Decathlon Blog

Local competition was held today in Kauklahti (Espoo) and I did all the decathlon throws. Discus is stable at 38,00m; just requires some force. In shot put I did 12,14m and finally in javelin I did quite well, namely 47,03m on last attempt. Pekka was close to loose to me in javelin, but was able [...]

Tatu was able to perform well enough to gain a ticket to FIN-EST-SWE international (7153 should be enough). I continued performing a bit better than in Evian. Hurdles felt really good, as a consequence, I was surprised to hear the rather lousy time. Discus was ok. In pole vault I struggled and jumped altogether 13 [...]

Pretty ok competition with Tatu leading the way as was predictable. It was sad that Antti could not compete due to soar throat that also he got right after Kaunas. It rained a bit in the morning but the sky cleared during the day and there was nothing wrong with the conditions in the end. [...]

As I had soar throat in Evian I have it also now as I am going to Vammala for season’s second decathlon. This time it started while I was in Kaunas and luckily it does not feel that bad. SELL games 2007 results are all available. If you are a student, remember to participate SELL [...]

I decided to take part in the second part of Monday competitions today, although we came home only after midnight yesterday and today was a normal work day for me. In 110m hurdles I was still a bit tired; 17,17 (+0,3). Discus throw went already as it should at this time of the year; 38,47, [...]

Today was better for me as I did 24,23 (-1,8) on 200m and 44,82 in 4×100m relay. Weather was beautiful today. Hope the weather gets better in Finland as well. Facilities in Kaunas are rather good for sports and actually we even did ice skating and bowling in the local shopping mall Akropolis. Next year [...]

I was totally lost in long jump, but Antti who already showed good results on Monday continued well with new PB in long jump 706 (in the picture) and 15,61 in the hurdles. Weather is ok and the stadium very nice. I shall run 200m tomorrow (24,43 last year in SELL games) and we also [...]

We will leave to Kaunas (Lithuania) for SELL games 2007 on Thursday morning. We will travel by bus from Tallinn as we have done on previous years as well when traveling to Riga and Tartu. Bus trip will be fairly long this year and our bus is said to be fully booked. I will come [...]

Weather was not too supportive in today’s Monday competition; it was cold, windy and some small showers were present as well. Anyways, I did long jump 615 (+2,4), 100m 12,11 (-2,5) and shot put NR. This was the first time in years I spent more than 12 seconds on hundred meters. Actually the time was [...]

…or even less often. Namely Eurovision song contest is held this year in Finland and that is because we won the competition last year with Lordi’s great performance. Some believed that the hell would freeze over before Finland would win, but it seems that anything is possible. Well, I would be really surprised if the [...]