2ª Ori-Local - 12 de Dezembro - Distância Longa

No dia 12 de Dezembro, Sábado, realizar-se-á a 2ª prova local organizada pelo Ori-Estarreja.
A prova será uma distância longa e terá lugar no mapa das Gafanhas, perto de Aveiro.
Existirão 3 percursos: Fácil, Médio e Difícil.
As inscrições devem ser feitas para o e-mail: inscrever@ori-estarreja.com

Mais informações em www.orilocais.blogspot.com

Troféu Ori Nazaré

Concorridíssima a prova do passado fim de semana.

Sábado (6,7Km; 370m):


Domingo (14,9Km; 450m):

Circuito de Orientação Nocturno - 1ª Etapa

O Ori-Estarreja organiza no Furadouro, no próximo Sábado (14Nov) a primeira etapa do circuito de orientação nocturno.

Este circuito está vocacionado não só para os atletas de elite e aperfeiçoamento das suas técnicas, como também para qualquer pessoa que esteja a iniciar-se na modalidade, uma vez que existirão percursos com diferentes exigências físicas e técnicas.

De forma a rentabilizar a viagem até ao local haverá também um percurso de distância média na tarde de Sábado.

O programa do evento será:

15:00 - Distância Média
18:00 - Circuito de Orientação Nocturno

Mais informações em www.orilocais.blogspot.com

Campeonato Iberico - Estreia em HE

Decorreu no passado fim de semana o XVII Campeonato Ibérico, em Toledo.

Distancia media:
Sábado, 9.14h. Em busca das tocas dos coelhos!!
A vegetação tornou impossível andar em linha recta e apesar de ter começado bem, a partir do 9 fiz muitos desvios acabando em espectáculo no ponto 27.
Começamos o campeonato a perder pontos para os espanhóis.

Resultados (HE, 5,9Km)

   1 Biel Rafols Perramón            SEL-ESPAÑA ESPAÑA                 38:38 
 2 Daniel Portal Gordillo          SEL-ESPAÑA ESPAÑA                 41:37
 3 Miquel Silva                    SEL-PORTUG PORTUGAL               41:39

    7 Jorge Fortunato                 SEL-PORTUG PORTUGAL               47:03 

Sprint
Sabado, 16.38h. A revolução.
O treinador não disse muito no balneário, mas o que disse deu-nos força para invertermos a classificação masculina na etapa da tarde! =)

Resultados (HE, 3,2Km)

   1 Miquel Silva                    SEL-PORTUG PORTUGAL               19:41
 2 Jorge Fortunato                 SEL-PORTUG PORTUGAL               19:58
 3 Daniel Portal Gordillo          SEL-ESPAÑA ESPAÑA                 20:25

Distancia Longa
Domingo, 9.17h. 12,4 Km sofridos para no fim a prova ser anulada. O gps prova que fui certinho ao ponto16.

Ori-Coruche - Quickroute

VI troféu Gafanhori

Estive no passado fim-de-semana no VI troféu Gafanhori em S. Pedro da Gafanhoeira. Esta prova decorreu em terrenos vizinhos aos do 1º Meeting Internacional de Arraiolos, que se realizará em Janeiro e que se aguarda com grande expectativa.
A organização esteve ao mais alto nível, com terrenos de elevada qualidade, percursos exigentes e uma arena fabulosa.

Depois de uma prova de distância longa no Sábado, para a qual não me senti preparado tive uma boa prestação no domingo, o que me permitiu concluir no 2º posto da classificação geral.
No Sábado à tarde tive a oportunidade de participar no sprint que se realizou na localidade de Vimieiro e que combinava uma primeira parte na cidade e uma segunda parte, com mudança de escala, num jardim aberto, onde tínhamos de controlar bastantes pontos e onde os habitantes locais podiam assistir ao percurso dos atletas.

Deixo um apelo à importância da realização deste tipo de sprints, que são interessantes para os atletas e dão um forte contributo à divulgação da modalidade.

