Wednesday, 1. July 2009, 22:13:25
After a long spring with many competitions and training camps and after last weeks final selection races it came official that I will participate in the World Championships! I'm proud to be member of this Team and I believe Hungary can gain best ever results in our WOC history. The men’s team consists of Ádám Kovács, Zsolt Lenkei, Csaba Gösswein, István Zsebeházy, Gábor Domonyik, Zoltán Dénes and me. As my strongest distance I will run the sprint together with Zsolt and Isti, and it is a honour for me to be reserve behind names like Adam, Doma and Csabi Gösswein for the middle distance. Girls team consists of Éva Makrai, Ildikó Szerencsi, Detti Kelemen, Ágnes Simon, Eszter Őry and Fanni Gyurkó.
I will prepare as my best, no school disturbing, many good forests in the Bükk and we have a good team atmosphere. From tomorrow on I will participate in yet another training camp in the Bükk (probably my 8th or 10th this year here =) in a smaller but rather professional squad. We will do precise technical elements trainings, aiming for example on running on contour or green controls etc. I will do many fast trainings - mostly in forest and speeding on athletic track. I want to beat my 15:50 from last year on 5k even so that the race will be in forest.
The summer is on, 50 days are left and the cart keeps going...
And for some fun to laugh me out: I've never been a pro in computer matters nor with computer games - but I tried to do a background picture for the top of the blog (even this was hard work for me=). Here is the original one (at least it will stand here) and you can see the sad results on the top... =)
Monday, 15. June 2009, 11:58:21
In the past three weeks much orienteering and much excitement happened to me. Unfortunately I couldn’t participate at the Jukola but rather at many map trainings and smaller competitions here, in Hungary. The first weekend I have to write about is the Borsod Cup & Herman Memorial weekend if I go in order from the Sprint Championship.
That weekend wasn’t going as I planned. Sunday’s Borsod Cup was the only qualification race for the World Championship middle distance and frankly to say – I didn’t succeed. I could take it more easy if I would have run my best and even so I wouldn’t have been enough. But I did rather my year’s worst. On the wee bit too long course and in the heavy rainfall I just couldn’t cope with the circumstances, was deconcentrated and missed where it’s possible to miss. I would say 6, if I’m strict 7 minutes mistake. The funny or rather annoying is that my 51 minutes ont he 6,6km course was even close to ’qualify’ time. But compared to other nations – the Chechs it is very far, M.Smola won the race by 41 minutes time. Results can be found here: http://diosgyoritc.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=85
The relay went better – but it was really not my weekend – as a 2nd leg runner after closing up to the leaders on 85% of the course – in the last small loop I missed 2’30” to short leg (3rd last control) and came only with an average time. (time 46:56, other 2nd runners ~ 45:00) – but among the first runners Gernot Kersch. had an impressive 39 minutes.
On the next weekend (6th – 7th June) – in the middle of two planned demanding weeks I participated at Nógrád Grand Prix with the goal of having map trainings. It is much higher level to do it with SI and new maps so I didn’t want to run my own alone training this weekend. On Saturday it was long distance where I gained positive feelings. The course was only 11,5km (with 500 climb) but it lead through demanding steep/ rocky or greener areas. In my childhood I was never a good runner on such courses, I was simply not enogh strong. But this year I improved a level I believe and had a strong speed in the demanding parts. Unfortunately the bad luck (to be more serious: bad concentration) continued from the last weekend and I missed to only one control a big one - 3’30”.
So my result was 83 minutes - on the third place behind Zsebe (79’) and Józsa G (81’).
After this race I really had the thoughts that I must to take this mistake thing out from my orienteering – these were really annoying races (the past three) – I was feeling physically strong and weak in mind – and previously it was always more the opposite.
