– It was like week after week where you just lay on the sofa and waited for you to get well again. You don’t do anything, I kind of just existed, says Magnus Tuv Myhre to news. Because what actually happened to the 24-year-old runner after he surprised with EC silver in the cross-country race in Brussels ten months ago? “It just shows that what you do is right and that … Yes, it’s a damn good sign for the coming season”, was his own prediction after the race. COMPANY AT THE SESSION: Amalie Sæten was about to finish her training session on the Olympiatoppen, when Magnus Tuv Myhre went on the treadmill. Photo: Fredrik Tombra / news – I regret saying that. I jinked it a bit, then. I shouldn’t have said that. If it goes so well, then I’ll say that … At least not something stupid like that, which sets itself in the universe, smiles Myhre. “Lived” on the sofa He was not to be seen at the Bislett Games or the EC. He could look forward to the Olympics. His first start of the year came in the Skjennungstua Open, an unceremonious race in Nordmarka. – There were actually three months where I hardly did anything at all. Now the form curve is finally pointing in the right direction, and he is trying to put the season behind him. news meets him for an interval session – 4×6 minutes – on the treadmill at Olympiatoppen, as he does every Tuesday and Thursday morning. CHECKING THE MEASUREMENTS: Magnus Tuv Myhre measures the lactate values halfway into the session on the Olympiatoppen. Now the body is recognisable. Photo: Fredrik Tombra / news In order to have some surplus for Sunday’s NM cross-country race, he drops the fifth move. – It was a good session, things worked as they should, says Myhre, just after stepping off the mill. He feels better than for a long time, but is a bit out of the blue when it comes to competition form. National Championships in street running at Jessheim two weekends ago did not go my way. – He has been lying on the sofa back there a lot and has been perhaps a bit semi-depressed, with good reason, if you ask me, at least when it has been a summer with a lot of running and a lot of planned running that has gone down the drain, says Fredrik Sandvik, roommate and training partner. – Yes, you become that when everything goes to hell, sort of, Myhre chimes in. LEGS HIGH: Magnus Tuv Myhre has spent more hours than planned on the sofa this summer. Photo: Fredrik Tombra / news – If everything goes badly, then you’re not exactly in a good mood, so that’s the way it is. It’s not like it’s gone very well now either, but at least it’s productive, Myhre interjects. Corona nightmare Because after the European Championship silver in cross-country running ten months ago, his career has taken a few detours. – I got sick a couple of times after the EC, and then I had little training over Christmas. And then I had a fatigue breakdown because I got too eager, quite simply, says Myhre. At a training camp in Flagstaff in the USA, he started to get the hang of it. Still with enough time to show form for the EC and challenge the requirement for the Olympics, but then came the next blow in the face. Magnus Tuv Myhre (24) Name: Magnus Tuv Myhre Born: 15 June 2000 Club: Tjalve Personal records: 1500 metres: 3.37.89 minutes 3000 metres: 7.47.07 5000 metres: 13.09.84 10.000 metres: 28.02.18 Merits: EC silver in cross-country running (2024) NM gold in 5,000 meters (2022 and 2023) 7th place in the EC 10,000 meters (2022) 11th place in the WC in 5 kilometer street running (2023) When he returned to Norway, moved he entered with Sandvik near Sognsvann. They had hoped to benefit from each other in everyday life. – Then a week passed, then both had corona, explains Myhre. He thought it wasn’t that dangerous, “Yes, ok, I’ll get well again soon, so then I’ll take the next race”, but it took time. – The body did not respond at all. Then it just went week after week where it was bad. The doctor’s advice All the tests had indicated that he was actually healthy and that the infection was out of the body, but it didn’t feel that way. He experienced symptoms such as headache, drop in blood pressure and high heart rate. – Even though I jogged very slowly, it went up and up. The 24-year-old estimates that he ran around 150 kilometers in two and a half months. Normally that would be an amount he ran weekly. Now he was desperate to get his body back. AT THE PLACE OF REST: Magnus Tuv Myhre stood completely still for a period. Now he is back in progress. Photo: Fredrik Tombra / news National medical examiner Ove Talsnes came up with a startling piece of advice. – Then I went out on a three-quarter cycle ride and took everything I had, even though I had a terrible headache before and during the session … and then the day after, it started to loosen up then, explains Myhre. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB He has now trained well for a short period, and is running according to plan in the NM cross-country race and the Hytteplan mile before he leaves for a 6.5-week stay at high altitude in the Sierra Nevada. He hopes to be back at the desired amount of training towards the middle of November, and to round off the training block with new success in the EC. – Satisfied if I win Training partner Jakob Ingebrigtsen stated a short time ago that he wanted to win team gold together with his brothers, Filip and Henrik, in the EC in two months. The high level of Norwegian running means that there will be a bit of extra competition for places in the National Championships: – I’m happy if I win, but it’s not like I’m unhappy if I don’t win either. If I run a good race, but there is someone who runs even better, then it’s all right, says Myhre. SILVER HERO: Magnus Tuv Myhre is sitting on the shoulders of Henrik Ingebrigsen after the silver in the EC cross-country race. Together with Fredrik Sandvik (from left), Ingebrigtsen, Jacob Boutera and Even Brøndbo Dahl, they also won bronze in the team competition. – The goal is to get to the European Championships in cross-country running, and then you have to perform when it matters, says Sandvik, whose goal is top three. Last year’s winner Senay Fissehatsion, hurdler Jacob Boutera and orienteer Kasper Fosser are among the other names on the starting line in the National Championships. A total of six places will be awarded to the European Championships in Antalya in December, but some will probably have to visit the Nordic Championships in Finland in about a month to be selected. PS! You can watch the NM in cross-country running on news 1 from 12.15 on Sunday. The men’s race starts at 13.15. Published 13.10.2024, at 07.40
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