m&#228;rker jag att jag tappar luft i bakd&#228;cket. D&#229; jag inte fyllt p&#229; med t&#228;tningsv&#228;tska s&#229; finns det inte tillr&#228;ckligt mycket f&#246;r att t&#228;ta. Uppt&#228;cker n&#228;r jag ska byta till slang att jag gl&#246;mt slangen s&#229; bara att g&#229; tillbaka till t&#228;vlingsarenan.</p><p>V&#228;ldigt glad att jag hade med mig extra hjul s&#229; jag kunde byta till det hjulet och kan k&#246;ra slangl&#246;st p&#229; t&#228;vlingsdagen. In i bilen och s&#229; &#229;kte vi mot hotell via en rej&#228;l omv&#228;g. Checkade in, duschade och &#229;t middag p&#229; restaurangen. D&#228;refter lite hotellrumsh&#228;ng innan sovdags.</p><p>S&#246;ndag morgon &#228;r jag v&#228;ldigt n&#246;jd med. D&#229; det var d&#229;ligt med p-platser n&#228;ra t&#228;vlingsarenan s&#229; tog jag bilen de 1,5 kilometerna till t&#228;vlingsarenan innan kl 8. St&#228;llde bilen p&#229; en bra plats och cyklade tillbaka till hotellet f&#246;r att &#228;ta frukost. Efter frukost slappade vi p&#229; hotellet till lite innan kl 13 d&#229; vi begav och till t&#228;vlingsarenan. Sedan i vanlig ordning uppv&#228;rmning i 30 minuter och p&#229; plats f&#246;r upprop 15 minuter innan start.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg" width="1024" height="678" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:678,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mcqi!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4fb2379-9545-4d44-9c92-135dd3d2158c_1024x678.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Utan UCI po&#228;ng eller Flammen liga po&#228;ng s&#229; fick jag starta l&#229;ngt back i det 45 man stora elitstartf&#228;ltet. N&#228;r starten g&#229;r s&#229; g&#229;r det till en b&#246;rjan inte s&#229; fort som det brukar. En cyklist framf&#246;r faller efter bara 300 meter men inga problem att passera. Ut p&#229; startloopen s&#229; &#228;r det inte s&#229; v&#228;rst utspritt men snart s&#229; kommer det singletracks och s&#229; drar det ut sig naturligt. Blir lite f&#246;rv&#229;nad n&#228;r jag m&#228;rker att jag f&#229;r h&#229;lla igen utf&#246;r n&#228;r det &#228;r mycket hala r&#246;tter. Att bo i G&#246;teborg och vara van att cykla n&#228;r det &#228;r bl&#246;t och halt &#228;r inte s&#229; dumt. Som vanligt lite extra h&#246;gt tempo f&#246;rsta varvet men ganska tidigt s&#229; k&#228;nner jag &#228;nd&#229; att gruppen jag k&#246;r med har ett bra tempo.</p><p>Varv tv&#229; s&#229; sitter jag mesta med i den gruppen jag &#228;r i. N&#229;gra av de snabbast juniorerna kommer ikapp, t&#228;nker att dom &#228;nd&#229; ska k&#246;ra kortare och att det &#228;r b&#228;st att h&#229;lla ett tempo som h&#229;ller hela v&#228;gen. Det &#228;r just det som &#228;r det sv&#229;ra denna dag. Startf&#228;lt d&#228;r jag inte vet vilken niv&#229; &#229;karna h&#229;ller samt att banan &#228;r av en karakt&#228;r som &#228;r lite olik det jag t&#228;vlat p&#229; i Sverige. Det &#228;r ofta v&#228;ldigt branta backa f&#246;ljt av kortare utf&#246;rsl&#246;por. Ja det &#228;r mycket uppf&#246;r och nerf&#246;r i Sverige och men s&#228;llan s&#229; brant och s&#229; ofta. Ut p&#229; varv 3 s&#229; tappar vi n&#229;gra &#229;kare och n&#229;gra g&#229;r ifr&#229;n men fortfarande en grupp p&#229; 4 cyklister som ligger n&#228;ra varandra. I sista l&#229;nga backen s&#229; tappar jag och cyklisten framf&#246;r p&#229; de andra tv&#229;. Jag blir ombedd att g&#229; fram och g&#246;r det med lite tveksamhet. K&#246;r &#228;nd&#229; p&#229; och ut p&#229; fj&#228;rde varvet s&#229; &#228;r jag ikapp gruppen.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg" width="633" height="825" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:825,&quot;width&quot;:633,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YSUO!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0312a00c-44c8-48c5-8a8b-5286a177d0d9_633x825.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Under fj&#228;rde varvet kommer vi ikapp n&#229;gon till cyklist men p&#229; slutet av varvet s&#229; tappar jag en av cyklisterna. Ut p&#229; sista varvet s&#229; &#228;r jag typ sj&#228;lv. Jag g&#246;r ett helt ok sista varv om &#228;n lite l&#229;ngsamt. N&#228;r jag passerar &#8220;feed zone&#8221; s&#229; g&#246;r jag hi-five med Johanna. S&#229; kul att t&#228;vla p&#229; denna bana och med s&#229; bra konkurrens. Kommer i m&#229;l som 26:a av 45 startande.</p><p>S&#229; h&#228;r efter&#229;t s&#229; tror jag att jag kunnat k&#246;rt lite h&#229;rdare &#228;nd&#229; men ser jag till normaliserad kraft (typ snitt f&#246;r er som inte &#228;r p&#229;l&#228;sta i watt) s&#229; var det &#228;nd&#229; det h&#246;gsta p&#229; en XCO t&#228;vling p&#229; runt 95-105 minuter. Man kan ju tolka det som att jag har mer kapacitet nu. Det som inte syns h&#228;r &#228;r st&#246;det fr&#229;n Johanna under loppet. Hon st&#229;r vid &#8220;feed zone&#8221; och ger mig varje varv alternativet att ta sportdryck eller vatten. Hon fyller &#228;ven p&#229; flaskor d&#229; vi trodde det var 6 och inte 5 varv. Grymt!</p><p>T&#228;vlingsdata: <a href="http://tpks.ws/Nj2Zq">http://tpks.ws/Nj2Zq</a></p><p>Plus/Minus listan:</p><p>+ Bra start<br>+ K&#246;rde bra utf&#246;r<br>&#8211; Sv&#229;rt att veta hur h&#229;rt jag kan k&#246;ra n&#228;r det blir s&#229; m&#229;nga branta backar<br>+ K&#246;rde i m&#229;l med en v&#228;ldigt positiv k&#228;nsla<br>&#8211; N&#228;r det var lite utf&#246;r och bara grus s&#229; tappade jag<br>&#8211; Beh&#246;ver l&#228;ra mig hur h&#229;rt jag kan k&#246;ra i backar utan att f&#229; kramp under ett race p&#229; 90 minuter.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tävlingar på hemmaplan]]></title><description><![CDATA[I helgen var det t&#228;vlingar p&#229; hemma plan.