Recovering well
I haven't exactly been regular in writing in my English diary. The reason for that is that I was ill and i had to do some exams. But now I don't have any excuses not to write anything.
In the last couple of weeks a lot has happened. As you all know: I competed in Gotzis. This didn't go the way I planned it to go. I went there with a cold (at least that is what i thought it was). At the first day the weather conditions were very hard. The wind was awful and i'm sure that this had some influence on my results. 13.66 hurdles, 1.70 high jump, 15.28 shot put and 24.85 in the 200, wasn't really good, but no damage had been done yet. The next day I woke up with an extremely tired body, a very painful chest and a severe headache.
During the warm up I felt so bad that I went to a doctor to find out if it was responsable to start. Because i did not have a high temperature I decided to finish the competition.
I started with a 5.98 long jump (after 2 fouls... AGAIN), 48.34 javelin and 2.27 in the 800. Not exactly what i had hoped for. And definately not what i'm capable of at the moment.
Coming back home I went to see my doctor and she diagnosed me with sinusitis and a bronchitis. She gave me antibiotics and I had to flush with salt water to free the sinus completely. She also said that it wasn't wise to start the second day, but she understood why I had to do it (to qualify for the world championhips, which i did with 6061 points).
I was supposed to start in Leiden last weekend, but i decided to train and visit Rudy in France. So my next competition will be the Papendal games on june 13.
We also decided that I will compete in the European Cup in Tallinn. For me it's important to do another heptathlon before the Worlds, to get the feeling back. 2 years is a long time... I noticed.
In the last couple of weeks a lot has happened. As you all know: I competed in Gotzis. This didn't go the way I planned it to go. I went there with a cold (at least that is what i thought it was). At the first day the weather conditions were very hard. The wind was awful and i'm sure that this had some influence on my results. 13.66 hurdles, 1.70 high jump, 15.28 shot put and 24.85 in the 200, wasn't really good, but no damage had been done yet. The next day I woke up with an extremely tired body, a very painful chest and a severe headache.
During the warm up I felt so bad that I went to a doctor to find out if it was responsable to start. Because i did not have a high temperature I decided to finish the competition.
I started with a 5.98 long jump (after 2 fouls... AGAIN), 48.34 javelin and 2.27 in the 800. Not exactly what i had hoped for. And definately not what i'm capable of at the moment.
Coming back home I went to see my doctor and she diagnosed me with sinusitis and a bronchitis. She gave me antibiotics and I had to flush with salt water to free the sinus completely. She also said that it wasn't wise to start the second day, but she understood why I had to do it (to qualify for the world championhips, which i did with 6061 points).
I was supposed to start in Leiden last weekend, but i decided to train and visit Rudy in France. So my next competition will be the Papendal games on june 13.
We also decided that I will compete in the European Cup in Tallinn. For me it's important to do another heptathlon before the Worlds, to get the feeling back. 2 years is a long time... I noticed.
posted by Laurien Hoos | 6:44 AM
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