Another week mostly off ice...

Hi Everyone,

I have very few ice practise in the week right now, I cant wait to be on the ice more!!! We have eight ice rinks in Malmö. But in the summer most of them are closed down. Right now we have one that is open, it is not one of the two ice rinks I normally train on, but the most important thing is to be on ice. I really want to get back on my normal arena!

In the picture above is me doing what is called "dry skate" which means you train off ice the straight away technique as you would do on ice.

When it comes to barefoot shoes, there are now a lot of different kinds. And you just have to try some to find the one you feel good in.:) The barefoot shoes in this picture I like specially when I do skating exercise, and I have also find out that they are nice to run in too.

Summer training with my new vivobarefoot shoes

Hi Everyone,

I am at the moment training at home. A lot of training in front of me and I like it:)

I would like to write about the shoes I have now. Barefoot shoes... I started walking with my first pair already in December last year and gradually running. It takes some time to train a different running technique, which is the main focus for me. You feel everything when you walk or run in them. If it is concrete or sand or stones.. I feel that I have a better feeling underneath when I train specially when I do skating exercises, what I mean is that I need to use more muscles then before and work more on my balance. If I walk in regular shoes I feel like I am walking in bad high heels..
I have now 4 pairs of barefoot shoes...

Below you see my latest pair of Vivobarefoot..

 Here I am warming up in my light shoes:)

Swedish Olympic Camp

Hi Everyone,

Last week I was little outside of Stockholm on a kick off for the Olympics, that will be held next year 2014 in February. We where doing fitting for the Olympic clothes and we got our photos taken and other preparation if you make it to the Olympics. It is a lot to do before the Qualifying Olympic World Cups that will in November be in Torino, Italy and Moscow, Russia.
A sport journalist from the local newspaper in Malmö, wrote about me being at the event on their blog. You can get to the blog on the link below:

http://blogg.sydsvenskan.se/horisontmalmo/2013/05/07/olympiern-ezzi-vill-hjalpa-redhawks/

As we don't have ice for 11 weeks back home in Malmö, I have to go a broad. I will soon train somewhere else to get the ice time that is important in the summer. It will be a lot of traveling time again, as it was before my injury. It is fun and I am looking forward to a interesting season!:)

I did my last exam in april at the University and I am taking 1 year off school to just focus on the Olympics. I have around 2 more years part time at the University before my bachelor degree is done:)

If you can and want to, please sponsor my way to the Olympics in Sochi.
I need to be on ice as much as possible this summer and the only way is to go abroad.
On the right side of the blog you can click on the button "donate" at Paypal. It is safe and easy.
Please donate.

/Ranya:)