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!
Skrevet av Ingrid den 25.04.2011
Yesterday the Norwegian team arrived the beautiful place Papendal in Arnhem, Nederland. We stay at the olympic training facility at the countryside. It is very quiet here, nothing else to do other then train and relax. And read my book in the sun. Maybe some karaoke?
The training facilities are very good. We do the boxing in a hall with a big ring and a lot of heavy bags. There is also a room for weight-lifting and both an indoor and outdoor running track. Today we just worked with the team of Nederland, tomorrow the English team will arrive.
This morning we were out running for 20 min at 7.00 AM. I had some pad work with Martin and then we had a good breakfast (they even served champagne and small eggs of chocolate, @ training camp I prefer the last).
Next session were at 10.30. We did 4 rounds of shadowbox, 4 rounds of bag work and 4 rounds of pads.
Then we trained again at 3.30. This session we had eight rounds of task sparring. Later this evening, after dinner, we will do some recovery training and then bed.
Skrevet av Ingrid den 05.04.2011
For you guys that speaks Norwegian, this article was in the University paper Uniforum (på nynorsk haha..)
Uniforum
Skrevet av Ingrid den 03.04.2011
Won the finale today 28-6 and I also got the kings trophy (kongepokalen). Kristin won her finale in 6o and Stian lost a close fight against Martin Reppen from Raufoss. Good to be home again, I celebrate with an omelet and some cottage cheese:)
Skrevet av Ingrid den 02.04.2011
Hello!
This weekend I am fighting in the Norwegian Championship in Trondheim. We are three fighters from Oslo Boxing Club. Kristin (-60), me (Im boxing in 64) and Stian (-64). In -64 there are 5 boxers and I won the semifinal today (30 something – 4) against a girl from Stjørdal. The reason for me boxing in 64 is that Kristin from my club wanted to box in 60 and there is no reason for us to fight in the same weight category since we both want to bring gold home:) Tjohoo. Martin is here as coach and he is making us work out in between the fights so this is for sure a busy weekend. Been out eating sushi this evening and now me and Kristin is just watching tv from bed. Tomorrow we are going to box finales. Tjohoo! Looking forward to fight!
Skrevet av Ingrid den 26.03.2011
Lost the final against Sofia Ochigava 2-0. But it was an even fight. 0-0 first round, 0-0 second round and then she got one point in each of the next rounds. After the first round all I had in my head was: I can beat her, its working. It was not impossible.
I lost but Im happy that I managed to follow our tactic and I didnt lose focus.
Our tactic was to work in and out and use my speed to put pressure on her. I had to use my left the whole time so that she had to work and hopefully miss. My problems often with right-handed fighters is that I forget to use my left, and usually I start attacking from the wrong distance. I do feel that I didnt do that mistake in this match but I should have put in more effort when I came in. At the same time you always have to consider how much chances to take in there because it is so important not to get hit yourself to.
Pic 1) the Norwegian team; Max, me and Hagen, pic 2) Me, Ochigava and the Hungarian girl. Got a bag full of rubbish that I can give to my team mates in Oslo Boxing Club (hehe)
Dagbladet 24.03.11
VG 25.03.11
Skrevet av Ingrid den 25.03.2011
Won the fight today 2-4. Started out a little bit slow in the first round. She was kind of hard to figure out. She was taller then me, south paw and she wanted me to attack so she could counter me. Hard to find the right distance and at the same time i did not want to rush in. I was leading 1-0 after the first round. Max was a little bit frustrated that I didnt use my jab to get in. Started out better in 2nd round and was leading 3-1 when the bell rang. In the third and fourth round I was boxing better and I should have got some more points but I won the fight thats whats important. Tomorrow I will box against the Russian Sofya Ochigava. It will be a tuff match and I have nothing to loose. I look forward to fight such a good fighter and I will do my best to win.
Hagen lost his fight today 5-0 but he did a very good fight and the score should have been more even. Here he tries out a new hear look in a Czech shop. Tomorrow Max has to wear this when I win.
Max had to wear this hat because I won yesterday (even though it was a walkover).
Hagen after the fight with Mirkhall Dauhaliavets from Belarus.
Skrevet av Ingrid den 25.03.2011
Ingrid in bed wondering why, did she not want to fight me; is that a lie?
I hope today we will see more action or else I will get an physical reaction.
I have been training for this for so long, I want to beat someone up is that wrong?
Some of u must think its something wrong with my head, and that is true I am afraid.
Wish me luck this afternoon, I hope I will beat another Czech soon.
Du er den beste. Og nå kan jeg egoistisk nok ha gleden av å mest sannsynlig ha deg hjemme...