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/tavlingar-pa-hemmaplan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/tavlingar-pa-hemmaplan</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:38:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/330f5d15-ac0a-43b8-91dc-3386403dd1c9_1024x789.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I helgen var det t&#228;vlingar p&#229; hemma plan. F&#246;rst RHCK mtb race i R&#228;vlanda sedan CK Master mtb race p&#229; s&#246;ndagen. Detta var till skillnad fr&#229;n m&#229;nga mina f&#246;rsta t&#228;vlingarna sedan SM. D&#229; t&#228;vlingss&#228;songen &#228;r l&#228;ngre detta &#229;r s&#229; planerade jag in en vecka utan cykel och tv&#229; utan t&#228;vling f&#246;r att ha sug hela v&#228;gen in i oktober. Upplever att det g&#229;r snabbare p&#229; stigarna nu &#228;n det gjorde vid SM. Jag har dessutom v&#229;gat g&#229; ut h&#229;rdare f&#246;r att testa gr&#228;nser, det kommer jag forts&#228;tta med s&#228;songen ut.</p><h2>RHCK mtb race</h2><p>Med tanke p&#229; s&#246;ndagens Swe-cup och UCI Cat. 3 t&#228;vling s&#229; best&#228;mde jag mig f&#246;r att k&#246;ra taktiskt och inte k&#246;ra allt f&#246;r h&#229;rt. Lite f&#246;rv&#229;nad att jag skrapat ihop tillr&#228;ckligt med po&#228;ng i v&#228;stg&#246;tacupen f&#246;r att st&#229; i f&#246;rsta led men sk&#246;nt att inte beh&#246;va slita s&#229; mycket under f&#246;rsta varvet. Hittade ett tempo som passade mig fint och k&#246;rde p&#229; s&#229;. Under femte varvet m&#228;rkte jag att de bakom b&#246;rjade n&#228;rma sig men ocks&#229; kom n&#228;rmare &#229;karen framf&#246;r. N&#228;r jag ins&#229;g att en pallplats stod p&#229; spel s&#229; h&#246;jde jag farten f&#246;r att komma ifatt. Kom ifatt och kunde g&#229; om precis innan vi gick ut p&#229; sista varvet. Valde att trycka p&#229; rej&#228;lt n&#228;r jag kom ikapp och sen efter n&#229;gra minuter kunde jag sl&#229; av lite p&#229; tempo igen. Kom i m&#229;l som 3a i Elit och 5a totalt. Kul att f&#229; komma upp p&#229; pallen</p><p>Plus/Minus listan:</p><p>+ Hyfsad start<br>+ K&#246;rde kontrollerat f&#246;r att spara lite energi till dagen efter<br>+ H&#246;jde farten p&#229; varv 4 f&#246;r att bli trea i Elit (funkade)<br>+ Kul att f&#229; st&#229; p&#229; pallen</p><p>T&#228;vlingsdata: <a href="http://tpks.ws/egwaP">http://tpks.ws/egwaP</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WDX5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F194338e2-a470-4a32-aace-cc27364ff0df_1024x789.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" 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Gjorde det jag t&#228;nkt efter SM och gick med det som &#228;r lite snabbare. Det funkade bra och under tredje varvet gick jag fram p&#229; slutet d&#229; jag k&#228;nde mig mer s&#228;ker p&#229; banan. Gruppen p&#229; 4 personer blev 3 men senare under varv 4 s&#229; ins&#229;g jag att benen inte skulle h&#229;lla hela v&#228;gen p&#229; den farten s&#229; sl&#228;ppte upp lite men inte s&#229; jag tappade massor. P&#229; femte varvet strulade magen en del och jag tappade fart, borde kunnat h&#229;lla 20 sek b&#228;ttre tid p&#229; det varvet och &#228;nd&#229; ha ben p&#229; sista varvet. Under sista varvet blev jag ikapp k&#246;rd av Hannes Forsby och Nila Lillpers men orkar g&#229; med. N&#228;r vi kommer till den l&#229;nga baken s&#229; tappar jag p&#229; en Hannes men f&#229;r lucka till Nils. H&#229;ller luckan till Nils men orkar inte ta mig ikapp Hannes. Kommer in p&#229; en 12e plats med bara 1:25 fram till 8e placeringen.</p><p>Tar med mig att det h&#228;r med att g&#229; ut h&#229;rdare funkar. Jag gjorde med tanken p&#229; vilka jag hade bakom mig och n&#228;ra framf&#246;r &#229;rets b&#228;sta lopp. Men k&#228;nner &#228;nd&#229; att det g&#229;r att g&#246;ra &#228;nnu b&#228;ttre. Bara att forts&#228;tta k&#246;ra offensivt!</p><p>Plus/Minus listan:</p><p>&#8211; D&#229;lig start<br>+ Kunde &#228;nd&#229; ta mig fram till bra position under start loop<br>+ K&#246;rde offensivt (v&#229;gade k&#246;ra p&#229;)<br>+ S&#228;nkte farten p&#229; fj&#228;rde varvet f&#246;r att h&#229;lla hela v&#228;gen<br>&#8211; Femte varvet s&#229; s&#228;nkte jag farten f&#246;r mycket<br>+ Kunde svara hyfsat n&#228;r jag blev ikapp k&#246;rd p&#229; sista varvet<br>&#8211; Magen var inte s&#229; glad i sportdrycken.</p><p>T&#228;vlingsdata: <a href="http://tpks.ws/tjCDm">http://tpks.ws/tjCDm</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[MTB SM XCO 2017 (20 plats)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mitt tredje SM &#228;r nu &#246;ver.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/mtb-sm-xco-2017-20-plats</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/mtb-sm-xco-2017-20-plats</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fb656b85-49ae-42f6-a519-7943be1956aa_1024x576.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mitt tredje SM &#228;r nu &#246;ver. Samma placering som f&#246;rra &#229;ret men prestationen s&#228;ger den n&#229;got helt annat. Jag var ca 12 minuter efter ist&#228;llet f&#246;r n&#228;sta 20 minuter, i och f&#246;r sig kortare t&#228;vlingstid men hade nog inte tappat mer &#228;n 2 minuter till om vi k&#246;rt lika l&#229;ngt. S&#229; &#228;ven om jag hade f&#246;rhoppningar om b&#228;ttre placeringar s&#229; &#228;r jag v&#228;ldigt n&#246;jd med mitt lopp. Tydligt att jag tagit ytterligare n&#229;gra steg detta &#229;r, k&#246;r snabbare och v&#228;ljer dessutom alla A-sp&#229;r. Samtidigt f&#229;r jag blodad tand f&#246;r det k&#228;nns inte s&#229; l&#229;ngt bort att h&#228;nga med de som &#228;r n&#229;gra minuter fram. En tanken jag har &#228;r att under h&#246;sten v&#229;ga k&#246;ra med de som &#228;r lite snabbare och s&#229; f&#229;r det b&#228;ra eller brista.</p><p>Likt f&#246;rra &#229;ret s&#229; gick SM i V&#228;rnamo &#228;ven i &#229;r. Stora delar av banan var det samma men banan hade kortats av till 5 km och gjorts &#228;nnu mer utmanande teknisk. En mycket rolig bana som &#228;r utmanande b&#229;de fysiskt och tekniskt.