Sunday’s race was the most ideal race to train for concentration. I would rather say the best concentration training in my life (even so that I had the opportunity to run some good idea trainings to improve concentration in the past two years). It was the first Orientathlon competition in Hungary! (or in the world?!) A splendid idea from Dani Pelyhe and a superb organisation work by club SDS. So I took part in the race and took it very serious to concentrate. And it proved right what I felt in the previous day – if I do not miss I can run at a very good level. I won the race ahead of Józsa G and Zsebe. I felt confident in technique and kept on going phisically in all the uphills. (It was a very hilly course, 4,6km/ 320 climb!).
(To understand the Orientathlon idea: It’s a bit like biathlon + orienteering – a mass start race where everybody runs his own forked course but the forked controls are placed very close to each other and without codes - you have to decide which is yours – being allowed to puch only one control in a branch. After one course (loop) you have to run as many penalty laps in the finish area (150 m) as many controls you punched wrong. The race consisted of three such loops (altogether 16 such micro – forked controls)
I ran only 1 penalty loop, to write it like biathletes do my result was 0-1-0.
Map:
(more: http://nogradnagydij.hu/eredmenyek.html )
And here is a small video how I ran into the finish =) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD1Wr8-sh1I
On the past weekend – after finishing all my exams at the university I ran our own club trainings in the Bükk together with a county race on Sunday morning. The three days looked like so:
Friday afternoon: ETC control loop - 5x the 3km loop – it was 15km/750 m climb 100% on terrain. It was very demanding, steep uphills and in the deepest hillside where the loop runs on contour a newly made fallen tree area made it extrem difficult. My time was 89:45 (with two minutes sitting after hitting my head into a tree and couldn’t stand up :O)
Saturday morning we ran a sprint on one of the WOC training areas – Berekalja. The course set by my coach proved to be a bit extrem again, 1400m with 110m climb running fully on the hillside on the 1:4000 map. I managed to come out from the forest with 12:03. I believe a word class time could be at around 10 minutes. I had a mistake to control 6, ( 45”?) but it was really difficult, we were searching small ribbons and the control was a small pit.
In the afternoon we ran on the map Tekenős – the area of Borsod Cup two weeks before. The landscape was simply beautiful. We ran a ’star’ training, from one finish/start: 10 courses were set each 600- 1100m. I ran 7 courses.
Sunday morning we ran the Borsod county middle distance championship – the course quality was unfortunately lower, on the 5,3km/270m climb course there were only 11 controls. Some intresting route choices to controls 1,5 and 9 made it intresting and I consider it was a good map training and at least good terrain running again. I did 34:14 on the course, it was quite hilly, second time was Balabás P. 38 minutes.
In the afteroon we ran a very good quality sprint training at Miskolc-Tapolca, running mainly in the hillside and a bit down in the park. The course was 1860/90m - I did 12:30. These numbers I cannot judge but what I can is that now I didn’t have mistakes and found a good rythym for the forest controls. With this taining I completed two physically demanding weeks.
After Wednesday’s physical control I will compete at the National Middle & Relay Championship on the weekend and after that on the Sprint & Long Qualification races for the WCh.
15. June 2009.
Sunday, 17. May 2009, 19:43:44
This weekend I competed at the National Sprint + Team Championship at Komló ~ Pécs. I was suffering from a virus disease at my stomach the whole week so even participation was a question until Thursday - Friday. Than I first felt better and could run something.
But what a good decision! I had a great day on Saturday.
There was a qualification in the morning and than the final at 2 o'clock(p.m.) - separate from other classes (they started from 3 p.m.) The qualification was just a gearing up for the final - there was no question to get through - only if some huge mistake (few fast runners). I used it also for some practice, after I didn't push the first part so hard I tried to speed up a bit closer to the end. It was anyway a very good course (maybe it was even of better class than the final because it lead through forest in the first part and only the 2nd part was in urban area). For Woc it's of high importance to do forested sprints good!
So I didn't feel tired at all after the quali, although my result was strong. I knew so I'm in good shape. It is clearly because of the much rest due to my sickness during the week. My result was 14:34 (1.) Zsolt 14:38 (2.) Szundi A. 16:08 (3.) Course: 2,7k/50m/20C.
