Skrevet av Ingrid den 26.07.2011
Sitting in my room finally getting online after 5 days. It so crazy being here so far from home were all the terrible violence and bombing has happened. Since we didn’t get to read the news my dad has updated me with texts and we have also watched Chinese news that covers the terrorist attacks. It sounds unrealistic that something like this could happen in peaceful Norway. My first thought goes out to the family of all the victims. So many young people that were helpless shoot down. Looking at pictures in the news of people all over the world laying out flowers at the Norwegian embassies showing that they care and that their thoughts are with the Norwegian people is touching. Luckily for me none of my family or friends were at this places were the terror attacks happened (as I know here from China) but in such a small country as Norway everyone knows someone that’s affected by this. I wish I could be home with my family right now.
Skrevet av Ingrid den 05.07.2011
Tomorrow Im going to the scientific conference ECSS in Liverpool. I am looking forward to get a lot of scientific input. YEAH. This conference is a scientific conference about sport and everything around it. As some of you know I am working on my phd in physiology in the University of Oslo. With a background from the Norwegian School of Sport Science (that’s by the way is the greatest sport school) I do appreciate that I can work in the physiology field. Making people more active and see the beauty of sport I do see as my mission in life. Im now doing research about the long lasting effects of anabolic steroids in Soleus and Edl. Soleus is a muscle that mostly consist of fiber type I (slow twitch myosin) which are shown to be most sensitive to anabolic steroids. But out of curiosity I wanted also to check Edl that is a muscle consistent mostly of fiber type II. Im not near finishing the results but I already see that the effect of using anabolic steroids are huge, and it scares me. It does not surprise me because other has shown this before and Im most interested in the muscle nuclei. But, I do wish to keep sport clean. Sport is not fair genetically. You even have the talent or u dont. But please dont put performance enhancers into the sport. We want to believe that sport is fair. We want to believe that the winner won bec of training hard and talent not bec of drug. If we accept drug abuse sport is worth nothing. Actually it is the scientist in the lab that are winning the medals and not he athlete. We dont want to see that. As a scientist and a top athlete Im telling u all; what am I training for if we put performance enhancement into sport?
Skrevet av Ingrid den 18.06.2011
Won the finale today against Mira Potkinen from Finland 5-0. Hagen boxed very well (-81) but lost to Swedish Kennedy. Kristin lost to Juliana Soderstrom from Sweden. I will meet Sandra Brugger from Switzerland in the finale tomorrow.
Skrevet av Ingrid den 03.06.2011
I lost 11-19.
It was a really tough fight. I started out putting pressure on her since she is a very defensive fighter. I wanted to get her tired thinking that I just had to work her down to win. We knew that she was good to keep distance and she throw good long hooks when she moves backwards. In the first round it really worked, we didnt throw that many punches but the tempo was still very high. 1-1 after first round. In the second round I sometimes let her take over the command and she threw some punches in the back of my head and I was down 3-5. The third round I tried to put pressure on her again but I didnt have the same sharpness as the first round and I was down 5-13. I have to say she got some easy points bec my guard was there all the time. In the last round she was tired and I worked it as hard as I could. She held and run backward making it hard for me. The score ended up 11-19.
But anyways, this have been a good tournament for me. Four fights against 4 very different fighters so this is good experience for me. Also knowing I fight even with one of the worlds best boxer in my weight category gives me confidence and motivation to work even harder.
vg 03.06.11
Skrevet av Ingrid den 02.06.2011
In the semifinal i was boxing Mavzuna Chorieva from Tadsjikistan. I won 15-7 and was leading all four rounds.
From earlier fights this tournament we saw that Chorieva was a good counter-boxer and that she had somehow big movements. Our tactic was to try to feint her punches out and then counter her. Already in the first round i found my rhythm and landed some good punches. After first round i was 2 up. She started the second round a little bit more aggressive since she needed points but I answered sharp and she struggled to follow my footwork. After 2nd round I was leading 9-5. Again in the third round she started out aggressive but I moved backward and hit her with some nice right hooks. After third round it was 12-6. In the fourth and last round I only used my feet to put pressure on her and pretend I was going to attach her without actually attacking her. So I didnt use much energy and I have a lot of energy for the finale tomorrow! I won the match 15-7. Tomorrow I will be fighting the Chinese Dong Cheng. She was 2nd in the World Champ last year. She is (very) tall and of course has (very) long arms (but only two) so its going to be challenging. Looking forward to finals tomorrow:)
VG 02.06.11
Skrevet av Ingrid den 31.05.2011
Yeah, it was the closest match ever. Score 12-12, points 60-60 and then each judge had to choose which one they thought won and then I won! Yes baby, now Im ready for the semifinals on Thursday. Hmm think Im going to fight some girl from Tajikistan or something (have to come back to that).
