European Indoor Championships Veteran 2024 An athlete from GTI - the championship experience
There will be more participants from the club when the outdoor championships are held in Gothenburg.
Here is her report from the championship.
Around 50 Norwegian participants took part.
During the championship, there were a total of around 3,500 participants from 35-95.
Lots of sporting fun.
Started with discus, 23.37 meters in a difficult wind for me as a left-hander was enough for 7th place.
Dizzy and breathless, the exercise is completed.
After 2 bad shots, it became 3.
Better.
10th place with 8.23 m.
Now it was time to throw the javelin.
Was number 7 after the first 3 rounds.
Fell down to 8.
and then got my longest throw which was 21.41 m and then went up to 6.
place.
Fair enough with a very short run-up, 2 steps.
An exercise I hadn't quite gotten around to this season.
A lot of should - should not.
Ended up with shall, and very happy with it afterwards.
Very uneasy in the body.
Lots of spectators at the back of the castration.
Went into the ring, was like I did not see them.
Was number 4 after 3.
lap.
Entered the ring and jumped 29.10 m which was my best result.
Almost 4 m longer than at the NM winter throw.
The result was finally 5th place in the exercise.
Annual meeting
The notice of the Annual General Meeting was sent to members by the deadline and is now also available here. https://gti-friidrett.no/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Innkalling-arsmote-GTI-3.pdf
Robustløpet, Jæren delivers!
Rogaland is a county where we are lucky enough to have good running conditions most of the year.
This winter has presented a few more challenges than we’re used to, so it’s extra nice when the weather and conditions work together to kick off the outdoor season 🙂 We received a lot of happy feedback from satisfied GTIers and asked the organizer if they could summarize the event for us.
The Robust race was held for the fourth time last weekend, with record participation and Bryne bathed in sunshine.
All distances were eventually sold out and the number of participants was just around 1600.
From the very youngest in the children’s race, to 5 and 10 kilometers, half marathon and relay.
The Robust race, which aims to attract everyone from top runners to public health initiatives, was a running party of dimensions.
The weather gods delivered from the top shelf, with sunshine from cloudless skies and virtually no wind.
This paved the way for the joy of running, mastery experiences and personal records.
Many were in action.
From Team Ingebrigtsen in the relay to first-timers and cancer rehabilitation groups.
The circular course at Bryne makes the event spectator-friendly.
With contributions from sponsors and running groups, Bryne was reminiscent of New York.
Good punch from the announcer in a lift over the hill, from well-known podcast hosts in Lavterskel.
The Robust race is a collaboration in which the main organizer, Robust Trening og Fysioterapi, gets good help from Undheim IL.
Next year, the organizer will boast further development at all levels, international approval and optimization of the route. PS.
Results can be retrieved from EQ-timing.
Many good times, course records etc. https://live. eqtiming.com/67870#dashboard
"Age is just a number" NM Veteran Stange 27-28 January 2024
It's like a juicy carrot to see what your efforts throughout the year result in when you compare yourself with the fittest in Norway in your age group.
We younger veterans have a long way to go to compete at these championships, but there's no getting away from the fact that toddler life and working life limit the opportunity somewhat.
In any case, it's incredibly inspiring to see the results achieved by those who traveled.
Over 200 participants met for competition during the weekend's exercises.
From GTI participated a small group of 4pcs.
The time was 7.33.77, silver.
The time was 6.45.97, silver.
Two years since I last jumped.
It was a silver medal with that result "
June on home ground in Sandnes.
Registration for Holmenkollstafetten on May 4.
"Spring's most beautiful adventure" on May 4 in Oslo is a sporting and social highlight for the club.
We are aiming for at least 3 teams.
Information about test runs will come later, but it is recommended to participate in shorter distances at rallies for speed training.
Fill out the form and return to post@gti-friidrett.no soon to secure your place.
Guess we can't wait!!!!
Expectant greetings from SU.
Autumn 2023 The throwing gang
Janice A. Flaathe has summed up the autumn for herself and the pitching team
An absolute highlight among the throwers in the fall of 2023 must be when Herman Henriksen in the mv 85-89 class managed to win an international championship gold medal in discus at the European Championships in Pescara, Italy.
He also tops Norway's statistics in his class in this event. Otherwise, as far as I can see, it has been a season characterized by many injuries among us as throwers.
For this reason, there have been few veteran throwing events during the fall.
On September 1, there was a throwing event in Stavanger where Marius participated in the sledgehammer.
Tore Drange and Jarle Bøe completed a throwing pentathlon where the scores were 2688 and 2531 respectively.
The exercise that gave the most points was shot put for both of them.
Tore scored 727 points and Jarle 612.