"Life is like a box of chocolates..." as it comes from Forest Gump - and so was the final for me. I didn't do my best race at all but I could reach my life's best result on a senior national championship - now at this time. I came home with a bronze medal!
Analysis
Details of my race: I had a bad beginning. At the first three 'forest' controls I lost 31 sec to the current leader, Zsolt /some 25 sec to an optimal time. In the first route choice I went to the left which was I think close to equal but I was quite slow in the uphill. (time-2:29, Kovács-2:08 Józsa-2:15 Lenkei-2:21) Controls 5 and 6 were average. At 6th I had 5:38. (Józsa-4:52, Lenkei-4:59 Kerényi-5:05)
Here I realized I need much more if I want something!
And so I began to what is really my best. I won a long leg (control 8 - 1:47) and than had close strongest times in all longer legs. (control 12: 1:39, winner: Józsa-1:35) (control 14: 1:04, winner Józsa-1:01).
Small statistic -a part which is important in my race-
From control 6 till control 15 (spectator) /1620m/:
My time was 7:55 (2.) (Winner, Gábor Józsa 7:39)
But, 3. Kovács-8:22, Zsebe-8:24, Lenkei-8:27 and Kerényi with 9:03.
So I think this part helped to come back to the race. The last tricky 3 minutes were on a hilly park with bushes, quite technical. Especially at a last part of a race! I began to feel very tired but I concentrated not to miss. I didn't have special good times but I did it in a solid way.
From control 15 till finish: I had 2:38 (=2.)
Winner Kerényi! 2:36, Józsa 2:38 (=2.), Lenkei 2:39 Kovács 2:39. (=3.)
So when I finished and heared that I'm third I felt very glad. I was not thinking about that bad beginning but now it was good to think it a bit through. I try to change what should be changed before the Czech sprint race next weekend and the forthcoming Woc qualifiers.
Result:
F21A (24) 3.0 km 110 m 19 ep
1 158 Józsa Gábor 83 TSE Törekvés SE 15:09
2 168 Lenkei Zsolt 88 TTE Tipo Tájfutó és Környezet 16:05
3 113 Kovács Ádám 86 ETC Egri Testedzõ Club 16:11
3 183 Szabó András 88 ETC Egri Testedzõ Club 16:11
5 133 Zsebeházy István 85 MOM Hegyvidék SE-MOM Tájfutó 16:18
6 156 Kerényi Máté 88 TTE Tipo Tájfutó és Környezet 16:44
7 120 Lévai Ferenc 74 MEA Miskolci Egyetemi Atlétik 17:26
8 164 Szundi Attila 80 DTC Diósgyõri Tájfutó Club 17:58
Here a picture with Adam from the winter work. He didn't have his best race now, but I'm proud to stand on his side.
Yet I do not have the technique, so I cannot put up the map. But I put up here he one of Isti:
17. May
Tuesday, 21. April 2009, 17:25:39
I had the opportunity to compete at the legendary 10Mila for the second time in my life – after last years anchor leg now as a first leg runner. I had the experience from Jukola 2008 how to handle such a huge mass start so I felt quite relaxed compared to that – only annoying things were the two narrow stone wall crossings after about 50 and 70 meters of the mass start place. Thanks God I could pass them – I thought I’m quite in the middle but I almost crashed to the left side even so.
But – not wanted to get lost in the small details: how the race actually was: Although I had still some knee injury after last weekends Postás Cup in my home, Hungary – I felt I can run the course – after resting from Monday till Wednesday - on Thursday I could already jog, Friday slower-faster run and Saturday’s morning jogging was already quite Ok. So after taking some painkiller to be sure (Burana) and some 20 minutes warm-up I was standing confident on the 68th position of the start line at 21h 30.
Sander – who is newly my clubmate in Rajamäen Rykmentti said that the first row was quite polite but to be honest the two athletes standing on the start line neighboring me (bib 67 and 69) weren’t that at all. Rather the other side. But I didn’t care, somehow I tried to stand close to my map – and listened – 30 sec, 15 sec.. and right after it: Boom. So it was a quite surprising false start but I began to spurt – just as everybody did. I didn’t try to overtake just tried not to fall, I saw some guys on the ground. We headed into the forest.
