August 2008

Bad news first. It hasn't actually been an easy month for me what comes to sports. After The World Champs and O-Ringen I made a crucial mistake, went to a short swimming trip on our way home. Got maxillary sinus inflammation which lasted two weeks. Due to that I had to make a shortcut in TUSKA2008 (PAIN 2008, in english) which made me a bit unhappy. Fortunately Seppo Mäkinen and Jonne Lakanen were able to accomplish the whole set. We had to shorten our original plan (Terskanperä-Rokua, 42km pure marsh) after many absences of our very best mates. That would have been merciless to do the whole trip without those guys. Anyway, there might come a day when we'll do that.

The best part of that training's first 17km was played by a beaver, who had decided to make the river Tyrnävänjoki breadth 300m instead of 10m. Where I crossed the river it was difficult to see where the river actually went, but the aerial photograph I had checked before (btw, all the crossing-places were marked on the map beforehand) revealed the place. The problem was that the bridge had crashed and that made me to swim again. As well as all the other guys on the western bank of the Lake Pitkäjärvi...

Even more bad news. I'm in a fever and I can't participate in tomorrow's Huippuliiga-final, if there won't happen a miracle. Apparently the stress went off as my back was hardly massaged yesterday. The back was in a jam I had last seen in the bad year of 2005. I can plaim myself 'cause I haven't been in a decent massage after World Champs.

And now to the good news! A week after TUSKA2008 -training our belonged friends Salla and Antti Turpeinen had their wedding day on 8.8.2008. The wedding was happy and beautiful piece of party. We had those responsible roles as the closest supporters and after the wedding we decided to make a big and harmounious trip. All the following links and photos (below) will tell more than thousand words could:

Jyväskylä – Kiuruvesi– Manamansalo– Iso-Syöte

Iso-Syöte – Posio – Levi - Muonio

Muonio – Kilpisjärvi– Skibotn – Sørreisa

Sørreisa – Narvik – Abisko - Seskarö – Vihanti– Jyväskylä

That was a nice trip. Minna's news about the trip on her pages.


PICTURES:
Manamansalo (PHOTO 1)
Evening in Iso-Syöte (PHOTO 2)
On the top of Iso-Syöte (PHOTO 3)
To Mustarinnantunturi (PHOTO 4)
Cold water of Särkijärvi (PHOTO 5)
And the same fate with Minna (PHOTO 6)
Saana-run 24.55 (PHOTO 7)
View towards Malla from Saana (PHOTO 8)
Waterfall in Malla (PHOTO 9)
Kilpisjärvi (PHOTO 10)
1st time beside the Ice-sea for Minna (PHOTO 11)

(23.08.2008)

TUSKA2008 (PAIN2008)
(01.08.2008)

O-Ringen - facts and maps
(27.07.2008)

8th place in the World Champs middle - and 6th in the relay
(20.07.2008)

WOC 2008 - Česká republika, Olomouc and the earth
(10.07.2008)

WOC qualification cancelled - Plan B
(29.06.2008)

The World Cup in Norway - 2nd place in middle distance
(20.06.2008)

From Forssa to Jukola
(13.06.2008)

Two bronze medals from the European Championships!
(03.06.2008)

The EOC in 10 days
(15.05.2008)

Kilpailukalenteri 2008
(01.04.2008)

The long training-camp is almost in finish
(16.03.2008)

Le Tour de France 2008
(25.02.2008)

International orienteering speculation in Finnish
(11.02.2008)

Orienteering year 2008…
(06.02.2008)

Finally back!
(26.11.2007)

World Champs 2007
(17.08.2007)

Top league's tapering!
(12.08.2007)

O-Ringen and World Cup
(23.07.2007)

Winning the Kainuun Rastiviikko 2007
(07.07.2007)

New stuff...
(29.06.2007)

TC in Ukraine
(07.06.2007)

NOC results: silver in the relay and smooth performances
(15.05.2007)

2nd place in Tiomila for Terä!
(30.04.2007)

Winning the NOC-qualification and Huippuliiga I
(23.04.2007)

More orienteering
(10.04.2007)

O-training in Finland has started
(18.03.2007)

Training-diary has been updated
(19.02.2007)

Dullstroom-online
(07.01.2007)

Training-diary is back in the business
(04.12.2006)

KurkoCup it's HOT again
(09.11.2006)

10th in the World Cup 2006
(09.10.2006)

World Cup -final...
(05.10.2006)

Finnish Championships turned to be a medal mess
(24.09.2006)

The Men of Small Relays
(10.09.2006)

Silver medal in FC long distance
(04.09.2006)

Win in Huippuliiga-final
(20.08.2006)

WOC has started!
(29.07.2006)

To the WOC
(25.07.2006)

Situation developing
(06.07.2006)

FC-extra long
(17.05.2006)

EOC
(06.05.2006)

Among the team in the EOC
(25.04.2006)

Competition season 2006
(23.02.2006)

First real O-training of the year is finally done!
(14.02.2006)

Training-camp in Ylläs
(05.01.2006)

Training diary
(10.10.2005)

Comeback done!
(30.08.2005)

WOC 2005 FINAL WEEK
(08.08.2005)

WOC 2005
(04.08.2005)

Injured
(30.06.2005)

Cycling is a fine hobby
(25.05.2005)

Tiomila
(25.04.2005)

No races for Pasi on weekend
(15.04.2005)

New pages coming up soon
(11.04.2005)

Hello from Spain
(12.02.2005)

Minna's and Pasi's training-camp nears
(01.02.2005)



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