Filip Stevanovic

I finnaly have time to write again...This year's season was ok...First there was Eyoc:total disappointement i screwed up Long and Sprint and ran the 1. leg 15 min. behind the first Michal Hubacek(CZE)...Then there were some international competitions and of course WOC 2009(20. place overall M16)We had a training good 10 day training camp at Kopaonik.New maps fresh from EYOC that i enjoyed running on,and of course improving myself.That period from EYOC to WOC helped me out a lot and finnaly there comes the highlight of my season BOC(Balkan Orienteering Champioship).First day we ran sprint i started with a good fast pace taking controls one by one.I did't have problems to the finish and took 5. place 40 sec behind a romanian runner(forgot his name).Then there was Long distance.A lot of people talked about very hard map scale 1:15000,rocks and big holes 100m wide and 20m deep.Ok they were right,a lot of runners lost their way and it is nearly impossible to run full speed there because you can injur yourself on small rocks just waiting to twist your ankle.I started with normal pace and i only thought in myself that the first control is important and then the confidence will come minute by minute.After the first control i started running faster and soon catched up with guy i was chasing 2 minutes...We ran 3 more controles together following the same pace.And then we took the different route choices.I finished the race in good 2. position.I was so happy even when i found out that the first guy is actually the guy i was chasing and caught up to...:)I suppose his route choice on that control was better...;)My time 39 min on 5 km 1 minute behind the winner.And then last but the best one Middle distance.It was held on the same terrains as Long (of course scale was 1:10000)and I decided to push it hard to the end no matter what.I took very fast pace to the 1st control.and then there were 3 controles that needed some more concentration and i slowed a little bit.I ran full speed through the holes and i was surprised i was able to run uphill without a problem after 3 hard races.I finished the race and found out i was 1st 1 minute in front of the 2nd romanian runner...:DOur country ended this BOC in 4th place overall behind 1st Bulgaria 2nd Romania and 3rd Moldova.We had 4 Serbian championship races from the season begging and my results were:1st place sprint championships,1st place long championships,1st place relay champioships(together with my teammates Luka and Sava),but unfortunately I did't participate in Middle distance champioships...:(We had 13 races for Serbian Cup and 9 best were numbered for the overall result each giving 100 points for 1st place.I ended season first in cup with 898 pts. Oh yeah by the way i bought Garmin Forerunner 205 and a scanner for my maps.^^I already tested my Garmin and im quite satisfied with it.:)I'm still trying to figure it out completly,and i will manage that someday i hope.Here is a map from competition i ran 2 days ago in M21E category.Hope you like it.From december i will start with real winter trainings because i want to be well prepared for the coming 2010. season...