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg" width="1024" height="576" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:576,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3XOC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d4da5a9-40b2-4490-9792-fb53a2230582_1024x576.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Foto: Jim Berg</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Loppet i detalj</h2><p>K&#246;r en bra uppv&#228;rmning d&#228;r jag som vanligt k&#246;r ett In Flames album i lurarna. Just detta album har jag snart laddat med i 10 &#229;r. Innan jag drar till upprop s&#229; h&#228;ller jag rej&#228;lt med vatten &#246;ver mig d&#229; det var varmt. V&#228;ljer startplats s&#229; jag f&#229;r yttervarv och n&#228;r starten g&#229;r s&#229; f&#229;r jag en helt ok start. Det &#228;r lite lurigt att ta sig fram men har &#228;nd&#229; en helt ok placering n&#228;r vi kommer in p&#229; singletracks. Som vanligt s&#229; g&#229;r det sedan fort under f&#246;rsta varvet men dammar mer &#228;n vanligt. Efter ungef&#228;r 10 minuter s&#229; b&#246;rjar placeringarna s&#228;tta sig och jag b&#246;rjar ta mitt eget tempo. Blir omk&#246;rd av n&#229;gon mer cyklist under andra varvet men forts&#228;tter i det tempot jag satt upp. Det bildas en grupp framf&#246;r mig som &#228;r ca 1 minut framf&#246;r som jag l&#228;nge ser men annars &#228;r jag mest sj&#228;lv. Varje varv s&#229; ser jag till att h&#228;lla vatten i nacken f&#246;r att kyla av mig.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg" width="800" height="1200" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1200,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0T0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91c39fd-0e6e-44b3-b8dc-a0cae95cce89_800x1200.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Foto: Johan Junemo</figcaption></figure></div><p>Under slutet p&#229; fj&#228;rde varvet b&#246;rjar se jag en cyklist som sl&#228;ppt gruppen framf&#246;r och som jag n&#228;rmar mig. Det tar en bit in p&#229; 5 varvet innan jag kommer ikapp men n&#228;r jag kommer ikapp m&#228;rker jag att jag kan h&#229;lla ett h&#246;gre tempo. S&#229; n&#228;r vi kommer till den branta backen vid arenan s&#229; st&#228;ller jag mig p&#229; pedalerna och g&#246;r ett ryck, h&#246;gsta uppm&#228;tta effekt under 20 sekunder. Rycket funkar s&#229; jag f&#229;r direkt lucka och kan distansera. Kommer ikapp ytterligare en cyklist lite senare p&#229; samma varv och kan g&#229; om honom med.</p><p>Ut p&#229; sista varvet &#228;r jag sj&#228;lv igen men m&#228;rker halvv&#228;gs att jag &#228;r p&#229; v&#228;g att bli ikappk&#246;rd av en som punkat under f&#246;rsta varvet. Han kommer n&#228;rmare och jag tar i mer f&#246;r att h&#229;lla min placering. K&#246;r p&#229; allt jag har och n&#228;r jag kommer ut p&#229; gruset och med bara ca 200 &nbsp;meter kvar s&#229; inser jag att jag till och med lyckats dra ifr&#229;n. Kommer n&#228;stan ikapp en till cyklist som jag i m&#229;l bara &#228;r 12 sekunder bakom.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ahvR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55d9e1fa-51be-4bd6-8713-eb30d7eefaa8_2048x1536.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ahvR!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55d9e1fa-51be-4bd6-8713-eb30d7eefaa8_2048x1536.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ahvR!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55d9e1fa-51be-4bd6-8713-eb30d7eefaa8_2048x1536.jpeg 848w, 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Kanske skulle ha f&#246;rs&#246;kt h&#228;nga med men kanske inte hade orkat lika bra d&#229;?<br>+ Kommer ikapp cyklist p&#229; varv 5, m&#228;rker att jag &#228;r k&#246;r snabbare i skogen s&#229; st&#229;r p&#229; hela stigningen vid arenan. F&#229;r direkt lucka!<br>+ Ser att cyklist, som punkat p&#229; f&#246;rsta varvet, n&#228;rmar sig p&#229; sista varvet. Ger allt jag har och lyckas p&#229; slutet av sista varvet dra ifr&#229;n.<br>+ K&#246;r alla A sp&#229;r<br>+ Langning med vatten och sportdryck. Tar jag inte flaska s&#229; h&#228;ller jag vatten i nacke.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ränneslättsturen (23a totalt och 19e i H Elit)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Redan n&#228;stan g&#229;tt en hel vecka sedan R&#228;nnesl&#228;ttsturen.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/ranneslattsturen-23a-totalt-och-19e-i-h-elit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/ranneslattsturen-23a-totalt-och-19e-i-h-elit</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 14:16:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/037ae287-4a39-40ca-9c91-2a78d5d2cba3_1024x825.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Redan n&#228;stan g&#229;tt en hel vecka sedan R&#228;nnesl&#228;ttsturen. V&#228;l hemma fr&#229;n t&#228;vlingen s&#229; var det fullt fokus p&#229; tr&#228;ning och att fixa l&#228;genheten inf&#246;r fotografering.</p><p>N&#228;r vi &#228;nd&#229; skulle till&nbsp;Sm&#229;land s&#229; passade jag p&#229; att &#229;ka f&#246;rbi V&#228;rnamo p&#229; l&#246;rdagen f&#246;r att kolla in SM Banan f&#246;r XCO. &#196;ven om SM g&#229;r p&#229; samma plats som f&#246;rra &#229;ret s&#229; var det &#228;n hel del f&#246;r&#228;ndringar s&#229; nyttigt att komma ditt och kolla in det tekniska partierna. D&#229; v&#228;ldigt m&#229;nga hotell var fullbokade s&#229; bodde vi i Vetlanda mellan L&#246;rdag och S&#246;ndag. Men att bo p&#229; stadshotell var inte s&#229; klokt d&#229; hotellet &#228;ven agerade nattklubb. N&#228;r v&#228;l musiken tystnat s&#229; fick jag &#228;nd&#229; en god natts s&#246;mn.