Tore Drange is number 3 on the statistics in Norway in the throwing pentathlon, and number 2 in discus and javelin when you consider that in 2023 there is a new points table that shows that you now get fewer points for the same result than you got in 2022.
Kate was the only athlete who participated in the NM throwing pentathlon this season.
"For myself, it's been a season with few competitions.
I struggled through the NM winter throw and a few competitions until the end of May.
It was a matter of hurrying slowly.
I'm well underway with my training, and I'm finally allowed to throw with more intensity and speed.
The plan is to be back in full force next season.
Still, I have to say I'm happy with the javelin result with only one step up.
Then it was 23.75m.
Greetings Janice
Below is an article from Stavanger Aftenblad.
Published 31.10.2023 , written by Stefan Merenyi
"86-year-old EuropeanchampionAthletics: At the age of 86, Herman Kristoffer Henriksen became European champion in discus in his M85 class in Italian Pescara at the Stadio Adriatica recently.
Stefan Merenyi
- "I threw 25.86, which was good enough for the European Championships as the next man on the list, the German Scheuer, only managed 22.84," says Herman as we chat at Sandnes stadium.
"He and his wife Judith came from Dirdal so we could do a little interview.
- There were eight participants in the class, but one German couldn't compete due to an injury in the warm-up, so only seven passed.
"It was close behind me when the German in 3.
place got 22.18," says Herman Henriksen.
He has been involved in athletics all his life, competing in the long and triple jump and winning many medals.
But when he suffered from neuropathy and had problems with his feet and balance, he only did discus.
- "I have around 200 medals from the Nordic, European and World Championships, and a bronze from the World Championships is a strong point," says Henriksen, who has competed in Spain (2), Finland, Italy, (2), Hungary, Poland, (2) France, Sweden and Denmark.
"At the last championships I had my wife, Judith, with me as I needed as much help as possible in many areas.
Otherwise, I have good training opportunities in the fields in Dirdal," says Herman Henriksen.
He adds that in March next year he will be 87, and he is looking forward to the European Championships in Poland, the World Championships in Gothenburg and the National Championships in Stjørdal and the Winter Throw in Lyngdal.
In his private life, he was a teacher at Dirdal primary and secondary school and retired in 2003."
Autumn 2023 The joint trip - "the fast track"
"The fast track
København halvmaraton. Det var der alt skulle skje i år. Torsdagen før, dro jeg innom på Løplabbet her i Stavanger og kjøpte raske sokker. De raske skoene hadde jeg kjøpt tidligere. Sånne ting er helt nødvendig, tenkte jeg. For nå er det København og der er den raske løypa.
På løpsdagen snørte jeg på meg skoene, trakk GTI-trøya over hodet og løp fra leiligheten og bort til startområdet. Her var bagasjeinnleveringen organisert helt fantastisk. Det var telt på telt og hyggelige ekspeditører som satte bagasjeposene på bakken etter nummer. Nå kunne jeg småjogge bort for å finne starten.
Mens jeg lette etter pulja mi dukket ballongen for 1.35 opp. Strengt tatt hadde 1.40 ballongen vært like greit, men om jeg bare holdt meg et stykke bak 1.35 ballongen så burde målet mitt være oppnåelig, nemlig 1.38.
Startstkuddet gikk av med et smell, da var de beste sendt av gårde. Pulja vår kunne flytte seg ett hakk fram og nå sikret jeg meg en plass helt fremst i pulja for 1.30 – 1.40. Riktignok så jeg ingenting til 1.30 ballongen, men startnummeret mitt stemte med fargen på pulja.
Etter fem minutter begynte gruppa mi å løpe, nå var vi i gang. Perfekt vær, nesten vindstille, tusenvis av løpere og haugevis av publikum, verden fineste løpedag.
Men etter fem hundre meter løp jeg rett inn i den gjengen som hadde startet i pulja før meg, de som skulle løpe raskere enn 1.30. De løp i et vanvittig somletempo og jeg måtte se på klokka mi. Merkelig, jeg løp jo på skjemaet mitt til 1.38, men alle foran meg sneglet av sted. Eneste løsningen ble å løpe zikzak mellom folkene, og de var det rikelig av. Det ble som å ha hastverk på 17.mai.
Publikum stod tett i tett og over hodene på alle så jeg skiltet som Kari holdt. Heia Bjørn Arild stod det, hun var der med mine svigerbarn og heiet. Etter noen kilometere passerte jeg et fantastisk trommeorkester som spilte som besatt. Det var så utrolig fint, og det koret som sang, så vakkert det var, over gata dalte konfettien, og oppi ei trapp stod det en mann med en plakat hvor det stod noe om at jeg ikke kunne gi deg. Dette med å gi meg var egentlig en tanke som hadde slått meg like før. For nå begynte jeg å slite, hele tiden var det folk jeg måtte løpe forbi. Klokka begynte å tulle. Pip, sa den og så måtte jeg løpe lenger og lenger fra pipet og bort til kilometermerket.