Ambição

Fui monitor no estágio de preparação para o Eyoc 2010 em Soria. Fala-se em ambição. De facto assisti ao que me parece ser a postura certa para o sucesso. Observei muito empenho por parte dos presentes e muito entusiasmo por parte dos líderes, o que é essencial para um bom resultado final. A adaptação e reconhecimento antecipados do tipo de terreno deste tipo de competições são, do meu ponto de vista, fulcrais para uma boa preparação e sendo a competição mesmo aqui ao lado não temos razão para não o fazer.
Creio que estamos num bom caminho. A direcção técnica está de parabéns até à data.

De volta!

Apesar de a última temporada ter sido muito irregular para mim, esta fora pensada de forma a alcançar resultados históricos no Jwoc. A quantidade de treino físico e técnico aumentaram, mas talvez tenha havido um desleixe na sua qualidade, uma vez que não fui acompanhado por nenhum preparador físico e o treino que realizei era parte do treino dos colegas com quem treinei.

Ainda assim as expectativas para o Jwoc eram elevadas, tal como deveriam ser.

Depois de alguns treinos no norte de Itália a nossa confiança aumentou, bem como a facilidade com que navegávamos em plenos Alpes e a confirmação disso observa-se nos resultados fantásticos que obtivemos. A ida às finais A era um dos principais objectivos e ter ficado fora deixou-me um pouco triste. Ainda assim mantive a concentração e dois dias depois fiz a minha melhor estafeta de sempre. Tenho a dar os parabéns aos grandes amigos Tiago Romão e Diogo Miguel pelos resultados e uma palavra de força ao Manuel Horta, que teve uma estreia muito boa.


Passados os exames na faculdade nas três semanas seguintes, foi tempo de rumar à Suécia à vila de Köping para uma intensa semana de treinos numa espécie de parceria entre o Ori-Estarreja e o Köping Kolsva OK. A hospitalidade e as condições de treino que este clube nos facilitou surpreenderam-me bastante pela positiva e de certo que em breve estarei de volta, quem sabe para competir num dos mais concorridos calendários de orientação do mundo.


Depois desta semana foi tempo de fazer férias e rumar a uma das maiores experiencias culturais de sempre. Hong Kong, Macau, Kuala Lumpur e Langkawi deixaram-me encantado e nem o tempo chuvoso foi impedimento para alguma diversão e descanso!

What was I thinking?

The Absolute championships are one of the most expected races of the Portuguese season.

After last year’s great organization and competitiveness in Gerês, this year I was expecting something nice too.
Saturday I’ve started the qualification at 3pm, with a temperature of 35ºC!! Despite the fact that I was running with a water bag, I think I did not worried enough with the hydration before the race and I’ve suffered a lot. I’ve finished 9th.

Sunday we started in the morning and the temperature was a bit better. After last day’s lesson about hydration I’ve worried about it and everything was fine. I’ve decided to give everything I had for this race and I was doing a nice work, not losing more than 30 seconds until the 2nd loops. Here I’ve started in a wrong order (I went to the 20 instead of going to the 17) and I only realized it after I started the 2nd… Conclusion: A lot of time lost, a loop done 2 times and my concentration was lost too.
I think I could have done a nice result but at the end I’ve finished 9th.
Looks like I’ll have to wait for next year to try the title!
I have to congratulate the winner Tiago Romão and my teammate Diogo Miguel, who finished 3rd.

MAP Final(11,1Km)

National Universitary championships

A new agreement was established with FADU (the University Sports Federation) and the national championships are back in the national universitary sports schedule.

The race was this morning in Gambia, near my hometown.
The terrain is not very interesting. It is very flat with a lot of tracks and very easy to run, so I had not very big expectations about a first place.
I knew I had to be very concentrated, run fast from the beginning and try not to be out of the line! That's what I've done. But I've lost about 2 minutes in 2 mistakes, in the 21st and 23rd, maybe because of the tiredness.
Fortunately my opponents have lost more time than me and at the end I was 2nd =)

Results (Men-8,4Km):
1º- Tiago Romão - AEFCM/UNL - 40:02 - 4,7min/Km!!!
2º- Jorge Fortunato - ULisboa - 41:40
3º - Paulo Franco - AEGIST - 42:04
3º - Miguel Silva - ULisboa - 42:04

MAP (8,4Km, 100m)

National championships - Sprint and Middle

Last weekend I was in Santarém and Almeirim in order to participate in the national championships in Sprint and Middle distance. I had not big expectations about these races. I’m not running well and I’ve done one train with Ori-Estarreja in similar terrains to the middle distance and it was dirty and the map was not well made. Beside that I was in some kind of holydays last weeks, visiting my brother in Pzen - Czech Republic and going to the Medical Olympics (of partying!!) in the south of Portugal.


