Monday, 8. September 2008, 20:20:38
Altough I couldn't do many sprint oienteering in August I was focusing much on this contest: It was my premiere in the national championship's adult class!
So while having many technical and middle distance orienteering in Finland I tried to do interval trainings on track. I ran 6x1000 metres, an other day 9x800, once also 6x600-6x400. So I felt I'm a least in the speed level I was in this year's May. (running 5k at about ~16:00)
The race was held in Szolnok, 6th September, Saturday close to the Tisza-river. Morning - qualification, afternoon - final.
In Hungary 24 men qualifies to the A-final, it means 8-8-8 from the three qualifying heats. Altough I haven't competed in the adult class in championships I knew it shouldn't be a problem to go through. In the third heat I finished 3rd with the time 15:49 (3,3km). Giving at about 85-90% of my power. Winner was Zsolt -14:59, 2nd was our foreign fighter Ruslan - 15:34. Other heats won by Adam Kovacs and Michal Krajcik.
The Final
It was terribly hot in the afternoon. Especially after the average 10-15 degrees in Finland. So I tried to rest some time at our accomodation and had an easy lunch (fish and salad). We were told the afternoon's course will be more technical - less urban area and more meadows. Length increased to 3,6 km. Seeing results of the quali I was thinking I can finish around 6th-8th position. I didn't know others will run worse in the final than the quali. But it came out so.
It was hard to make myself to run the warm-up. It was terribly hot (35 C). I pulled out some 10-15 minutes from myself and did some sprints. I began the course a bit easier not to loose my mind due to the sun - it was not that 12 minutes long sprint like at an Eyoc. I was focusing to keep the tempo and not to loose time having mistakes.
I didn't really miss. Altogether I would say 10-15 seconds (5 sec too much thinking to control1; 5 sec running too to the left at control6; 2-3 sec. hesitating at control 21.) ~ so a clear race.
I was statistically and as predicted feeling the tiredness levels. In the long leg, control 10 I still could keep the pace without problem, to control 14-15-16 I first felt the hammer nearing. (It was so hard to make myself a suiting plan to control 16: to find the control it was needed to identify the single trees before the control). In the end there were easier controls forcing you to the absolute maximum phisically. It was painful but I gave all my power and finished the course.
I finished better I have imagined - 5th absolute and 4th in the national championship ! Excellent premier in the adult class for me ! 
M21E 3,6km 26 controls
1. Kovács Ádám ETC 16:13 2. Ruslan Glibov ETC 16:17 3. Zsebeházy István MOM 17:08 4. Lévai Ferenc MEA 17:17 5. Szabó András ETC 17:24 =. Michal Krajcík DTC 17:24 7. Pelyhe Dániel SDS 17:54 8. Nagy Viktor KAL 18:06
Hungarian Championship:
1. Kovács Ádám 2. Zsebeházy István 3. Lévai Ferenc 4. Szabó András 5. Pelyhe Dániel 6. Nagy Viktor 7. Domonyik Gábor 8. Vonyó Péter
National Team Chamiponship, Sunday:
I hope I'll have time to write about it..
2nd place.
1. MEA 3. DTC
Monday, 8. September 2008, 09:35:02
Coming
Sunday, 3. August 2008, 18:17:14
After an almost clear and very strong performance we finished on the 3rd place in relay at the World University Orienteering Championship in Tartu, Estonia! It was a positive surprise, we didn't think before we'll finish on the podium altough we knew if we run clear we can be strong. All of us did his best and after an exciting 2,5 hours we have won the bronze medal!
My leg:Our running order was: Me-Zsolt-Máté-Ádám, the legs were 8.2-8.2 and 6.2-6.2 kilometres long. Our tactic was excellent, here I would mention the team coaches, Áron and Vinicz who sad finally it is the right choice.
The day before the start Zsolt said me: "If you come with the Czechs I will not give any chance for Tomas Dlabaja" ... There I didn't think it will turn out exactly so - on both sides...
I was focusing much on the mass start; this year I had valuable experiences from 1st legs (Spring Cup, Euromeeting). I began running fast to be in the middle of the top group, I did not loose sight of the best runners. Before the control I slowed a bit down to choose the right objects leading me to my first one.
I saw it's really forked, when I headed out to the second I saw there are many runners (10 or even 12) before me, but not too far. I was choosing safe routes, to the second I waited the veg.boundary, than the marsh, a hill and than the marsh where my control2 was. Again forking to this control, I saw other controls as well.
