9/6/2009 THE CHALLENGE UPDATE

So Andreas came to visit Borgund this weekend. (He WAS the current record holder running up Hogkubben at 24 minutes) As you remember my first attempt was 26 minutes so I was alittle slow. Well, he came back to visit this weekend and he ran up there this morning in 23min 50sec. So after I heard that I decided I should take another shot at it this afternoon. It has rained off and on most of the day so the mountain was going to be muddy and slick, so I was pretty impressed with his time today. But I learned from what I did wrong the first time and when I had to stop running I walked much faster and I also pushed myself harder, along with not rock jumping, I just ran through the mud puddles viciously. I was mud from my knees down. But I managed to run up the mountain and reach the top in 23 minutes and 37 seconds. NEW RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So now I leave it up to Andreas to come visit again and beat that time before I attempt again. FEELS GOOD.