It took
12 days after Hildesheim
before I started to
feel normal again. I
was very tired after
the 5km world best and
my legs were just empty!
Two days after the race
I woke up in the morning
and I had sore muscles
on the strangest places,
my neck, my throat my
lower abdominal muscles
and my shoulders. Many
people asked me how
my legs were, but they
were actually not to
bad. At least they didn't
hurt, but it was like
if they didn't want
to do what I wanted
them to. I had no energy
left from my hips and
down. I felt like if
my body was split in
two. The upper body
with a lot of sore muscles,
but still working normal.
And then my legs...
they were just dead!
After
almost two weeks I felt
that my body was recovered.
Everyday was a little
better. I started to
look forward to race
at the Nordic Championships
in Turku, Finland on
the 16th and in Krakow,
Poland on the 17th of
September. In the week
before these two races
I was finally able to
do some harder workouts
again. I felt good and
I was happy to be back
in normal training.
But then
on Wednesday evening
I was playing around
and dancing with Kiara.
Suddenly it said bang
in a muscle in my right
thigh, it was to much
twisting for my cold
muscles! In the beginning
it just felt a little
sore, but then it just
got worse and worse.
I put on ice, some creams
and all the Phiten products
I could wear. Next morning
I had even more pain
and I had problems standing
on my right leg. I went
to the doctor and we
both were afraid that
it was a rupture. He
scheduled me for a MR
for Friday. Thursday
evening I went home
to our Osteopathic therapist
for treatment. I also
got acupuncture. Next
morning I got better
and better. Then the
MR showed that it was
no rupture. :-) I had
another treatment at
the Osteopath (Jo) and
he was happy about my
fast recover. I had
kept on all the Phiten
products the whole time.
Jo told me to take some
hours rest after the
treatment before I went
out to try to race walk.
He wanted me to test
my thigh and to see
how it would react on
speed, turning points
and quick curves. I
started really slow
and just increased my
speed for 5km. Then
I walked 2,5km with
changing of speed and
then I warmed down for
2,5km. It went fine,
I was sore in the beginning,
but felt better and
better. After the training
I had to wait two hours
to see how my leg would
react. It felt fine,
actually I felt better
after training than
before :-) I talked
to Jo again and he gave
me a green light to
race.
It was
already 9 o'clock in
the evening and I couldn't
find any possibilities
to get to Turku fast
enough to race there
next day at noon. I
was sad about that,
because I always race
good in Finland.