</p><p>S&#246;ndag morgon s&#229; &#229;kte vi till t&#228;vlingen tidigt s&#229; jag kunde v&#228;rma upp innan f&#229;llorna &#246;ppnades. Det funkade fint, fick 30 minuter uppv&#228;rmning d&#228;r jag kunde kolla in det sista kilometerna av banan innan jag st&#228;llde in cykeln i f&#229;lla 3. &nbsp;I och med att jag fick st&#229; i f&#229;lla 3 s&#229; var det viktigt att st&#229; l&#229;ngt fram s&#229; jag skulle kunna ta mig upp n&#228;r starten gick.</p><p>N&#228;r starten gick s&#229; var det bara att trycka p&#229;. Mycket folk att ta sig om men inte alls om&#246;jligt att ta sig upp. Det tog nog ca 5 kilometer s&#229; hade jag kommit fram till en bra position. D&#228;rifr&#229;n handlade det mest om att hitta sin grupp. Tidigt k&#228;nde jag v&#228;nster h&#246;ftb&#246;jare var v&#228;ldigt tight och att jag beh&#246;vde vara smart f&#246;r att inte dra p&#229; mig f&#246;r mycket sm&#228;rta i ryggen. I och med att det inte &#228;r n&#229;got nytt s&#229; vet jag i alla fall hur jag ska hantera det.</p><p>Ut p&#229; den andra loopen s&#229; kommer vi tillslut till tekniska singeltrack b&#229;de uppf&#246;r och nedf&#246;r. En cyklist g&#229;r upp och jag g&#229;r med som andra person. Vi k&#246;r p&#229; h&#229;rt uppf&#246;r och utf&#246;r och n&#228;r vi kommer ut p&#229; grus s&#229; ser vi inte ens de andra. Vi best&#228;mmer oss f&#246;r att jobba ihop och forts&#228;tta trycka p&#229; &#246;ver singeltracksen. Det g&#229;r bra men jag m&#228;rker att h&#246;ftb&#246;jaren blir v&#228;rre och v&#228;ljer att sl&#229; av lite p&#229; tempot och jobba med lite h&#246;gre kadens. Det funkar men g&#246;r ocks&#229; att det g&#229;r lite l&#229;ngsammare. Efter 10 minuter ungef&#228;r kommer en st&#246;rre grupp ikapp och d&#229; &#228;r det bara att &#229;ka med den. Det blir sedan mycket singletracks d&#228;r det bara &#228;r att flytta med och spara energi.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/35635684066_be881d6b71_o-e1499523126650.jpg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tajr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tajr!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tajr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tajr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tajr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg" width="1024" height="825" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:825,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/35635684066_be881d6b71_o-e1499523126650.jpg&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tajr!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tajr!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tajr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tajr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0e26f2-e277-4269-bdda-9b5f2d1e216d_1024x825.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Foto: Johan &#197;berg Levin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/aberglevinphotography)</figcaption></figure></div><p>N&#228;r vi l&#228;mnar singeltracks delen mitt och k&#246;r mot avslutningsdelen men m&#229;nga stigningar s&#229; kommer Niklas Gustavsson fr&#229;n Team Tre Berg ikapp oss. Han dunkar p&#229; rej&#228;lt p&#229; asfalten och jag best&#228;mmer mig tidigt att inte g&#229; upp och hj&#228;lpa till med dragjobbet. Stigningarna kommer och dumt att k&#246;ra s&#246;nder benen innan. N&#228;r vi kommer till stigningarna s&#229; klarar jag av att g&#229; upp och k&#246;ra med i stigningarna. Tappar dock en del p&#229; efter den sista stigningen och orkar inte k&#246;ra ikapp. Vi blir en grupp p&#229; 4 &#229;kare som b&#246;rjar jobba ihop. Det blir ett bra samarbete och n&#228;r vi har 5 kilometer kvar s&#229; g&#229;r jag fram och b&#246;rja k&#246;ra p&#229;. Vi kommer ikapp n&#229;gra cyklister som sl&#228;ppte. Jag kollar inte bak s&#229; mycket utan k&#246;ra p&#229; och t&#228;nker att det f&#229;r visa sig om det g&#246;r n&#229;gon skillnad. Med bara 500 meter kvar s&#229; inser jag&nbsp;att det flesta &#228;r kvar. Det blir spurt d&#228;r jag inte har s&#229; mycket krut kvar och f&#229;r sl&#228;ppa tv&#229; cyklister f&#246;rbi mig..</p><p>Kul att f&#229; till ett genomf&#246;ra ett bra lopp som ocks&#229; var bra taktiskt. S&#246;kande ett det perfekta loppet forts&#228;tter dock men k&#228;nns som det n&#228;rmare sig.</p><p>T&#228;vlingsfil:&nbsp;<a href="http://tpks.ws/dwSIA">http://tpks.ws/dwSIA</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ScreenClip.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yPlC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yPlC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yPlC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yPlC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yPlC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png" width="300" height="191" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:191,&quot;width&quot;:300,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ScreenClip.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yPlC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yPlC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yPlC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yPlC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe505621d-c81a-423d-b018-eef14d3b3a42_300x191.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[BCA racet etapp 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[N&#228;sta en m&#229;nad sedan jag k&#246;rde ett XCO lopp, i l&#246;rdags stod jag &#228;ntligen p&#229; startlinjen igen.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/bca-racet-etapp-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/bca-racet-etapp-1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 18:49:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a58d3a43-d0c1-49c5-8fae-4ae4b8be1b39_1024x616.