I was running with a Swiss and a Bulgarian guy as some kind of 'second group'. I felt there is a group ahead of us but I didn't know how many of them are there. I didn't care, beause main importance was on not having mistake and securing controls. I also knew they cannot be far.. and at the middle of the third leg I began to see the back of a last runner in the top. Maybe I also had some longer forking before. There were some 2-3 runners having mistake - running to to the right - there were similar marshes. I noticed it and headed on to my third one.
Here, and on the long path to the fourth I caught the site of all the leaders and the standing. We were many, I would say 15-17 runners right after each other withing cca. 30 seconds. No surprise I was the one with ~ 25 sec. back. I pushed that easier long leg hard, and was agressive in the green crossings. So At the 4th I was in close touch with the leaders including CZE,EST and SWE. I would say 20 seconds.
The 5th was easier to read I was just following them and checking if they are my right way or not. They were. To 6th there was some possible forking, we were divided, I was choosing the runners using the big open area on the left making sure I can cath the control. I left the Swiss go right. Tactic worked 6th Ok.; and than the big chasing to the 7th began.
We ran through a huge open area and I checked standings. It was much 'cleaner' than 4 legs before; Prochazka was leading, close: LTU EST SWE FRA, Me (and some behind, I didn't look back). I knew I just have to take the controls safe and I can come with the leaders, the pace was not that strong I cannot keep up. (Here I realized it first). 7th was easy, we even used the rough open area which made me 100% sure taking it.
The spectator control came, we were some 7 (?) in the lead. The 9th was difficult I was really precise when entering the area from the road. Even after passing the higher hill I couldn't see the control, and others also not. Than CZE heading to the left, taking it; it seemed OK (edge of a marsh) and I hunted this one too.
To the 10th everybody went to the right to get less 2-green. Than it came out it is a deciding control. EST and LTU headed into the green a bit too early, CZE continued along the side of the 2-green. I didn't dare to go ahead for more, I didn't want to get into the green not knowing: searching it on the left or the right? I thought if EST and LTU are having and earlier (southern) open marsh as control than no matter I will definietly find my one to the north. But! There was no forking, they were also searching my control, so they simply went too early in. I headed to the north strongly, and found it. (I didn't care on loosing some time, it was the cost of safety). So Jan Prochazka went away here.
The 11th was easy, after crossing the open marsh-valley the control was visible on the top of the hill. To 12 I used the marshes to follow and than I (and we) just went to the hillside on the left side of the marsh and control was saying hello!
To 13 I should have known there is no forking because we didn't punch a prewarning yet. But I was doing it as a possible place to miss, checking and checking all the small details. Others were just following the quickest one (and they did it good), so running towards the last control I found myself in the last part of the pack. I didn't care, most important was that I was with them and I could give the opportunity to Zsolt going out with the leading group. I pushed it doing my very best in the run-in, and I changed Zsolt 0:22 behind CZE, with the leading group.
Sunday, 20. July 2008, 10:07:43
I liked these small courses so much that I decided to upload the map to my blog. We did this training yesterday together with Csabi; the western course with 'mass start' (8:40) , for me the course in the north: individual sprint (9:23) and the course south-east from memory (7:30).
I'm happy about our team's good results from WOC, I believe we will achieve good results in Estonia as well..
Map:
Edzés, Rejtek.JPG
Wednesday, 2. July 2008, 14:33:15
Wednesday, 2. July 2008, 14:27:24
Friday, 27. June 2008, 20:54:01
After arriving on Wednesday our team had many valuable trainings on the most relevant terrains to Jwoc disciplines, sprint, middle, long and also to the relay. I will do some short and high intensity training on Saturday and Sunday, relax and try to reach my best shape.