Jeg var skikkelig gåen da jeg løp gjennom det bygget hvor Redbull hadde stilt seg opp. Der helte jeg nedpå et glass med supersøtt sukkervann og fortsatt mot et eller annet jeg håpte var mål. Nei der var det ei bro! En oppoverbakke ingen hadde snakket om, skulle vi opp dit? Tar dette løpet aldri slutt?
Heldigvis gjorde det det. Jeg kom meg over målstrekene, og ti meter senere hang noen ei medalje rundt nakken min, den kjentes som et ti-kilos lodd. Det stod en pall med drikkevann litt lenger borte, ei kasse med bananer, eneribarer, mer bananer, mer drikke, mer av alt og enda lenger borte stod en gjeng med blå trøyer. De stod rake i ryggen og snakket om løpet og hvor fint det var. Jeg hang bøyd over meg selv og stirret på de raske skoene og de raske sokkene og lurte på hvor jeg kunne dra for å finne den raske løypa."
2023 harvest ... Ultratrail Marjo and Tom-Erik
Two of our national team athletes participated in Nice by UTMB at the end of September.
For a little insight into what such a race entails, we have received a report from both of them.
Marjo Nice by UTMB
I was very happy to be able to compete in the 115km ultra race in Nice as the last dance of the season.
The previous two months had been plagued with falls and knee problems, so there was uncertainty about my form and body, but my head was in the right place, and that's the most important thing in ultrarunning, they say...?
I traveled with a nice group with Silje Skorve Skarpeid from GTI and Bjarte and Tore, and in addition we got to hang out a lot with 2 nice GTI gentlemen John and Tom Erik :)
The days before the race, croissants and coffee were on the program.
At dawn on Saturday morning, the bus took us up to the mountains behind Nice in Roubion.
I was tired and didn't feel particularly good at the start when everyone accelerated in the first few kilometers.
I thought that this was not my day right then.
I stayed in 8-10th place, but decided to just keep running and enjoy the ride.
The course had a number of large and easy trails/roads (which I had driven a car on back home in Finland!), which was a bit boring.
But then we had long stretches of fantastic single track on the mountain slopes!
It was a bit technical as well, lots of loose gravel and long downhills where you had to focus to avoid falling on the rocks.
The weather was almost too nice, between 25-30 degrees and blazing sun.
But to turn it into something positive - this time I got to see the fine, fine mountain peaks of Merchantour natural park!
Although the heat got to me a bit, and I was careful not to push too much in the hottest time, I was able to pass a couple of ladies between 20-50km.
Okay, this can actually go a little better, I thought and just focused on working, working, working on.
Eat, drink, run.
After the drop bag at 70km I passed a man who said that the lady in second place was not far ahead.
I thought he was messing with me, and when I passed that lady on the next uphill I didn't dare ask what place we were in!
The last 15km and we got an unbelievably beautiful sunset over Nice. I had wanted to get a message from home if someone was just in front or behind me at the end, and was quite relieved when it said: "50min in front, 40min behind, don't fall and you take second place!" Shit, second place! That was a big deal. I ran with a man who congratulated me on the Western States golden ticket already (2 best women and men each got one), and got a bit of a chill as we ran towards the finish in the seafront in Nice. Being able to run with real fluidity after almost 15 hours of running, feeling so strong on a day that seemed to be bad at first, that's why I love ultra running. Anything can happen during the many hours in the mountains, it can go to hell... or it can turn around for you! Most of the time there's a little bit of both at every race ;) and if you manage to dig, work, take the next step forward, the feeling is to get second place as payment... it's crazy nice!