Till control 1:
Big mass heading into the forest somewhat to north-west but I couldn’t yet check my map normally, I saw ctrl 1 is quite far, I only tried to improve my position I could have been at about place 100. When we reached a road 80% continued left, only some right, I had to slow down a bit checked my first ctrl again and headed forward to the left. Here a big tempo loss by many of them, I could overtake much, and after heading into the green to the west I also cut some places. But still not much map work… I wasn’t sure what I’m doing but my senses said it has to be much forward and the direction was Ok. Quite much before my control (111) I saw the others taking a big boulder and also a bit too to the right. I don’t know why I checked it (113) and continued my way. Only good in it was that from here I began my map work and was sure of my pos. (although at least 20-25 sec. loss). Going from here straight to my first I punched it at 7:41, just almost 1 min behind the top, times were from 6:42 6:43 6:47 and so..
Till spectator 1:
Actually I wasn’t really in a big bunch, I could safely move and was heading towards ctrl 2, and thanks God now with map work. I saw a biig mass coming from the right on the meadow, it was the group coming from 113 towards 112. Hm. Again I’m too much in details.
So from here I was doing quite good work, I couldn’t improve physically up in the guys around me, but didn’t miss to to 2,3,4,5 and so on I think all the way from here till spectator. To 154, so my 8th control I found myself quite lonely we were just few guys but I was sure of position, was sure of tempo so I knew it cannot be a problem, just many around me had different forking. And it was so as written, on the way to 106, so my ninth ctrl a biig group hit me from the left, so lead their forking to my way. From here again big snake, just checking if I’m right way and not. I reached fast my 12th, the spectator control. Didn’t drink, punched 13th.
Till second spectator:
Out from here I was pretty careful, I knew it will be forking and took 115 (my 14th) in a safe but fast way. I saw here many having mistakes. From here to 59 I did the way as all other, so from the left – avoiding the large green area. From here until second spectator control (97) tempo raised, and easier area came of fast runnability. Here I felt I can just hardly keep the pace, but I tried to spurt. Especially to 124 we were really fast. On the way here I met Gábor, my Hungarian friend whom with we changed our next two codes. Same, no surprise. Now at the table I see until 97 there was no forking.
Last part:
In the last part I was careful, to 159 I needed quite much self orienteering, because many in front of me going rather to 117 and others doing a mistake. Than from here to 163 and 50 (20th and 21st ctrls) I used quite much the others and they lead me pretty well. To my 22nd, so to 147 I began to feel I can just hardly keep the pace but continued to read the map, I took it confident. Here I saw Kody again. But as heading to the last real task, the 23rd I found some guys are a bit too far and I am quite alone, I also didn’t see Kody, just two Swiss guys in the middle of the leg having some mistake – disturbing a bit my flow. But I continued and the large open area helped. I took the last two controls quite alone, I just saw that group some 20 sec. in front of me but I got stucked in the green area to 24 – loosing some valuable seconds. To 25 and finish I tried to spurt, and I changed my teammate Pyry at +3:57 and exactly 50th. The course was 13k, 'best Zeit' was 71 minutes, my finish punch 75:17.
I was very happy to have almost a clear race in my back. I can say I did my best this evening, that was it. I’m not yet a usual Scandinavian night-relay orienteer, but I used all my skills. After cheering for the others some 1,5 h more I went back to have some sleep. At 5h in the morning I woke up with a good and a bad news. I was sad that unfortunately our 1st team seemed to be not able to repeat last years brilliant performance. But was glad that my friend Mate sent me and Sms that he ran the Longa Natten very well.
Finally we came 62th, thank you all the teammates! The first team came 13th. Although they didn’t repeat the last year’s one but several performances equaled word class level and this placement is also great. I’m glad that I could be again part of the Team. Looking forward to many though races in Scandinavia soon (especially in the autumn) and also fighting at the Hungarian selection races early June.
