| On
the 11th of July I took part in the Finnish Championships. Unfortunately
I didn't do very well. My goal was to win it but I only got 6th
place. Throughout the race I had pretty bad back troubles and
lost my speed because of this. Not much more to say, I'd rather
forget about it. |
| Then
less than two weeks ago I raced the Scandinavian Championships
that were held here in Vuokatti, Finland. Prior to the race I
had visited an osteopathic therapeutics. He did some treatment
for my back, and he also told me what I have to do to get over
my back troubles. I also went to get a massage two days before
the race to loosen up my muscles. Unfortunately my hard summer
job has taken its own. My legs hasn't felt like they should have.
I was fortunate to get some days off my job to go and prepare
earlier. This helped a lot and I think that it's because of this
that I did so good. It couldn't have been my training because
it's been non existing. |
| To
the result. I finished 14th and 3rd fastest Finn. The race field
was quite good because Norways Rune Hoydal won the race. I lost
around 14 min to him which is not much considering all the circumstances.
I was happy to be 3rd best Finn because I wasn't selected to the
national team because I haven't raced enough here in Finland.
This made my race a little bit harder too, because I had to start
from the last line( as usual). I showed them tough. I must have
passed almost 40 riders including 4 national team members. |
| My
Finland "vacation" is coming to it's end. I only have 3 days left
of work and on the 12th of this month I'm flying over to the USA
again. I will most probably compete again at the Norba National
Finals in Mount Snow, Vermont on the 20th of August. I'm looking
forward to it because I would like to do a smoking ride. I'm stoked
to soon be in a position where I can start concentrating on biking
again. Maybe I'll see you soon or talk to you, until then, enjoy
the warm (hot) summer days. Thomas
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