Ottelukarnevaalit Kauhava
June 29th, 2009Combined events carnival where held for the third time in Kauhava. Carnival started on Thursday with mini combined event competitions. Men had classic pentathlon that is long jump, javelin, 200m, discus and 1500m. I did not run the final 1500m, but competed in the other events. Winds were not on our side, but otherwise the weather was great during the whole carnival. Long jump result could have been already a bit better; 629 (-1,4). Good thing was that I already was able to do decent jumps. Javelin 46,75 was okay as well as 200m 24,35 (-3,1); considering the strong head wind. Discus did not succeed too well in the competition. The first two attempts did not give any good result, so I had to settle for 34,52 on the last attempt. Results here.
From Friday to Sunday I acted as a trainer for young decathletes. Circumstances where really good, so it would be nice to see more athletes taking part also into the combined event carnival. Most likely the time is not the best since all the other carnivals were at the same time as well as the European Cup Combined Events. Finnish federation should do a better job in marketing the carnivals and making them a “mandatory” event for the young athletes.
