Decathlon Blog

Excellent start for my career’s last decathlon. Nice tail wind helped in 100m and long jump but was awful for 400m as the wind was stronger on the back straight. I had a good reaction on 100m but then one missed step after 10m, but the end came really well and I was able to [...]

I am leaving today to Woerden (Netherlands) for my last decathlon. I decided to go although the Achilles tendon that started aching in Kalevan Kisat does still ache. I would have felt worse if I would have withdrawn since I decided already last year that Woerden will be my career’s last decathlon. I try to [...]

Arrived to Berlin yesterday to see the athletics World Championships. I have tickets to the audience for Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu and Sat. Opening ceremony yesterday evening at the Brandenburger Tor was a capacity audience but the ceremony itself was not that special. Hoping to see a better show today as Pearl Jam is playing [...]

Five days in Iceland after Kalevan Kisat and once back home I went straight to Loviisa for SFI championships. On Friday I did shot put (12,10) and javelin (45,12). I do not think my form was that much worse than a week ago, but just had less effort. On Saturday I did only pole vault [...]

Long waiting, loosing a lot of weight, hoping it was Sunday evening, well slept, early wake-up, feeling good, okay start, right Achilles tendon in good shape, excellent shot put, well in form in high jump warm-up, tape, no more games, excellent high jump, left ankle totally stuck, home to wait for 400m, 79,6 kg, not [...]