21.Apr.
Tuesday, 21. April 2009, 17:05:56
On Friday 10th April I ran a promising sprint in my home, Eger. My result was a 5th place, +0:55 behind my teammate Adam, who is now in a very good shape. To be honest the race was quite much about running to see it from a 'pro' view - on the other hand a very good route-choice to control 16 made it intresting besides the tricky and enjoyable controls in the thermal bath territory. Although I knew many parts of the 'terrain' - the innovation, to run inside the thermal bath area was equal challenging for me as well. I did my best and didn't miss to the controls. Unfortunately even so I lost some 10-15 sec. to control 7 where my eye-measurement was not good and I have chosen a longer route (bridge to the south - way marked on O/sterbo's map with blue). To 16 I also marked my route with blue where I went to the north - but was close to same fast route as the south one. I'm satisfied with the result, it gives the motivation that with some speed work and maybe some more difficulty in a course I can reach good results in the forthcomings.
Results:
F/M 21E (55) 3.1 km 25 ep
1 Kovács Ádám ETC Egri Testedző Club 14:30
2 Oystein Kvaal Osterbo NOR Team Norway NOR 14:37
3 Rune Olsen PAN Pan Kristianstad DEN 14:59
4 Lenkei Zsolt TTE Tipo Tájfutó és Környezet 15:17
5 Szabó András ETC Egri Testedző Club 15:25
6 Anders Skarholt NOR Team Norway NOR 15:28
I attach here a map - which is Oystein's route. The two longer legs - I ran different - are marked with blue:
I ran two races more, the middle of Postás Cup on Saturday, and the relay on Monday. I still plan to write some more about them, they were full of things to learn and excitement. After a promising qualification heat the middle final could have been good but I hit my left knee really heavily to control 3 and was suffering all the way. The relay I only run from heart but shouldn't have done so - was still injured.
Links to the results:
Quali(heat 3): http://m.blog.hu/po/postaskupa/image/2009/eredmenyek/quali.html
Final: http://m.blog.hu/po/postaskupa/image/2009/eredmenyek/final.html
Relay: http://m.blog.hu/po/postaskupa/image/2009/eredmenyek/valto.html
Monday, 6. April 2009, 21:27:59
On Saturday, 4th April I participated in the National Ultra-Long Distance Championship at Salgótarján, Hungary. I knew it will be very though, especially because of the 25,8km/990m climb course data – but also because my longest ever course I ran was 17,5km before. (Junior Lond Dist. Champs 2007,08’ and Senior Nat. Champs 2008).
I believe I did a good preparation work in the winter, including f. ex. a 175 minutes long run on terrain and several other 2 hour long trainings. But one circumstance I was not used to was present: the sudden warm weather. Although it had arrived earlier in the week – I couldn’t cope with it. And I didn’t really run on sun before. I must say that because I was weak not only in the last part of the course (where it’s a certainity) but right from the beginning. I had very slow splits. Just like when the battery it taken out of you. Technically my work was close to all right but it didn’t mean a thing. So no more words - and it’s no good to blame other things than me - result is:
F21E (25) 25.8 km 990 m 29 ep
1 2126 Domonyik Gábor 76 MEA Miskolci Egyetemi Atlétik 173:04
2 2114 Lévai Ferenc 74 MEA Miskolci Egyetemi Atlétik 176:34
3 2128 Zsebeházy István MOM Hegyvidék SE-MOM Tájfutó 177:14
4 2115 Vonyó Péter 74 PVS Pécsi Vasutas SK 179:07
5 2109 Dénes Zoltán 72 KAL Kalocsai SE 192:41
6 2117 Lenkei Zsolt 88 TTE Tipo Tájfutó és Környezet 194:49
7 2116 Scultéty Márton 82 KTK Kőbányai Tájfutó Klub 203:09
8 2119 Szundi Attila 80 DTC Diósgyőri Tájfutó Club 203:32
9 2107 Szabó András 88 ETC Egri Testedző Club 206:11
10 2122 Balabás Péter Gergő 83 DTC Diósgyőri Tájfutó Club 208:22
From Tuesday on I’m taking part in the Woc training camp of the national team, in the Bükk and other Woc training terrains. I know them quite much so it will not be so special – but I say you cannot know them 100% and I do not stop until I reach that 
On Friday there will be a sprint in my hometown, Eger I’m focusing on – than two middle races on Saturday and a relay first leg on Monday. I do not know yet but maybe I will skip Sunday’s long distance. I focus rather on my relay leg, I try to solve it just as I did at several cases in 2008 – and this year I decided to try to specialise this leg a bit.
