Clik here to view.
Anttolanhovi & Icebug
Anttolanhovi and Icebug will continue to support me in the future as well. The long-lasting co-operation with Anttolanhovi started already in 2002. In the photo below we are enjoying the beautiful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The sky is brightening
After a difficult 4wk period, things are starting to go well. During last week, my running started to feel good and as a result I won Kaakon Rasti's race (photo above). The whole weekend-trip in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Relaxing in Anttolanhovi and FC on Ultra-long
One week of quality sportman-life is once again history and I'm sitting on a computer and preparing myself for tomorrow's examination (one article of 15 to read). Wonder why I'm always starting the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Latest leaps
This time my story over the last few weeks can be found on an orienteering blog of YLE (Finnish Broadcasting Company). Here are some photos from France, some maps and more you can find on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jukola and NORT
The first important competition period is over. In Jukola we did quite ok, and got 4th position and in Nordic Orienteering Tour I achieved 7th spot. Both results are "quite okey", but maybe it's just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Homelandlove
Bugs in throat, horseflies biting ass and calves eaten by mosquitos! That is how summer is on my homeland in the beginning of July. But it's also evening training sessions in "spectacular terrains",...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ylläs training log - updated
Let’s check out this summer’s most finest (and hardest) training week in detail. Principals for the training are these:1.Training much (old-fashioned way). >200km, >20h and as a bonus I have a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WOC simulation is on
Hi from France! Our trip has started well and after four days we've done already 7 sessions in terrain. Today we had the first final - the long final - in Le Revard. Le Revard starts to be quite...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Finnish selection races
Today's performance on Finnish Team's middle distance selection race wasn't exactly very good. I got lost on the first control (3min) and made another big mistake on "easy" 4th control (2.40min)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
6,9 x 690m and other WOC-preparations
The summer has reached the point where preparations for the World Championships take place. This last two week period is interesting: the last hard trainings are extremely hard and even painful (check...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Finally back on WOC-medals!
Ten years of waiting is now over and big goal reached in the form of WOC-silver medal! WOC long distance in France was not the feared via Dolorosa for me - on the contrary, it was one of the most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1st in World Cup race in Liberec!
It has been a while since I last time stood on the podium as a World Cup race winner (2002; Belgium, Norway or Sweden), so this win feels rather nice indeed. I haven't updated any news after WOC, so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It's time to work!
The season is over and hard everyday life is on - but this time the feeling is strong. My Master thesis study is about to start with an information meeting for the subjects. A lot of time has already...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Training Figures 2011
Training year 2011 has now ended. Total training amount was 650h. Running, orienteering and hiking 5500km, cross-country skiing 800km and cycling 800km. 13% of total time was either in maximal HR zone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obsessed by orienteering
I became ill. In fact, I got the disease long time ago. But there seems to be no cure for this obsession. Even though the autumn has been really busy, for some reason I've had the time to orienteer....
View ArticleClik here to view.
PPT.com & other training news
Hello all you X-mas elfs!As the photo on the left shows, the real training has started also here in Jyväskylä. The sprint-intervals done on the University Campus area were far from "submaximal" and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Warmth of South
Happy New Year!Our plan to make a training-camp on last-minute-call -basis didn't work exactly as we had planned. There were other people escaping the darkness of Finland as well and we didn't find a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hungry in Hungary
Views from Gánt hillsSport is a drug. And a hard one. I realized that once again during our training-camp in Hungary. Once you get caught, there's no way out. And in this case, the more you get the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
På svenska från och med nu
Vårt mini-träningsläger i Mora är nu slut. Totalt gjorde vi 5 träningar och 50km med kartan. Fyra av träningarnakörde vi i gropterränger relevanta för EOC-skogfinaler (se nedan) och en i relevant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Training with Jouni Kahelin
Last month has been pretty much professional in terms of orienteering training and we have seen a bit of world also. The tour started one month ago with the training-camp in Hungary, which was followed...
View Article