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After the dreaded'' hypothesis of having to jump all the races pre-season due to a poor run of form, Petter Northug is back optimistic about his future and has ensured the presence of the Tour de Ski.
Friday 25 October 2013 2 minutes reading time
The twenty-seven Norwegian lost 150 hours of training and 6 weeks of rallies at altitude because of a persistent viral infection, however, recently returned to work full time receiving an enthusiastic response from his physique.
"Two weeks ago I was really down, but lately I've started to feel better. If this trend will continue to be convinced to be able to reach a peak of shape'' during the winter," he told the daily Adressa the holder of the Cup world that has secured its presence in the Tour de Ski, albeit without the certainty of being able to be competitive, "will be very hard to be in shape for that period, but the Tour de Ski'll be there.'' The goal will be to harden the physique, then privilegerò training at altitude up to the national championships in January. "
Even Northug does not exclude the possibility to race as early as November, "depends on the reaction of my body to workloads. If the answer should be yes I will be playing in the races of the FIS Beitostølen between 22 and 24 November ".
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