Sauna addiction

October 24, 2009

I’m in Finland for 11 days now – and today was my first day without Sauna! Crazy, isn’t it? Well, I guess I have to make up for the summer, when I haven’t had a Sauna for several weeks.

Saturday was a recovery day with only one training (easy 20K) in the evening. I can still feel my legs a bit from the hill runs (especially the hamstrings are still somewhat tight) but it isn’t as bad as expected.

I rewarded myself for the exam and the last week. Surfing the internet I found a nice documentary about marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie. I already met him twice personally when we stayed in the same athlete hotel in Berlin 2008 and 2009. The man is really busy and famous. There was always someone on his back, asking for an autograph or a picture – in the Hotel lobby, in the warm-up area, even at the post-race party when he could hardly walk. The documentary is already 2 years old but still it gives a good insight into the life of Haile (and Ethiopian runners in general).