At home with Lotta Okvist
Yeah, we have a big garden here, but it’s full with snow so we can’t do too much in it! We live by the water so there’s ice on the ocean – we can go skiing or ice-skating on it if we want to. There’s also a football pitch in town with heating underneath it, so we play on there sometimes.
Is it your boyfriend that you’re playing football with?
Yes, and I’m really happy that he’s here with me. He’s doing all the running sessions with me, and really pushing me. It’s pre-season for him already – he just joined a team back in Manchester, a Sunday league team, but he can’t finish the season, so now he’s training with me in Sweden!
Talk us through your daily routine…
I wake up early, I’m a morning person, then I’ll drive mum to work. After that I have a programme from the club that I have to follow to stay fit, so I do that first, with running in the morning. I’ll then come back for breakfast with my boyfriend, who is working from here during the daytime, then I’ll do my other session after lunch, plus some gym work, which I try to do here at home, to avoid being around other people. After that, I’ll hang out – I cook a lot, clean around mum’s house. It’s been really good weather as well so I might go out for a walk, or maybe out on the ice also for some skiing.
Is there usually this much snow there at this time of year?
There’s usually more snow, but there’s still a lot now. It gets dark around 6pm at this time of year, so it’s not too different from the UK with the daylight.
