Mykola Nyzhnyk was one of the main contenders for gold at the Ukrainian championship in the ten thousand meters, but ultimately he finished sixth and didn`t make it into the team for the European Cup.
The Tough Athletics was able to talk with Mykola:
Why didn’t it work out in Uzhgorod in the ten thousand meters?
When we returned to Ukraine after the half marathon in Lisbon, I didn’t feel entirely healthy. Better than my daughter, who had a temperature of 39 degrees for several days. But my functional state was not very good because training before the championship was quite difficult. I didn’t want to miss the competition, so decided to run in the state he was in. The race itself was difficult from the first meters.
What are your plans for the season?
After returning from the championship, the whole family fell ill, so I was probably on the verge of getting sick in Uzhgorod. I was supposed to run the half marathon at Run Ukraine on April 30, but withdrew due to illness. As for my plans, I want to focus on the 5000 meters and run them quickly at the summer championship. And in the fall, I would like to run a marathon, but doing so without mountain training will be quite difficult. Therefore, I doesn’t have big plans yet.
