Summer break

Today we had the graduation ceremony for tge third graders from PG. congratulations to all of you!

Now I'm taking some time off school to fully concentrate on my training and competitions. I think it's gonna be a long and wonderful summer!

Drivers License

Yesterday I finally got my (temporary) drivers license! Yesterday morning I went to the driving school to have my last driving lesson, and after that I had my test. I was really nervous before the test, but once I got in the car it felt ok and I finished the test almost without any mistakes. It feels good to finally be able to drive a car instead of the motorcycle, especially after sundays accident. I love driving on two wheels, but it feels so much safer to sit inside the car.

I have to use this paper until I get the card.

On the right path

Today's competition is over and even though I couldn't expect much today, I had two throws over my personal best. The discus landed on 43.10 today which means that I improved my record with almost 1,5 meters. It feels like I have a good summer to look forward to.
It feels really good to see that all the work I've put in during the fall, winter and spring is starting to pay off. The training season itself had a lot of ups and downs, but with the help of my new coach Stefan and my mental coach Christoph Treier I'm stronger and more "secure" both physically and mentally than my previous seasons.

Today's trophy

Season Opening.

I've decided to participate in today's competitions and get my season opening today, despite the fact that I'm feeling a bit "stiff" from the accident.
Everybody who has the possibility can come to Nykarleby to see me and my coach compete at 7.15 pm (19.15)!

Motorcycle Accident.

Yesterday I experienced my first motorcycle crash/accident. It was when I drove on the highway that a car pulled out from a sideroad about 30 meters in front of me, and I had to brake as hard as I could. That resulted in that the backwheel of my motorcycle got "locked" and I lost the steering over the motorcycle. Fortunately, I managed to keep the bike upright pretty far, and I managed to slow down the bike to about 40 km/h before the bike tipped to the side and I fell off.

Fortunately, I got away with only a few bruises and sore muscles. The only real damage done was a few scratches on the bike and some ripped up clothes, so you could say I got really lucky.

Today I'm very tired and sore in my body from the shock and the minor injuries i suffered. Yesterday I had to go to the hospital to get checked for injuries after the people that stopped had called emergency. 

I'm really thankful to the people that stopped to check that everything was ok and those who cared enough to stop and help me. 

Returned to the scene after I got home from the hospital.

My motorcycle luckily didn't get any scratches on the fueltank, sidebags or exhaust pipes, so there shouldn't be too hard to fix everything.

http://online.osterbottenstidning.fi/Artikel/Visa/64382

(OBS! olyckan inträffade i Nykarleby, inte kronoby)

Stafettkarnevalen

Yesterday we began our trip to Helsinki by bus at around 11 pm. The busride lasted about 6 hours so I, who have pretty long legs, had sore legs and knees after that. Some of the people from our bus went to an amusement park called Linnanmäki, or Borgbacken in swedish, and the rest of us went out on the streets of Helsinki.
After a couple of hours out in Helsinki it was time to go to the hotel where we stayed the night. The hotel and the stay was great, except the fact that I overslept a bit.. Our bus was planned to leave the hotel around 7 am, and I was woken up  by my roommates 6.50. But even though I was about 50 minutes late I managed to dress, pack my bag and eat breakfast in 10 minutes, so everything turned out to be ok.

At around 10 am we ran the 4x100m relay and we managed to accomplish our goal, to get to the finnish line. Our place might not be anything to brag about (last in our heat..) but we had fun and it was a nice experience. After I competed I didn't really do anything else than look at the remaining relays and cheering on our teams.

What's left of this trip now is a 6 hour long bus ride with good people and sore legs.

 View of the stadium, plus some happy people.

We were really lucky with the weather. It started literally pouring down minutes after we had packed up and was leaving.

Home/recovery

Yeah so I've completely forgot to blog since I came home last monday/tuesday night. I've simply been too exhausted and tired since the training camp, but now it feels like I'm back on track.

Last tuesday I began my "home training" again with a couple easy throws after I held a training for my track and field teams youth. I've had about 3 "full" throwing practices since I came home and I must say that I'm feeling more confident in the ring than last summer. Sure the throws dont fly as far as in Portugal yet, but it's also about 20 degrees colder here.

Tomorrow I'm going with my school to an event called Stafettkarnevalen which is basically a competition between schools where different relays will be ran. I'm running the first stage of the 4x100m and I'm already a bit nervous about running on Helsinki Olympic stadium. It will probably be the first and last time I run there, but not the last time I'll compete there I hope.
Anyways I'm going to practice now and hopefully I'll remember to update the blog tomorrow.

This is what I've missed the most during the camp, my Golden Retriever Nadia. Of course I missed mom and dad, but I can't really talk in the phone with a dog.

First outdoors practice at home.

Back in the "homegym". and also my warmup/training where my sponsors are named is finally made and in use!

 

I really missed Finnish nature while I was in Portugal.

Last training.

I had my last training for this years training camp this morning and I must say it was the best one so far. My technique worked pretty well and the average length of my throws was the best so far. What also made it a lot better was the fact that I got to see two of my biggest idols, Märt Israel and Gerd Kanter, throw.

Here's the "progress" on my throws on the camp. The throw down to the right is my best throw from today.

Header

I finally managed to make a header for my blog, and I atleast think that it gave the blog a better look.

Best throw today.

There's still a lot to work on, but it feels like I'm atleast getting a grip on what I need to improve and how to do it. It can only get better from here.

Spain, complications, and throwing

The post I had planned on doing on tuesday got a bit delayed because of an unfortunate event that made my trip a bit complicated.

Anyways, our trip to Spain was pretty fun and "different" if you can say that. I didn't really find much amusement from the stores there, but it was fun to get to spend a day with my brother atleast. 

On Wednesday I couldn't really do anything because of some unfortunate event that I wont go any deeper on, but I simply had to take a day off from training.

Today I had one of the best training days in my life with personal records both in discus and snatch. I'm Really looking forward to the competitions this summer now when my technique is starting to feel more and more stable. I'll make a new post with todays best throw once I get it up on youtube.

 Cycling along the border of Portugal and Spain.

 Simon tried to get money from an ATM machine that obviously was made for ants.

 A picture from the ferry between Portugal and Spain.

 The Solvin brothers in action

This is a panorama picture from the throwing area. I think it's almost as close to heaven you can come for a thrower. 

One week done, One to go.

So now I've been here in Portugal for a week and I've got one week left. I haven't had the possibility to update the blog much since the poor network connection here, but I'll try my best today.
The first week has been really fun and I've already learned alot (including the fact that sunburns aren't really fun..) and especially my technique has improved quite a bit from my first throwing session here. So far I've had 8 practices so we will take a rest day tomorrow and go to Spain, since we live around 3 km from the spanish border.
 I don't really have much more to say right now, but I'll try to update tomorrow after we've been to Spain! :)

Atleast I can show you some pictures and videos from the camp so far:

 My personal record lift in snatch at 75kg

 A selfie from the beach at first of May 

 One of my first throwing sessions here.

My brother cycling down the road of hell, a 3km flat, straight and boring road from the hotel to the training center of Vila Real.