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>N&#228;sta en m&#229;nad sedan jag k&#246;rde ett XCO lopp, i l&#246;rdags stod jag &#228;ntligen p&#229; startlinjen igen. D&#229; jag punkterad och inte kom i m&#229;l i Varberg s&#229; fick jag starta i sista led. S&#229; det blev m&#229;nga att k&#246;ra om i b&#246;rjan men efter typ ett halvt varv s&#229; hade jag kommit om tillr&#228;ckligt m&#229;nga f&#246;r att gasa som vanligt.&nbsp;Tycker jag hittade en bra rytm d&#228;r jag f&#246;rs&#246;kte h&#229;lla igen lite just innan den branta pulka baken s&#229; jag kunde h&#229;lla tryck uppf&#246;r den.&nbsp;Plockade placeringar hela tiden och efter att n&#228;st sista varvet hade varit lite l&#229;ngsamt s&#229; satte&nbsp;jag in en bra fart&#246;kning p&#229; sista varvet.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170617_134030_edit.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Det &#228;r helt enkelt sv&#229;rt att veta hur ont det f&#229;r g&#246;ra f&#246;r att &#228;nd&#229; ha krut p&#229; sista varvet. Denna g&#229;ng s&#229; hade det faktiskt kunnat g&#246;ra lite ondare &#228;n vad det gjorde. F&#229;r helt enkelt ta i mer n&#228;sta g&#229;ng.</p><p>P&#229; s&#246;ndagen blev det socialt med sambon och intervaller ist&#228;llet f&#246;r t&#228;vling. Ibland &#228;r det precis det som beh&#246;vs!</p><p><strong>Sammanfattning av loppet samt tr&#228;ningsfil:</strong></p><p>+ Bra start med tanken p&#229; startposition<br>+ Smart k&#246;rt med pulka baken<br>&#8211; Kunde ta i mer &#246;verlag p&#229; banan<br>+ Sitter tydligen v&#228;ldigt bra p&#229; cykel nu<br>+ Har mer flytt i skogen &#228;n vad jag hade tidigare</p><p>(De tv&#229; sista kommer fr&#229;n kommentarer efter t&#228;vlingen)</p><p>Trainingpeaks:&nbsp;<a href="http://tpks.ws/tyPhK">http://tpks.ws/tyPhK</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vårgårda CK MTB race, nackproblem och förkylning ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Det har varit en tung period de senaste veckorna.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/vargarda-ck-mtb-race-nackproblem-och-forkylning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/vargarda-ck-mtb-race-nackproblem-och-forkylning</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 18:57:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c24d820c-c4a9-4c1e-af8f-ae8c55382bd9_640x960.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Det har varit en tung period de senaste veckorna. Efter H&#246;gbobiken s&#229; b&#246;rjade jag maj med huvudv&#228;rk och tr&#246;tthet som aldrig ville ge sig. Tillslut uppt&#228;ckte jag att det kom fr&#229;n nacken och sp&#228;nningar vid skulderbladen. Med egen massage och massage p&#229; klinik s&#229; blev det tillr&#228;ckligt bra f&#246;r att kunna k&#246;ra h&#229;rt igen. &nbsp;Ett tag trodde jag inte ens att jag skulle kunna st&#228;lla upp p&#229; V&#229;rg&#229;rda.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18423151_1528479297226972_6205587563843433726_oMarkusLidevi.jpg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!--uS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!--uS!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!--uS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!--uS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!--uS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg" width="640" height="960" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:960,&quot;width&quot;:640,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18423151_1528479297226972_6205587563843433726_oMarkusLidevi.jpg&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!--uS!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!--uS!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!--uS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!--uS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9748a040-2d1a-4027-b772-4cbdb3d7fca3_640x960.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p> Foto: Markus Lidevi</p><p>P&#229; t&#228;vlingsdagen s&#229; k&#228;ndes det ju i ryggen men inte s&#229; det st&#246;rde p&#229; cykeln. &#196;ven om jag k&#246;rde ett par varv dagen innan s&#229; k&#246;rde jag n&#229;gra partier innan start d&#229; det regnat en del. Banan i V&#229;rg&#229;rda f&#246;r de som inte k&#228;nner till den inkluderar tv&#229; l&#229;nga kl&#228;ttring uppf&#246;r en slalombacke. Med totalt 6 varv s&#229; blir det r&#228;tt tufft men samtidigt s&#229; &#228;r sj&#228;lva banan rolig, i&#229;r &#228;nnu b&#228;ttre &#228;n tidigare. N&#228;r startskottet g&#229;tt s&#229; hade jag inte tillr&#228;ckligt krut i benen f&#246;r att placera mig bra i f&#246;rsta stigningen. Segt att vara l&#229;ngt bak men bara att jobba vidare. Jag tyckte jag kom in i en hyfsad rytm &#228;ven om farten inte riktigt fanns d&#228;r. Men s&#229; p&#229; 4e och ut p&#229; 5e s&#229; b&#246;rjade det g&#246;r mer ont i ryggen och efter att ha g&#229;tt i baken f&#246;r andra g&#229;ngen s&#229; ins&#229;g jag att det var b&#228;st att ge upp. Tr&#229;kigt men samtidigt klokt f&#246;r att kunna vara i b&#228;ttre slag till helgen efter.</p><p>P&#229; v&#228;gen hem s&#229; kom dock samma tr&#246;tthet och huvudv&#228;rk som jag hade i H&#246;gbo tillbaka. S&#229;n tur t&#228;nkte jag s&#229; hade jag ju redan bokat in massage till dagen efter. Men efter massagen s&#229; b&#246;rjade jag k&#228;nna av halsen och sen p&#229; kv&#228;llen s&#229; var f&#246;rkylning ett faktum. Dubbel segt!</p><p>F&#246;r att komma p&#229; banan igen s&#229; best&#228;mde jag mig nu att inte k&#246;ra t&#228;vlingarna i&nbsp;helgen utan&nbsp;s&#228;tta ig&#229;ng tr&#228;ningsperiod 2 lite tidigare. F&#246;rs&#246;ker var lite smart nu och ge kroppen n&#229;gra dagar l&#228;ttare tr&#228;ning innan jag b&#246;rjar gasa. &#196;ven om det nu blir lite mer tr&#228;ningsfokus s&#229; kommer det bli en hel del&nbsp;t&#228;vlingar ocks&#229;. Det enda skillnaden att jag inte sl&#228;pper upp tr&#228;ning lika mycket som inf&#246;r de t&#228;vlingarna jag k&#246;rt hittills. N&#229;gra l&#228;tta dagar till sen trycker vi p&#229; f&#246;r att bli &#228;nnu snabbare och starkare!