The Dark Thoughts Took Amalie Iuel Just Before Her Last Championship

The dark thoughts took Amalie Iuel just before her last championship. Amalie Iuel had many negative thoughts when she struggled with illness just weeks before the climax of the season. It was the negative thoughts that hit Amalie Iuel when she was sick at home and watched the Diamond League in London.

Amalie Iuel retires after this season. data-term="Just the week before her very last NM, and three weeks before her very last EC Just the week before her very last NM, and three weeks before her very last EC, she had caught a severe cold and was bedridden with a fever. I was lying on the sofa on Saturday and felt very sorry for myself.

I lay sick and thought "I'll never be able to run that fast again", and I let myself down quite a bit, says Iuel to NRK. That after a season in which she has performed better than ever with a new personal record of 54.05. Amalie Iuel ran under 55 seconds for the first time in the NM in the 400 m hurdles. At the same time that Iuel was lying in bed with a fever at home in Norway, training buddies Karsten Warholm and Henriette Jæger delivered two strong runs.

Warholm jumped to the year's best in the world, while Jæger set a new Norwegian record of 49.15. - There was also someone who ran very fast in my absence, and then you become like "oh no, now smoke everything". It is easy to become a bit pessimistic, admits Iuel. EC READY: Amalie Iuel will compete in her last EC in August.

Thus, the winner in the NM on Saturday with a time of 54.74 was a welcome confirmation that the form is there - both physically and mentally. - It was very wonderful to feel that it was mid-life and that the body has not forgotten what it is supposed to do. It is so strong that it manages to come back, so it was a lot of fun, says Iuel.

I am very satisfied with that race there. I hoped she would run in the 54s, and she did. So I am very satisfied, says coach Leif Olav Alnes when asked how he thought Iuel had coped with the week of illness.

It was the first time Iuel ran under 55 seconds in a Norwegian championship. Amalie Iuel thanked the audience during the National Championships one last time. That Iuel did it in her last NM meant a lot."