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same time my running base now is so good that I will only need a week or two of real training to be in decent shape again.

Not much new here other than that. I feel refreshed and ready to go again now after some rest. My body needed it – both physical and mental. I know I am refreshed when I automatically start planning and dreaming my way through the next training year. I am there now and will continue to think, plan and dream for another two weeks until I start the work needed to reach that next level.

By that time I should have some more news for you – such as training base for next year, the team members and a general outline of the plans.

All well,

Marius

forward to a fall of working with a “normal” body again 🙂

I am also trying to get rid of small injuries here and there. Just some minor stuff that it is time to take care of after each season. It all has to be ready for the 1st of October when the real work starts. By that time I need to both be injury free and in such shape that my body can handle the hard work I will challenge myself with. From there on I have almost 11 months until the World Championships in Paris next year that is very late in August ( I think the 5000 meters finale is around the 29th) So plenty of time to get in shape..

Marius

withdrew as a result of the situation we have had recently. No hard feelings from any of us, but it feels sad and difficult. So at the moment I am without a coach and have to start from scratch searching out for new people to work with.

My plan is to start the running season for real again the 1st of October. Until then, most of the team has to be in place for next year. But I will continue to follow much of the path I have found to work so far. And I hope to be back where I belong – much, much faster then this years results.

Back with updates again after a total break from running,

Marius

direct final, with 24 men in it. I am really looking forward to running, despite the poor performances I have shown so far this year. There is something special about a Championship. The whole atmosphere makes you ready to compete, no matter what.

I am getting better for each day that goes by but it is hard to say how far that will take me. Sundays session was better then Fridays and Tuesdays better then Sunday. So it is moving in the right direction, but I am working against the clock 🙂

Two easy days of training now before the big day Sunday !

Marius

interesting person ; Are Nakkim, Norwegian record holder in the 10 000 meters (27.32) and 2nd place finisher in the European Championships 5000 meters in 1990. He currently lives and works in Singapore, but was briefly home in Norway. So he stayed for the session and we had a long talk afterwards. It is nice to talk to a person who has had a long career and been there before.

I am leaving for Munich in the beginning of next week and looking forward to coming down there. I like the Championship atmosphere, it makes you sharp before the races.

I will try and update from down there if possible and keep you informed.

All fingers crossed ! 🙂

Marius

weeks of training, we took a quick decision to go back to Norway for a few days. It is nice to be back in famililar surroundings again 🙂

I have jogged only easy so far, but am feeling fine. I am looking forward to the European Champs, under two weeks away. That will show if all the work I have done injury free now, will pay off.

Marius

most quality work is done early (just like the Kenyans like to do it)

It is hard to compare sessions, but I am progressing. Which is the most important thing at this moment.

Yesterday Frank and I decided to try the running conditions up at our hotel at 2500 meters altitude. It looks really rocky up there, and we had very little expectations. But 15 minutes into the run, the whole surrounding changed into nice, smooth running paths on the edge of the mountains. So we ended up running 17 km, watching over the towns of Pontresina, Semedan and St.Moritz. A good change to the normal running places down in St.Moritz 🙂

All well from here !

Marius

peak for the European Champs, build my endurance AND train at race speed at the same time. To peak, build and race-speed train is hard at the same time. Therefore you get days like this, where you just have to rest. Tomorrow I will be fresh again and ready for more hard work.

We have had beautiful weather here lately. Around 25 degrees C, sun and no wind :))

All going well from St.Moritz,

Marius

together with Frank by the Sogsvann lake.

I did a series of longer intervalls at competition speed. It is hard to compare to sea level, but I can feel my strength is coming back in my legs. I can float now, and glide through the stride. That is a change, so things are moving the right direction for every day 🙂

We watched the Stockholm Grand Prix meeting on Tuesday with the family of my former coach Per Halle. I could feel myself getting tense and nervous just by watching the 5000 meter race. I look forward to running with those guys again. There is no better feeling then running fast races in front of a great crowd. It makes all the hard work worthwhile…

A rest day yesterday with sightseeing in Italy. We are only 30 minutes from the border and took the trip in between sessions.

All well from down here !!

Marius

spent the afternoon planning things ahead, while enjoying the relaxing time up there.

Then, of course, we woke up this morning to rain and wind. Unusual down here… and of course we had planned a track session to test out the achilles and get some track mileage done. At the end of the session, it was Frank, myself and a Polish 800 meter runner within miles distance 🙂 It was raining, raining and the wind was blowing hard from all angles. I got through the whole session but looked like the storm I had been running in when I had finished.

More good athletes are here now. Dieter Baumann has arrived, Lydia Chlojeka (sub 4 min 1500 m), Pawel Czapiewski (1.43 800), Damian Kallabis (8.09 steeple), Stephen Cherono (7.58 steeple). So new faces every day around the track down here.

All is well. Trying to build, build and build 🙂

Marius