In
Team Plätzer
we were happy
that the Nordic
and the Norwegian
Championships
were arranged
together. This
year Norway
was the host
of the Nordic
Championship
and the competition
was held in
Strandebarm,
a small place
at the famous
Hardangerfjord,
on Friday. On
Sunday it was
time for the
Norwegian Championship
10.000m Men
and 5.000m Women.
The track is
located with
a view to the
fjord and the
mountains. The
sun was shining
and it was 28-30
degrees Celsius.
It was beautiful
there, Norway
in a nutshell!!
On
Friday the Men's
20km race started
at 4pm and the
Women's 10km
at 6pm. They
had made a 1km
loop, 500m around
the track and
500m extra on
the road to
the track. Erik
Tysse and Trond
Nymark represented
Norway in the
race. Erik was
the big favorite
and he showed
why. From the
first meter
he walked alone.
His lead on
Trond Nymark
and the rest
of the field
was just getting
bigger and bigger
every lap. At
14km Erik had
lapped all his
competitors!
He won the race
easy in 1.22:03.
Our
race started slow.
I walked together
with Monica Svensson
from Sweden for
1,5km, then I
decided to walk
faster. I wanted
to have a good
training in the
heat and my goal
was to walk a
45 minutes time.
I passed 5km in
22:51, I felt
controlled and
just wanted to
finnish the last
5km in 22:30.
Just after 7km
I started to feel
my left hamstring
tightening. 200m
later it got better,
but at 7,5km it
pulled hard in
the hamstring
and I had to stop.
I tried to race
walk slow to see
if I could finish
the race. I was
leading with more
than one km, so
I had no rush,
but it was not
possible for me
to stretch my
leg. Therefore
I stopped the
race. I was afraid
that I had pulled
the hamstring!
I walk slowly
back to the stadium
and there I got
ice and a compress
for my leg. There
was no Red Cross
or medical personnel
at the stadium,
but the Finish
team had a physio.
She helped me
out and checked
my leg. She thought
that it was "just"
a cramp, but send
me to my regular
physio and Osteopath
for further control.
I saw him yesterday.
He decided to
treat the hamstring
as if I had pulled
some fibres. I
have to rest for
72 hours and then
I will see him
again on Monday.
I will not take
any risks and
stress this injury.
I will do what
I am told and
take it easy.
Results
Friday the 8th
of June:
Men, 20
km
Nordic
Championship:
1)
Erik Tysse, NOR
1.22.03, 2) Trond
Nymark, NOR 1.27.50,
3) Jani Lehtinen,
FIN 1.37.46, 4)
Timo Viljanen,
FIN 1.40.14, 5)
Anders Wahlström,
SWE 1.43.15.
Norwegian
Championship:
1)
Tysse, Norna Salhus
2) Nymark, Viking
3) Erling Andersen,
Søfteland
1.53:.
Women,
10 km
Nordic
Championship:
1)
Jaana Eskelinen,
FIN 52.01, 2)
Ellinior Hogrell,
SWE 54.38, 3)
Hanne Liland,
NOR 55.02, Dq:
Monica Svensson,
SWE, Dnf: Kjersti
Plätzer,
NOR
Norwegian
Championship:
1)
Hanne Liland,
Viking
Results
Sunday the 10th
of June:
10.000m
Men, Norwegian
Championship
1)
Erik Tysse, Norna
Salhus 40:13,
2) Trond Nymark,
Viking 42:05,
3) Bjørn
Ove Ølness,
Søfteland,
50:00 |
Erik
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