Homepage of the championship: /programme, results etc./
http://www.gmok.nu/jwoc2008/index.php
Monday, 23. June 2008, 11:14:51
Hungarian Middle Dist. Championship
M20 5100m/325/17C
1 Szabó András 88 HUN ETC Egri Testedző Club 35:13
2 Suciu Simion 88 HUN KTK Kőbányai Tájfutó Klub 37:50
3 Kerényi Máté 88 HUN TTE Tipo Tájfutó és Környezetvédő 37:56
4 Turcsán Gábor 89 HUN PVS Pécsi Vasutas SK 39:40
5 Horváth Tamás 89 HUN SZV Szegedi Vasutas SE 42:10
6 Kaló Attila 89 HUN SZV Szegedi Vasutas SE 44:29
Hungarian Relay Championship
M21 7,0km / 350 climb
1 21002 TTE Tipo Tájfutó és Környezetvédő F21 HUN 140:13
1 Kerényi Máté 88 50:40 BBBBA 1 50:40 5
2 Bogya Tamás 86 47:18 CACCA 1 97:58 1
3 Lenkei Zsolt 88 42:15 ACAAA 1 140:13
2 21013 ETC Egri Testedző Club F21 HUN 144:20
1 Szajkó Csaba 85 50:23 ABCCA 1 50:23 3
2 Szabó András 88 49:01 CAABA 1 99:24 3
3 Kovács Ádám 86 44:56 BCBAA 1 144:20
3 21004 PVS Pécsi Vasutas SK F21/1 HUN 149:28
1 Antal András 82 52:08 BCAAA 1 52:08 6
2 Kovács Róbert 86 47:12 ABBCA 1 99:20 2
3 Vonyó Péter 74 50:08 CACBA 1 149:28
4 21011 MOM Hegyvidék SE-MOM Tájfutó Szako F21 HUN 152:15
1 Tas Máté 79 50:20 BACCA 1 50:20 2
2 Kisvölcsey Ákos 72 55:48 ACAAA 2 106:08 5
3 Zsebeházy István 85 46:07 CBBBA 1 152:15
5 21028 MEA Miskolci Egyetemi Atlétikai és MEA HUN 153:43
1 Borbás Nándor 71 57:17 CABAA 1 57:17 12
2 Lévai Ferenc 74 52:43 BCCCA 1 110:00 7
3 Domonyik Gábor 76 43:43 ABABA 1 153:43
6 21003 ZTC Zalaegerszegi Tájékozódási Fut F21 HUN 154:02
1 Novai György 75 50:25 CACCA 2 50:25 4
2 Varga Bálint 72 55:28 BCAAA 2 105:53 4
3 Vajda Kolos 76 48:09 ABBBA 1 154:02
A comment of a bit unusual style:
Goal of middle champs previously: To get self-confidence for the forthcoming middle distance, to do a strong performance - simulating Jwoc.
Project - succeeded, I did a massive performance.
But! still not totally free of mistakes.
Mistakes -in minutes-
(Middle Quali: 2:30)
Middle Final: 0:40 (It's under one minute ~ with this I'm satisfied)
Relay Champs: 1:40
These numbers only mean mistakes directly to controls, not calculating possible mistakes in route-choices, altough there weren't many route-choices.
The physical side was not so promising. In the whole weekend uphills played an important role in orienteering, deciding results. Far more than in many prevous midle champs and races. So it was also a test of physical condition. (F.ex: middle final, M20; 5100m/325m climb/17c.)
I couldn't do 3 good phisycal performnces in a row. Tecnically rather yes.
I was concentrating much on Saturday's final, to do a solid and clear race, and tried to push all the uphills at my best. I got very tired after it, but I felt happy.
On Sunday it came clear that I cannot do my maximum on two consecutive days. I can do a 90%-90%, but 100%-100% not. And it has a meaning on the forthcoming JWOC, where I -don't want to tell it- have decided about a tactic concerning the disciplines before the relay.
I already felt on Saturday, that okay, on flat terrain and medium uphill I'm quite strong but on steep uphills I'm always beaten:
Middle Final:
control 7:
S.Suicu: 1:38 Me: 1:56
control 10:
S.Suicu:2:16 Me: 2:26.
But on Saturday the positive feeling technically and the hard concentration helped to be at a high pysical level, with giving out the maximum I was not so much lagged behind in running.
What came after it on Sunday?
No surprise!
I was a level more tired than yesterday, and now it was also visible -not like in the middle final-. I was changed in the top, and after two controls I broke the other two opponents so I ran an individual in the top of the race. But. only until control 17.
Tamas Bogya, who started 20 sec. behind me was all the time very close, I even saw him f.ex at control 9. At control 17 after a 30 sec. mistake we were together, than after a 30 sec. mistake to control 18 he was in the front. At control 19 - spectator control- he had a 36 sec. advantage. Than I missed the 20th as well by 30 sec, and I changed Adam with some 1:25 gap to the lead.
