Decathlon Blog

After all I decided to run the hurdles as the tendon felt rather good; 16,76 (+0,6) which happens to be better than last year in Finnish championships. Throws were a bit lousy maybe because of the virus I got earlier this week (sleeping has been difficult due to the soar throat). Discus 35,64. Pole vault [...]

Achilles tendon lasted fine and I was able to perform rather well. Actually in all the events I did better towards the end of the events. In 100m I had a terrible acceleration but the end came like it should: 11,85 (+0,0). In long jump the jumps were still somewhat soft but the last one [...]

End of last week was spent in Kuortane and today I am leaving to France for a training camp. Unluckily I got some kind of virus most likely from Kuortane and now I have a flu and a sore throat. Nevertheless, I should do a decathlon competition on the weekend in Evian. I will skip [...]

since I started coaching (more seriously). We were in a training camp in Kuortane end of last week and my athlete baked a cake after I joked about not having a cake on an occasion as important as this one. Must say that the cake was great. It had one candle for both parties since [...]

I cannot remember when was the last time I had watched a full documentary talk show episode on TV, but I did so on Wednesday. I even got some value for the outrageous TV license fee that I am paying (in addition to the sports news and athletics championships) as the program was Inhimillinen tekijä [...]

Holidays, such as Christmas, New Year and Easter, would be the the perfect times to train in case all or some or even one of the indoor facilities would be open. For example, the indoor hall in Helsinki Liikuntamylly shuts it doors already today at four o’clock just to make sure that everyone prepares peacefully [...]