5th Apr.
Monday, 23. March 2009, 21:28:26
The last two weeks were pretty full with orienteering, giving me many opportunities to compete, train and discover. Only unfortunate in the joy is that I was sick quite much time which was not typical for me in the winter.
I must call the Lipica Open (14-15th March) the beginning of my this years' season - with one promising and one dissatisfying run. On the first day I finished 15th with the time 55:44 ~7'behind Daniel Hubmann's winning time of 48:51. This day I must say I still had the power, two smaller contact losses gave me some +2:00 but not much more. On the second day I ran worse but here I really felt weak. due to sickness. It was something like a virus I discovered.
A link to the results: http://www.lipicaopen.com/LO2009/LO09_overall_results.html
And I've drawn my first day's route here: http://force.rutka.net/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=45&kieli=en (course 'A')
Right after our late evening arrival in Budapest we continued our way with Zsolt to my home, Eger - to join the training camp of my club Rajamäen Rykmentti from Monday morning. I planned quite many trainings for them including a tricky sprint in Eger and two trainings on the Bükk-plateau also. I wanted to run most of the trainings but I only ran some - because of my illness.
Rsults of Tuesday's sprint: (I planned =)Sprint res. 03.17.v2.xls
And of Saturday: Traning_21.03.2009..pdf
Later in the week around Friday I began to feel much better so I could participate in the Mecsek Cup - a compulsory competition in the team programme. But I also think it's a good competition year-by year so it wasn't a must for me. Yet I didn't feel strong but I tried what I can. The course was 6.37k, 200cl, my time 36:09.
The second day was not different physically but I managed the technical part quite well, I found a somewhat rhythm and was concentrated at different controls (hidden depressions). So it was 79:17 on the 13k, 510 climb course, resulting in a 2nd place in the overall. Regarding this day I finished eight minutes behind my teammate Adam, who did a promising 71:15. I judge the race useful, the physical side wasn't promising but I know the shape cannot always be as expected, I keep patient and continue my trainings.
A link to the results: http://www.mecsekkupa.hu/2009/eredmeny.html
Sunday, 8. February 2009, 20:51:37
With this week's national team training camp I can say I completed the toughest training week of my life. We had our accommodation in Gánt and we ran on the surrounding terrains in the Vértes mountain. There were many longer trainings with route choices or simply running - with big climbs - and mostly in the afternoon there were technical trainings (Swedish-course, Mass start with gaffling, Line-O etc..). I ran 130 kilometers this week - mostly on terrain, and a total amount of 13 training hours. Both data are highest ever for me.
I decided to focus now in this post on the two mass start trainings. Without doubt I could again learn from them although time and time again I do many mass starts and I can say I'm getting more and more used to it. Situations are varying but there are certain tactics which should be done nearly the same way. I ran the Spring Cup, Jukola, Euromeeting and the WUOC Relay as mass starts under pressure in the year 2008.
The first of the two mass starts in this camp was on Thursday. Probably I could learn the most from this one. This training made it a black day for me - with a blackout at control 3. (Mistake ~0:50 resulting lagging behind from the top!!) Maybe it was also because of hard tiredness because of earlier trainings - because the optimal route (approaching to the control from the left) is easy to see.
