Majuleiri Merikarvialla & tiimimiitti Koskikeskuksessa

Pohjia tekemässä ennen näyttökisoja

Marraskuun viimeinen viikonloppu kului Merikarvialla liikkuvan maalin maajoukkueleirin merkeissä. Kauden eka leiri  > tarvittavat tekniikkamuutokset kehiin ja aseen palikat kohalleen. Laakeja lävähti ihan mukava määrä MESA:n elektronisiin taululaitteisiin. Tän hetken laukausmääristä huomaa, että ei olla ihan samoissa määrissä kun viime vuosina, mutta taitotaso on edelleen samalla tasolla siitä huolimatta.

Leirillä käytiin läpi tulevan vuoden kuviot maajoukkueen osalta. Hyvältä näyttää! Urheilun ja koulun yhdistäminen tänä vuonna ei tuota ongelmia :P

Tomppa ja tiukka katse taulussa

Jannun movemberien kasvatus suju aika hyvin. Poika otti treenien ohessa monesti lepoo. Tiukka Ranskan leiri vei voimia?

Kuulokkeilla poistettiin junnujen apinointi taustalta ja haettiin hyvää meininkiä. Kuva: Mika Kinisjärvi

Jannu ja pitotreeni

Treenipäivän jälkeen salitreeni 60% tehoilla. Saatiin jopa koutsiki lähteen messiin. Koutsi on mies scotti-penkin takana.

Kehitystä tulee kaikilla osa-alueilla. Elämä on hianoo!

Koutsin ohjeistuksen pohjalta pidennettiin aseen perää, joten hetki menee totutellessa.

 Viikonloppu Kangasalla

Tompan kaa matkustettiin Kangasalle saattamaan meijän mummu viimeiselle matkalle ja treenaamaan Janin kanssa.  Perjantai-päivä kuluikin hautajaisten merkeissä, joten treenit tehtiin lauantaina Tampereen Koskikeskuksessa Janin nykysellä kotiradalla. Ammuttiin sitä rintamallakin 97-vuotta sitten, joten ajateltiin, että hyvin voidaan vetää treenit näin itsenäisyyspäivänäkin. Tänä vuonna ei tiimiläisille linnaan kutsua tullut, mutta ehkä taas tulevaisuudessa ken tietää? :P Muutama tunti tehokasta treenii VS10-servicen ratalaitteisiin oli nannaa. Yhdessä treenaaminen on aina tosi hienoo!

Menossa mukana Samsam, Janis, Meijän Mika ja Tomo. Oli sie Isomasa ja JP:kin :P

Hyvältä näyttää niinku kuuluuki :'D

- Samsam

Camp of the year - Paris with the French

Hellonjour!

I was asked to come to France for a weekend when the French running target national team is having a training camp in Paris so I couldn't resist. I felt like it's my chance because training in Finland besides doing the "nine to five" isn't so professional. Seldom training shooting is professional but always worth spending money and time on. :) 

Of course I had to go because I also missed French friends I had seen in Granada WCH and in the co-operation camp in Inkoo back in the summer. As I assumed, it was worthy time in France and I know I will visit Paris again for a training camp (and Disneyland).

Although I had my fears they turned out to be false and I didn't end up eating sushi on every meal. At Insep the food was ok, by which I mean not very spicy but of quality ingredients. I've been flavouring my own cookings quite much so it's a stun to eat food in a large canteen. 

The difference between an athlete and an amateur is most often in the food one tends to eat. Lately I've been trying to invest in my nutrition and done it quite well. To be honest I never felt this healthy and as a consequence my training in the range and the gym is of better quality than before. More to gain from the same hours spent is always a leap forward!

I would be glad to live behind thous bars for a while.

Be motivated by the Olympic winners training next to you!

The Robin Hood pose at the main entrance

Large halls with anything you need inside and great outdoor facilities for sport of any kind

Benoit and Florence at the 50m range for rifle and pistol

He'd be a funny guy if I understood his jokes :')

Besides all the fun I had during my time in France there was also a lot to learn. With Maxime I had constructive conversations about shooting in many ways and it opened me new perspective to think about running target. Maybe I had many ideas before too, but I didn't have the right words for them. Through discussion with an experienced coach I found some new things for myself. It is quite bizarre how many ideas come alive all of a sudden. I felt like I had known many things for a long time but suddenly realise what they really are about. Eureka! :]

What's important for a running target shooter, only the beginning of my list :)

Max, Alizé Barlet, Florence Louis, Lili Malcoiffe, Fabien Le Brun, Quentin Schiltz

Mr. Benoit's performance

A lunchbreak before the lunch

Hunching by the scatt, looking for some notable data

This is on slow runs, score in SIUS 10.6, 10.7 and 10.6. Trigger pressure in right.

Duh... Scatt doesn't match the reality with my technique ;)

As in daily basis, I also went to the gym. On Thursday after working my back we went back to shooting and against all odds it wasn't very different from the training before the gym. I hadn't done this before so it was about time to try. In conclusion I'd say it is just an advantage if you work your muscles besides shooting. Since my photographer doesn't like to lift weights there's no media of my Arnoldish training, but maybe I'll get that later.

Important flexing after a leg day at the gym. Beeeeeeend that muscle

Me and my wife

Just love it.

Years & years, day to day, endless training, endless progress 

Some montage on slow runs. Sometimes ten, sometimes nine, but always ten.

This is exactly what I'm talking about

Since my tour leader and chief of mission has lived in Paris for many years we went also watching the city by night. I've read books and watched movies of these places and then I was there. It's a wow.

The most beautiful street in the world - Avenue des Champs-Élysées

Dizzle dazzle at the Notre Dame

Wild west by the ranch of horror in Disneyland

I want to visit space one day, this was kinda close

The castle of Cinderella...

...with fireworks...

...and lasers like in a Pink Floyd's gig :)

Great trips come with great memories. All I had to do is take the chance and forget about any preconceptions I had. Working together with people of different nationality is very rewarding. Talking with other language than your mother tongue about familiar topics and doing things a bit different from the normal always leads into a new tracks in thinking. Going global in sports just because of the sport and meeting people with same interests on other walks of life is a fruitful experience. I think we'll meet again in May, France! 


Until next time,
Jani