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Tom Erik Nice Cote dázur by UTMB 100 miles
A few weeks have passed and you've finally got the time and the necessary distance to be able to absorb and process your second 100-mile race. A real mountain race of the tough kind... This race was planned relatively late in the season, after I felt I had underperformed on the last edition of Xreid in Trollheimen at the end of June this year. There was a growing need to maximize my potential on a long and very demanding race with factors such as high altitude, many cumulative positive and negative altitude meters, 11-12 hours with a headlamp and also strong heat. After some quick planning during the summer, I booked my flight, race ticket and apartment via Airbnb. Just under a month before the race, I also got the go-ahead from our coach John that he was ready to be support during the race. YES!!! I thought. John and I have done very good races together before, including the World Ultra Trail Championships in 2018. Nice by UTMB is a relatively new race in the UTMB world series where tickets are handed out for the main race in Chamonix, which takes place at the end of August each year. In total, about 3,300 people participate in the 4 distances; 100 miles, 100k, 50k and 20k. To get among the top 3 in the 100 miles and thus get direct qualification was also the goal for u.t. On the start line this year at the second longest distance, 100 km, was none other than Jim Walmsley - perhaps the world's best off-road ultra runner and this year's winner of the main race UTMB finals. "At the start line I felt very strong and well prepared. I've trained as well as I've felt I could since the decision to race was made in June. The most important and decisive training week with 300km/15000hm through Jotunheimen on the tourist association's trails with friends had gone beyond all expectations. It was warm and sunny at 1700 m above sea level in Auron, where the race started. From there, we would cover 167 km and 9300 hm uphill/11000hm downhill over the mountain ranges down to Nice. Due to a hornet's nest found on the path from the start that had to be removed, the start was postponed 10 minutes:) By pure coincidence, I then got to know the hard-working youth Gvideo from Latvia. We talked a little further out from the start, including about how fast we thought it was going at the front and gradually agreed to share the path for the first few miles. After all, the race hadn't started yet. It felt like it went nice and neat until the first food station after 8 km with about 100 hm up and maybe 300 hm down. I took some quick drinks with me and gave a high five to my fellow Latvian runner before we pulled up the poles and began the 1300 hm long climb towards the highest point of the trail and the next food station. The weather was fine, although the heat took its toll even at an altitude of 2600-2700 meters. I was a little worried that the lack of acclimatization would make it hard to run up here, but it went well so far. We were now around 16th-17th place, which we both thought was a reasonable opening. Down towards Isola and the 3rd food station, we would now descend 1700 hm in 6 km!!! even on unmarked paths for parts of the course, before we would run the last flat 6 km on asphalt towards the station. The hills went smoothly, but you could already feel this starting to materialize in your thighs. After talking to John (who I now met for the first time in the race) and eating and drinking a little, Bjarte Wetteland from DFL surprisingly came into the checkpoint. This stressed me out a bit as I thought it meant I might have opened a bit too slowly. I tried to convince myself that it was Bjarte who instead ran well or maybe had opened a little too much. We climbed some new mountains and still worked well together me and Gvideo. I think it was me who launched the idea of trying to work together a little longer and maybe into the night. If one of us felt a bit stronger than the other, we would just say so and it was okay to run away. We chose to stick together and when dusk fell we were on our way to the first big checkpoint where you could pick up drop bags. The headlamps had been turned on and now over 10 hours of running through the night awaited us.
Already on the first climb from here, the full moon became our companion.
The higher we got, the less need there was for the lantern.
Magical!!!
I still felt good both in terms of breathing and muscular strain.
The fact that we had a good trend in the race was confirmed by the fact that we picked up new runners steadily.
At the next big food station at 116 km, we had had a nice and fast climb up about 400 meters.
At the station, I got my legs smeared with Vaseline for the second time by John and was ready to give the iron the last 50 km.
John confirmed that we were running fast and were now only 5-15 minutes behind numbers 5-9.
On the way out of here we ran a little wrong and Gvideo complained that he had eaten too little food at the station.
On this climb where we were going up 1000 new altitude meters, we probably also started to lose ground to those in front.
Down from this mountain, we were again on gradient percentages of about 30.
This really started to hurt my thighs and there was a lot of walking downhill on slopes where I would normally have "opened" my legs and given gas.
Gvideo introduced me to the term "shuffle" about off-road ultra runners who are finished and unable to lift their legs properly anymore due to muscular fatigue.
This was now us :( We took our time at the last food station where we saw John about 21 km before the finish.
The heat had now become quite fierce and it began to rush to get to Nice.
The finish was beautiful, but anything but easy.
The satisfaction of finally crossing the finish line after just over 25 hours on the trail was therefore great.
Even though the ambition of a top 3 finish was not achieved, the race was still a great experience and an important lesson for future races.
Running/being with another person for over 24 hours while working hard physically is an experience I wouldn't want to be without, and Gvideo is already considered a good friend because we shared and mastered this experience together.
That said, running a race with someone in this way will probably always make you a little less competitive along the way.
It's quite possible that I could have run a few minutes faster if I had given it my all and run the last few miles on my own, but the benefits of running together, especially at night, probably outweigh the disadvantages of this race for me in my opinion.
In retrospect, you can also wonder if you should have run harder on the hills with a higher heart rate for a better end result?
In the end, it was the muscular strain of running downhill that slowed you down, so perhaps a little higher speed uphill would not have affected this.
"Hopefully I'll be able to run the UTMB final in Chamonix next year despite not finishing in the top 3.
Then, in the training work leading up to the race, more hardening of the legs for downhill running will be prioritized.
Finally, I would like to thank John and GTI-Friidrett for their physical and financial support for this great race.
It is highly recommended to other GTI runners whether they want to run 167, 115.65 or 20 km.
If anyone wants more information about practical things regarding the race, just ask:)