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Klippingracet och Högbobiken (Swe-cup och UCI Cat. 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Det &#228;r bra kul att vara ig&#229;ng med t&#228;vlandet.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/klippingracet-och-hogbobiken-swe-cup-och-uci-cat-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/klippingracet-och-hogbobiken-swe-cup-och-uci-cat-2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 06:41:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f1c877d8-f3b6-4645-bb59-93788ad628b3_1024x685.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Det &#228;r bra kul att vara ig&#229;ng med t&#228;vlandet. Tyv&#228;rr &#228;r inte kroppen helt hundra s&#229; k&#228;nns som jag inte kunnat g&#246;ra mig sj&#228;lv r&#228;ttvisa &#228;n. Tanken var hela tiden att jag skulle t&#228;vla l&#246;rdag, s&#246;ndag och m&#229;ndag. Men efter att ha testat banan p&#229; m&#229;ndagen s&#229; var det bara att kasta in handduken, helt slut! S&#229; h&#228;r efter&#229;t funderar jag p&#229; om det har med allergi att g&#246;ra f&#246;r &#228;ven ig&#229;r (onsdag) s&#229; fanns samma k&#228;nsla i kroppen. N&#229;ja, det kommer mer t&#228;vlingar s&#229; d&#229; &#228;r det bara att gasa igen. Nu till rapporter av de t&#228;vlingar som jag k&#246;rde.</p><h2>Klippingracet (Plac. 22)</h2><p> P&#229; l&#246;rdagen var det swe-cup premi&#228;r i S&#228;ter. En rolig bana som bjuder p&#229; bra m&#229;nga kl&#228;ttringar &#228;ven om de aldrig &#228;r s&#229; v&#228;rst l&#229;nga. Tung i kroppen&nbsp;tyv&#228;rr men k&#246;rde&nbsp;helt ok med det jag hade f&#246;r dagen om man r&#228;knar bort f&#246;rsta varvet.</p><p>+ Ig&#229;ng drag i starten - D&#229;lig startloop - Tunga ben + Tekniskt b&#228;ttre &#228;n tidigare &#229;r</p><p>T&#228;vlingsdata:&nbsp;<a href="http://tpks.ws/m32Ul">http://tpks.ws/m32Ul</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_0325.jpg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YDPI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b6b436c-f798-475f-ad33-8decf3a5647e_1024x685.jpeg 424w, 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Att jag dessutom inte f&#229;r i pedalen direkt g&#246;r ju det hela inte b&#228;ttre. Men idag k&#228;nns det tidigt att det &#228;r mer &#228;n benen som inte har den vanliga orken. Best&#228;mde mig direkt att bryta inte var ett alternativ, denna dag var det annars m&#229;nga som valde det alternativet. Jag k&#228;mpade p&#229; med det jag den energi jag hade, tekniken var definitivt b&#228;ttre &#228;n den varit tidigare &#229;r. Tidsm&#228;ssigt &#228;r loppet &#228;nd&#229; b&#228;ttre &#228;n tidigare &#229;r vilket &#228;r positivt med tanke p&#229; att kroppen inte svarar som den borde.</p><p>+ Krigade mig igenom hela banan och tog po&#228;ng - Tr&#246;tt kropp + Noterar en del tekniska framsteg - Riktigt d&#229;lig start (Sk&#228;rpning!)</p><p>T&#228;vlingsdata:&nbsp;<a href="http://tpks.ws/iGIAr">http://tpks.ws/iGIAr</a></p><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18192453_1441263705937835_2980536099793734120_o_sarota.jpg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7IAu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4393ecc2-0c23-4d9c-babf-a1cf944e0df8_681x1024.jpeg 424w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><p> Jakub Sarota</p><p>Hoppas nu att tr&#246;ttheten sl&#228;pper, h&#246;gst sannolikt att det har med allergi eller liknande att g&#246;ra.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Varberg MTB meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[S&#229; &#228;ntligen var det dags f&#246;r t&#228;vlingspremi&#228;r.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/rr-varberg-mtb-meeting-dnf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/rr-varberg-mtb-meeting-dnf</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2017 18:13:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e7a6cd7f-c954-42f4-a713-301c6680ae62_569x853.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>S&#229; &#228;ntligen var det dags f&#246;r t&#228;vlingspremi&#228;r. Som vanligt &#228;r det sp&#228;nnande med f&#246;rsta t&#228;vlingen f&#246;r &#229;ret f&#246;r det &#228;r det f&#246;rsta riktiga kvittot p&#229; vintertr&#228;ningen. Jag vet att jag tr&#228;nat mer och att siffrorna &#228;r b&#228;ttre men vad det inneb&#228;r p&#229; t&#228;vling vet man inte f&#246;rr&#228;n man faktiskt t&#228;vlar.</p><p>Det b&#246;rjade dock inte s&#229; v&#228;rst bra i l&#246;rdags. Kommer till t&#228;vlingen lagom till tiden d&#229; banan &#228;r &#246;ppen f&#246;r tr&#228;ning. K&#246;r i ca 4 minuter innan jag drar genomslagspunka i rockigare. Jahopp, t&#228;nker jag och s&#228;tter fart mot bilen f&#246;r att fixa punka. Blir tvungen att s&#228;tta i slangen d&#229; h&#229;let &#228;r f&#246;r stort f&#246;r att t&#228;tas av punkteringsv&#228;tskan. Drar i mer luft d&#229; jag inser att det kommer beh&#246;vas mer luft f&#246;r att undvika fler punkor. S&#229; ut p&#229; banan igen. Kommer typ 2 minuter till sen hoppar jag lite f&#246;r l&#229;ngt i det mindre hoppet och framd&#228;ck sl&#228;pper fr&#229;n f&#228;lgen s&#229; att all luft &#229;ker ut. &nbsp;Hade dumt nog bara en slang kvar s&#229; hann inte laga framd&#228;cket innan tr&#228;ningstiden var slut.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/vbgmtbmeeting_jonasandersson.jpg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9s2s!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9s2s!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9s2s!