Juhuu going to celebrate with some protein powder and some oatmeal tonight.
Dagbladet 31.05.11
PS, can see i got a lot of messages on FB but i cant get into FB from here. Nor sms since my phone is not working either.
Skrevet av Ingrid den 31.05.2011
Just finish eating breakfast. This morning me and Martin were out jogging for 15 minutes just to get the body waking up before the weigh-in. No problem making the weight.
This afternoon and fighting Chinese Dong Cheng (about 13.00 Norwegian time). She was at the training camp we had last summer in Beijing so I know a little bit about here and I know I have to box good to win.
Skrevet av Ingrid den 29.05.2011
Eleven girls weighed in in the -60 kg. Do not think I have seen her before so this is going to be exciting!
Won the fight today 24-10. My opponent, Saida Khasenova, is ranked 3rd in Asia and she have a fifth place from the WC in 64 kg in Barbados. I started out not being focused and I tried to shorten the distance because she was moving a lot. Every time i tried to attack her she came first and I never got started. After the first round I was down 2-3. Martin tried to stay positive in the corner but i knew it was bad. In the second round I picked it up a little bit and in the last minute of the second round I got my boxing to work. Came in to the corner and I was up 6-5. In the third round I felt that she was tired and I got a lot of points. She even had to take counting both in the third and fourth round. In the end I won 24-10. But I have to say I was very tired in the two last rounds. More than normal. It could be the jet lag or that we are in this high altitude.
Everything is so well organized here. There are more voluntary Chinese students looking after us then it is boxers here. The arena were we are fighting are bright new, there is a big warming-up area with TVs so we can look at the fight while preparing for our fight. They also have the arena air-conditioned so the temperature is nice.
Before the fights started there was an short opening ceremony. All the teams were told to bring three persons so of course both me and Martin had to go. For the opening ceremony they had volunteers to hold posters with our country on and we had to stand behind them. The volunteers are very eager to practice their English and since we had to stand there almost one hour before the opening ceremony started we talked a lot. They are very cute and polite but something comes out being funny, like when she asked me and Martin “are you lovers?” and I burst out laughing.
After sleeping at the benches in the hall (that are as soft as the bed in the hotel) I had to go by some drink. When I came back I noticed some small Chinese girls and boys running in front of me trying to take pictures of me. So I stopped and smiled and then they came and wanted to take pictures with me. A whole bunch of them. Later when I sat down again they came to my seat and took more pictures. Feels like being from outer space or something but I guess they just think blond hair are very cool! Hehe. And again I have a lot of pictures I want to chair with u guys but when I upload them to this page it just give me a message that this is unlegal.
Skrevet av Ingrid den 28.05.2011
Woke up crazy early. Jet lag. There is a 6 hrs difference in time going over here from Oslo and I was pretty tired after the trip that took more than 20 hrs. We are staying in the city Guiyang 3 hrs south of Beijing by plane. Guiyang is located 1100 meter above sea level and it is nice and sunny over here. Temperature about 30C. I asked one of the voluntary students working here at the tournament what the population is and first he answered 50 mill, but later on I asked him again and then it was 3 mill. So the city is small compared to other Chinese cities. It is also a beautiful city. This morning Martin and I was out running by the riverside in the sunrise. A long the river there is small Chinese houses and just behind them there is huge skyscrapers that goes up in the sky. Later on, after breakfast we went for a walk. All over the place we saw Chinese people doing kungfu or dancing together. This afternoon I spent reading my book and then we had a work out in the afternoon also.
Tomorrow morning I will get up at 6.30 Am and do some running before the weigh-in that starts at 7. Drawing at 10 AM and then the fights start at 2 PM. It is 14 girls in my weight category for now. None from Europe (other then me). I try to put in pictures here but there are some restrictions, guess it s bec its China. Cant even log into facebook! Ytringsfrihet er no dritt
Skrevet av Ingrid den 25.05.2011
Tomorrow morning me and Martin will go to China to compete in an international tournament over there. I am excited to go and have been training hard lately. Have been trying to eat Chinese food in china before so I have packed my protein powder and oatmeal so I at least have something to eat. Going to miss the other girls though:/ So long, ill try to keep this thing updated!