Conclusions:
-Thanked to high concentration no mistakes till 17 controls.
-But, tiredness growing rapidly: control5 -60 climb-, control 13 -also much climb- I'm almost dying and have to walk the upper parts of uphills.
-Instead of focusing very much, the tiredness beats me, very visible decrease in technical part: 30 sec. mistake to control 17, 30 sec. to control 18 (control 19 spectator control - not possible to miss much-) control 20: 40 sec. mistake. After it not possible to miss more until finish line.
-So altogether only 1:40 mistake but simply no more power to have a lower time; Zsolt 42:15 Domo 43, Adam 44:56, my time was 49:01. Without doubt the price of the success in the middle course was Sunday's relay.
-Sunday: cca. 2-3 minutes decrease in running to my optimum.
Sunday, 15. June 2008, 21:42:07
I just returned home from an incredible week spent in Finland. We arrived last Friday, we competed at Suunto games, Forssa games, had many map trainings and than the Jukola. I was waiting for it very much, I heared many stories, tales even myths about the race. It was my turn now to get the experience!
Dark-Jukola?
I competed as a first leg runner; I feel now what it means to sprint into a deep forest with 1400 competitors around you! It's the Jukola spirit what cannot be described by words.. I had a good position, I tried not to loose much space to the top. I can say I knew my position in the important points so my orienteering was pretty sure. But what came than ?
Lights off!
Yes, instead of maybe 10 hours charging, my accumulator or the lamp broke down; I was running in the dark from the 2nd control! Thanked to my clubmates I had a small led-lamp with me which I turned on and with it I could at least check the directions and codes. I didn't want to give up and tried to do my best for the team - even so. In the meadows I could read the map pretty well because at finnish summer nights are not really dark. Well, in the forested areas.. to be frank it was a misery - I have quite many smaller,bigger injuries on my leg, my right knee is 1,5 times bigger than my left one. But it was worth to fight! Besides one silly 3-min. mistake at about 70% of the course I didn't really have mistakes, at least I saved what could be saved. On 11.5k course I took 91 minutes, I changed my clubmate on the 198th place.
Our first team did again a great effort after 10Mila, they finished on the 13th place, with some performances in the team reaching world class level! The Rajamaen Rykmentti-second team finished 64th, and our team - the third one - 167th. Mate was the anchor-man of our team. All the runners were real soldiers to fight in the muddy, dense finnish forest. And it is also remarkable that the club could enter 8 teams to the competition! The race has been actualy won by Delta after the smashing performance of Valentin Novikov, beating M.Millinger (Linné -2nd) and Tero Föhr (Veih.V. - 3.rd).
In the Venla relay our women's team finished on the 48th spot, the second team gained the 68th place with Fanni as anchor-woman. It was really amazing to watch the women's relay in the TV on Saturday. The whole Jukola has been organized on professional level with more than 1000 voluntary workers. It's really needed to serve the ~14 000 competitiors and thousands of spectators. Now I understand that it means: organizing at 'Jukola-level'.
Monday, 9. June 2008, 17:46:58
We (Masee, Fanni and Me) arrived on 6th June, Friday in Finland - in the late hours - and we are having a nice time here. Me and Mate live at a different family. - at a family very kind to us, and we only have one thing to do: training. On Saturday and Sunday we competed at Suunto games, and now on the weekdays we are having two trainings a day. To be frank we live in the middle of an orienteering map, we start our map trainings from the garden Today in the morning we had an easy 40 minutes (strictly on terrain), and in the afternoon we did a 70 minutes technical training. (We ran to a terrain - 3km - than we did a 3-4km long course with changing lead - and than 3km back home).
I feel these days are very useful and we can learn how to orienteer better on scandinavian terrains. Today it went again better - I see the improvement. What I thing goes better now: going more straight (and not caring about painful bushes) and better map reading. What to improve: not to loose concentr., and be even more continous. We are heading forward to Jukola and with big letters: the J.W.O.C.Today afternoon`s training:
Maps from Suunto Games
1st day, M21E 5,0km W.:33:41 Me:48:12
Suunto games M21E päivä1.JPG
2nd day: M21E 10,6km W.:71min Me: Abandoned (...)
Suunto games M21E päivä2 (1st part).JPG
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