Another intresting leg was leg no.10, with an intresting route choice. The best was probably to go from the top (left side) - I've chosen maybe the worst one - close to the red line. No one went on the right - maybe it could have been intresting. I had on this leg 4:40, and the best time were close to 4:00 (running from the top).
Result of this mass start: 5,0km 170m cl.
1. Ádám 27:35
2. Isti 27:42
3. Zsolt 27:55
7. Me 30:53.
I tried to concentrate much on the second mass start training - which was on Saturday afternoon. I tried to focus on avoiding mistakes when nearing to controls - especially at gafflings. Unfortunately this course was more on the running side, not on the technical - so I was surprised when I picked up the map.. (I made myself even ready to the case if there is a control just 50 meters from the start in the green area... =) But life is so, there were long legs, with big physical load. Control one was a good gaffling, I could even identify the other control when approaching to mine - but even so I had to climb a bit to reach my one. (I was too low). Following controls weren't so difficult , but climbs (especially to control 4) were quite tough. At the end of the course it was Adam, Doma and me in the lead (with Gábor also not far behind but I didn't see him). Before control 7 we took three different routes - but they were nearly the same. From control 7 running down to the road Adam went a bit too to the right so me and Doma were some 50 meters in front. But Adam quickly managed to catch up, and although I tried to fight I had to settle for coming 2nd. It's a honour for me to finish between them.
Result 6,3km 170m cl.
1. Adam 31:10
2. Me 31:18
3. Doma 31:30.
And - as I found these maps here in my bag in Budapest, too - I uploaded some shots from the Saturday morning training. The course was 9,2km with 495m climb.
Sunday, 1. February 2009, 14:50:14
After watching the final set on the shocking Federer - Nadal Australian Open final it's difficult to write anything about sport. Such moments of sport life always give me new meaning of doing a sport.. Even so I felt I have to write about this Sunday's training - I found it so coool.
We were today quite a big team at the long training, and as some of us missed this training after the January training camp - now we did IT. For some it was Pazsag - Felsőtárkány, for more brave it was Répáshuta - Felsőtárkány, and for Adam and me: we ran from Rejtek down there. (It is actually at the Eger GP finish so 2km-s closer than Felsőtárkány).
From Rejtek it was beginning with a 2,2 km / 170 cl. loop with 5 controls - including a good route choice between controls 2 and 3. Adam went on the north, me on the south, he was ~ 0:25 earlier there.
After we finished this course (20:18)we ran towards Répáshuta. It should be some 3,6 km from the finish but somehow we missed the yellow path leading there so we had to corrigate some 1,5 km-s running to the north on the asphalt road to catch Répáshuta(45'). Than an other course followed - including a leg (3-4) which lead through the Pazsag- valley! I counted some 145 meters climb only in that leg.
After reaching Pazsag (tot:76:10 course:30:15) we ran on the older Gyökeres- tető map an other course leading us to Táskás-rét - almost the northest part of the Eger GP map (Csipkés-tető). (94:50 course:18:34)
And from here after some 2,5 km route following there was a last course with route choices leading to the FINISH.
As I didn't want to run more than 2 hours before the national team training camp coming next week I didn't take the last 4 controls of the final course - even so I had a net time of 118 minutes. Finally I managed to calculate climb data: Total 1060m, I took 860m (last cut), those who run from Répáshuta:780m, and from Pazsag: 450m. I must say thank you to Árpád for the idea, Krissz for putting control flags there and to Laci for printing the Rejtek maps.
Thursday, 22. January 2009, 10:41:56
I decided to join a training camp with Zsolt's club, Ifk Mora. Good technical trainings, more high intensity sessions and better weather (around 10C) desciribes it the best. It will be a bit refreshing in the middle of the winter trainings - and gives motivation for further trainings. We will be here until 26.01, Monday, and we arrived on Sunday. I uploaded some map-shots here, these are just some of them. As about the runners, it's Zsolt, Michal Smola, Darius Sadeckas and me as boys and Eva Jurenikova as both trainer and runner here. Kane and Kea, are also with us - they are members of the Mora team also.
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