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9s2s!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9s2s!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg" width="569" height="853" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:853,&quot;width&quot;:569,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/vbgmtbmeeting_jonasandersson.jpg&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9s2s!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9s2s!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9s2s!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9s2s!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c3b65cc-c9b4-4a4d-be1e-44039b3ab56b_569x853.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p> Foto: Jonas Andersson</p><p>S&#229;n tur var s&#229; har jag fina klubbkompisar som kunde l&#229;na ut en slang till mig. Jag drar i &#228;nnu mer tryck f&#246;r h&#228;r ska det inte bli fler punkor. Banan fick jag reka tills fots ist&#228;llet.</p><p>Sen fl&#246;t allt p&#229; som det ska. Fick en bra start och var 3a ut fr&#229;n startlooopen. Tyv&#228;rr s&#229; fastnade en cyklist framf&#246;r mig i f&#246;rsta backen s&#229; jag var tvungen att kliva av cykel. V&#228;l uppe p&#229; cykeln s&#229; hade r&#228;tt m&#229;nga cyklister kommit f&#246;rbi mig. Under de tv&#229; f&#246;rsta varven s&#229; blev det m&#229;nga att k&#246;ra om och tyv&#228;rr hamnade jag bakom en del strul vilket gjorde att det tog l&#228;ngre tid att komma upp i f&#228;ltet.</p><p>Fr&#229;n varv 3 s&#229; var det bra flow. Kunde k&#246;ra p&#229; med bra k&#228;nsla och plockade hela tiden placeringar. Men p&#229; sista varvet s&#229; kom jag inte s&#229; l&#229;ngt innan jag fick &#228;nnu en punka. B&#246;rjade springa med cykeln men det var l&#229;ngt till m&#229;l s&#229; jag valde att bryta d&#229; det k&#228;ndes som det skulle slita f&#246;r mycket p&#229; ena foten.</p><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-22-17.06.11.jpg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTvz!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTvz!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTvz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTvz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTvz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg" width="760" height="1024" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1024,&quot;width&quot;:760,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-22-17.06.11.jpg&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTvz!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTvz!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTvz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTvz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F933198d0-24b2-42ba-847f-0e60a7a432fe_760x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><p>Tr&#229;kigt s&#229; klart att punka men jag fick i alla fall k&#246;ra igenom loppet med en k&#228;nsla av att kroppen &#228;r starkare &#228;n f&#246;rra &#229;ret. Till helgen &#228;r det dags f&#246;r t&#228;vlingar igen, d&#229; blir det 3 dagar i rad :)</p><p>T&#228;vlingsdata:&nbsp;<a href="http://tpks.ws/fNZn3">http://tpks.ws/fNZn3</a></p><p><strong>Summering</strong>:</p><p><em>+ Bra startloop</em> <em>- Fastnade bakom cyklist direkt p&#229; f&#246;rsta varvet. Fick hoppa av cykel och blev d&#229; omk&#246;rd av v&#228;ldigt m&#229;nga.</em> <em>- Mycket strul under f&#246;rsta och andra varvet. + Hyfsat j&#228;mn fart &#246;ver alla varven</em> <em>+ Att jag &#229;terh&#228;mtar mig bra och kan k&#246;ra fort med hj&#228;lp av h&#246;g kadens (100rpm) n&#228;r det g&#229;r.</em> <em>- Beh&#246;ver &#246;va mer syrat&#229;lighet</em> <em>-- punktering p&#229; sista varvet</em> <em>-- Dubbla punkor n&#228;r jag skulle testa banan, s&#229; han inte ens k&#246;ra ett helt varv.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summering vecka #14]]></title><description><![CDATA[T&#228;nk att det redan g&#229;tt 14 veckor av 2017.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/summering-vecka-14</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/summering-vecka-14</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:52:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e6e315a2-0010-4230-ae38-fa5554dd7356_3894x2958.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>T&#228;nk att det redan g&#229;tt 14 veckor av 2017. Tiden g&#229;r fort och det &#228;r snart dags att st&#228;lla sig p&#229; startlinjen.</p><p>Ig&#229;r satte jag den detaljerade planen fram till slutet p&#229; maj. Volym och tr&#228;ningsbelastning kommer succesivt att minska f&#246;r att f&#229; upp en god form. G&#229;r allt som det ska s&#229; borde jag vara som allra snabbast i mitten av maj.</p><p>Jag har fortsatt med att g&#246;ra mycket intervall tr&#228;ning, totalt fyra intervallpass &#228;ven denna vecka. Det verkar faktiskt som att det funkar att k&#246;ra intervaller 3 dagar i rad om man bara v&#228;ljer r&#228;tt intervaller.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg" width="820" height="622" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:622,&quot;width&quot;:820,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kaL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa293a65b-d1d4-4d67-82a8-5c36c7f94dac_3894x2958.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>N&#229;got som d&#228;remot var s&#228;mre denna vecka var utebliven styrketr&#228;ning. Det &#228;r fortsatt en utmaning f&#246;r mig att hitta dagar d&#228;r det passar. Antingen &#228;r det en l&#228;ttare dag och d&#229; k&#228;nns det som styrka skulle g&#246;ra dagen f&#246;r tung. Annars kan det vara en dag med intervaller och d&#229; vill jag helst inte k&#246;ra styrka p&#229; morgonen och vara tung. Ska testa mig fram lite mer, kanske kan jag hitta en b&#228;ttre tid &#228;n morgonen att k&#246;ra passen p&#229;.