Each day that passes after the successful marathon in Seville makes the recollection more romanticized. I outdid my personal record by almost four minutes, achieving the second-best time in Estonian history – 2:10:02. With this result I got the opportunity to represent Estonia in Tokyo Olympics 2020. Immediately after the race I told one of [...]
In terms of Athletics Performances, my 2019 Season was a great one! Hannover 2019 Foto: Norbert-Wilhelmi In april I ran Hannover Marathon a new personal record and an Estonian all time second result 2:13.40. Doha 2019 Foto: Tairo Lutter / Postimees At the IAAF Athletics World Marathon in Doha, I reached [...]
Doha World Championships in marathon was the highlight of my this year's racing calendar. I prepared for it carefully. 26th place among 73 runners was a great achievement. The time 2.17.38 was better result than I expected due to the high temperature and the midnight race. Mens race was different than womens race due to [...]
Last Sunday I finished 8th in the Philadelphia half marathon race with the time of 1.04.23. The elite race was very high level, but the final results were not very strong due to the high humidity and warm weather temperature. My first 10K split time was 29.48. Until that I was running with the leaders. [...]
Surprisingly I am in the Philadelphia, on the US east coast. Some business to do. Ten days ago I decided to race on this Sunday in Rock'n'Roll Philadelphia half marathon. This will be part of my Doha World Championships preparation. The street art is the first strong impression in the Philadelphia The race will be [...]
Hannoveri maratoni hommikul helistasin treener Markile Coloradosse ja Harryle Eestisse ning jagasin enne pikka jooksuvõistlust viimased infokillud. Mainisin ära, et mind on siin poputatud justkui kuninga kassi. Nimelt võistluskorraldajad andsid mulle oma isikliku hotellitoa, maksid reisi kinni, organiseerisid spordijoogid ja tagatipukuks palkasid tempotegijagi. I have been well taking care of in Hannover marathon. The [...]
Pühapäeval 07. aprill algusega kell 9.00 jooksen oma elu kaheksanda maratoni Hannoveris. Hannoveri maratoni raames korraldatud erinevatel jooksudistantsidel osaleb ligi 26 000 inimest ning võistluse taseme poolest kuulub IAAFi (Rahvusvaheline Kergejõustikuliit) nimistus Silver Label maratonide hulka. Päev enne starti koos Kaia ja tempotegijaga. The day before the race with Kaia and the pacemaker. On the [...]
Tallinnas jäi seekord Eesti poolmaratoni rekord püsima, kuid võitsin jooksu mitme tugeva favoriidi ees! I didn't break the Estonian half marathon record in Tallinn, but took the victory on the front of some good runners. Foto: Andres Putting Pärast mitme asjatundjaga võistluskulgu analüüsides võin julgelt endale tunnistada, et jooksin väljakutsete rohkel rajatrassil väga tugeva aja [...]
Talllinna Maratoni raames korraldatud poolmaratoni distantsil kombin sellel hooajal viimast korda oma võimete piire. Stardist jooksen välja Eesti poolmaratoni rekordi tempos ning loodetavasti suudan seda tempot lõpuni hoida. In the Tallinn Marathon weekend I am going to race in half marathon distance. I am going to start with Estonian national record pace. Hopefully will keep [...]
Distantsi esimesel poolel hoidsin ego tagasi ning ütlesin endale, et usalda treenerit. Distantsi teisel poolel mõtlesin, kas nüüd või mitte kunagi. On the first half of the distance I told to myself: "Trust the coach!" On the second half: "Now or never!" Pühapäeval saavutatud Euroopa meistrivõistluste maratoni 9. koht, uus isiklik rekord 2.15.16 ja Eesti [...]