</p><p>Att vara testobjekt f&#246;r en studie om kn&#228;sm&#228;rtor f&#246;r cyklister var dock h&#246;jdpunkten. Testet gick ut p&#229; att f&#246;rst g&#246;ra diverse r&#246;rlighetstester. D&#228;refter s&#229; sattes ca 40 bollar p&#229; kroppen som med hj&#228;lp av 3D kameror skulle kunna visa hur kroppen r&#246;r sig p&#229; en dator. Med alla bollar p&#229; plats s&#229; gjordes f&#246;rst utfallstegstester, d&#228;r kn&#228;kontrol &#228;r v&#228;ldigt viktigt. Sedan s&#229; satte jag mig p&#229; cykel och v&#228;rmde upp i 10 minuter. V&#228;l uppv&#228;rmd s&#229; b&#246;rjade cykeltestet, 250 watt i 1 minut f&#246;r att sedan &#246;ka med 50 watt f&#246;r varje minut som gick. Med en h&#246;jning p&#229; 50 watt s&#229; tog det inte m&#229;nga minuter innan det blev riktigt jobbig och det inte fanns mer att ge. F&#246;r mig som gillar teknik s&#229; var det extra roligt med 3D kamera tester. 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N&#228;r tiden &#228;r knapp s&#229; f&#229;r bloggande flytta p&#229; sig.]]></description><link>https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/summering-vecka-12-och-13</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.emilbacklund.com/p/summering-vecka-12-och-13</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emil Backlund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2017 19:17:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a9662f75-2426-44ea-8176-ae8aff1335c4_760x1024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tv&#229; veckors summering igen.&nbsp;N&#228;r tiden &#228;r knapp s&#229; f&#229;r bloggande flytta p&#229; sig.</p><p>Jag har nyligen k&#246;rt FTP test igen, denna g&#229;ng ute. D&#229; det var toppenv&#228;der ute s&#229; best&#228;mde jag mig f&#246;r att k&#246;ra testet ut f&#246;r f&#246;rsta g&#229;ngen i&#229;r. Jag f&#246;redrar att g&#246;ra testet ute d&#229; min trainer inte alltid till&#229;ter mig att ha just den kadens som jag skulle vilja. Jag gjorde som vanligt n&#228;r det ska k&#246;ras FTP test ute. Tog landsv&#228;gscykeln hemifr&#229;n och styrde mot Lindome via K&#229;llered. P&#229; v&#228;gen s&#229; k&#246;rde jag tv&#229; stycken 1 minut max. V&#228;l nere p&#229; H&#228;lles&#229;kersv&#228;gen s&#229; satte jag ig&#229;ng FTP testet, ca 10 min efter sista max ettan. K&#228;ndes tyv&#228;rr som jag hade lite mer kvar n&#228;r jag kom tillslutet av de 20 minuterna men det blev &#228;nd&#229; rekord med 15 watt. S&#229; tr&#228;ningen verkar g&#229; &#229;t r&#228;tt v&#228;g.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-05-15.52.53.jpg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cUbN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cUbN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cUbN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cUbN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cUbN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg" width="648" height="873" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:873,&quot;width&quot;:648,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-05-15.52.53.jpg&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cUbN!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cUbN!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cUbN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cUbN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5428fd6d-d22c-49e2-b538-2ee244ccc070_760x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Det &#228;r mycket intervallpass planerade per vecka just nu. Och n&#228;sta alla intervaller i skogen d&#229; jag vill f&#229; upp farten just d&#228;r. Det tar n&#229;gra passa innan man riktigt f&#229;r in farten i skogen men k&#228;nner &#228;nd&#229; att jag b&#246;rjar n&#228;rma mig nu. Dessutom s&#229; har jag sett till att f&#229; ihop en hel del race tr&#228;ning. Senast i l&#246;rdags s&#229; k&#246;rde jag tr&#228;ningsrace med G&#246;teborgs Cykelklubb. Och &#228;ven om jag blev sj&#228;lv efter ungef&#228;r ett varv s&#229; hj&#228;lper det med flera ute p&#229; banan. Skulle man slappna och s&#229; kan man ju bli ikapp k&#246;rd. &#197;rets f&#246;rsta crash hann jag dessutom med som man kan se p&#229; bilden nedan.</p><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-01-17.18.53.jpg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7N3I!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7N3I!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7N3I!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7N3I!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7N3I!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg" width="648" height="873" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:873,&quot;width&quot;:648,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http://emilbacklund.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-01-17.18.53.jpg&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7N3I!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7N3I!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7N3I!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7N3I!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e77f8be-1de7-4da8-b0bb-a7057a2dc313_760x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><p>Just ikv&#228;ll har jag varit p&#229; en f&#246;rel&#228;sning med Mikael Mattson. Riktigt intressant speciellt med hur stor skillnad det kan vara i prestation mellan att sova 8 och 10 timmar.&nbsp;Fick med mig en hel del&nbsp;nya t&#228;nk vad g&#228;ller tr&#228;ningsplanering som ligger i linje med det jag f&#246;rs&#246;ker med att planera och monitorera baserat p&#229; belastning ist&#228;llet f&#246;r tid. Ska klura lite hur jag kan anv&#228;nda det fram&#246;ver.</p><p>Kom ih&#229;g att inte fuska med s&#246;mnen!</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>