Saturday it was the sprint, constituted by 2 races, one in the morning and another in the afternoon (in the same map!!). The map was simple and the route was not complicated, but actually I’ve complicated it in the first race by choosing a wrong road to the second control. After that, my result was done and I couldn’t do anything to make it better.

Results HE:
1º Miguel Silva – CPOC – 23:33
2º Marco Povoa – ADFA – 24:05
3º Diogo Miguel – Ori-Estarreja – 24:14
10º Jorge Fortunato – Ori-Estarreja – 26:38


Sunday it was the middle distance. I was convicted that I could do a good result because of my performance in the train with Ori-Estarreja and I’ve pushed hard in this race. I’ve lost some seconds to the 8th, 10th, 14th and 26th and at the end I was 4th.


Results HE:
1º Miguel Silva – CPOC – 43:49
2º Diogo Miguel – Ori-Estarreja – 44:17
3º Paulo Franco – COC – 45:03
4º Jorge Fortunato – Ori-Estarreja – 45:33


Now it’s time to get back to work: Study and Train! The selection races for Jwoc are almost there and I want to be there!

Training camp in Mora and Spanish Champs

I’ve been training from the 4th to the 7th of April in Mora with the Portuguese national team.
The training camp was organized by the national coach Bruno Nazário, with the participation of Alexander Shirinin whose experience was really useful for us.
We focused on concentration and anticipation and in most of the trainings we have simulated the pressure of a real competition. In the last day we’ve done a really challenging chasing start in the map of the last day of POM. The average speed was more or less 5,5min/km and at the end I was very satisfied with it.
CHASING START


After a 2 days break with some mountain bike riding with Diogo Miguel we both went to the Spanish national champs.
The long distance was physically hard and I’ve done some mistakes due to fatigue. My route choice to the 13th control was obviously bad but at that time I was so tired that I didn’t want to climb more… looks like that I have to be psychologically more prepared for climbs!
MAP LONG (9,2Km 450m)


I’m a bit sad about the relay as we couldn’t run it with the other teams because we didn’t confirm our intention to run it the day before..
Saturday afternoon was the sprint in the old part of Villena and with a bit of forest too. Nice =)
MAP SPRINT (2,6km 140m)


The middle distance was the most interesting for me. The forest was very nice and it was easier to run, despite the climbs.
MAP MIDDLE (5,4KM 275m)

I have to thank to João Carriço who provided us transport to Villena and animation during the all trip =)

National Championships in Gerês - Long and Relay

Last weekend i went to a very nice place in the north called Gerês to run the national championships in long distance and relay. I would say that this place is PERFECT for orienteering. In fact, the forests at about 800 to 1000 m altitude with some rocky details are different from any other explored place for orienteering in Portugal and i'm very happy with ".Com"'s organization.

The long distance was hard! It was all about concentration and just one BIG route choice.. maybe strong legs too because analyzing the splits graphic i realize that i was never fighting for the gold or silver medal.
Anyway i'm happy that i'm still alive and ready to work for next year!


Results: (11,5km 535m)
1 Diogo Miguel (89) - Ori-Estarreja - 1:34:01
2 Tiago Romão (89) - COC - 1:34:34
3 Pedro Nogueira (82) - ADFA - 1:41:34

6 Jorge Fortunato (89) - Ori-Estarreja -1:45:26

Map (11,5km 535m)


Fantastic relay!
The main word of sunday's relay was again concentration!
From the beginning we knew that it would be hard to win against COC's team, but not impossible and the fight was until the finish.
I've run the first leg and the pressure was high. I've lost 1 min and some seconds in the 5th control, but quickly I've caught the train again and so i think that my run was quite Ok! I've finished in 3rd, about 30 seconds behind the leading team - ADFA.
Unfortunately COC's team was very good and we were 2nd at the end, about 1min and some seconds behind.
I have to say congratulations to my friends David and Diogo who have fought untill the end and still with junior age i think we've made a very nice result =)

Map (5,5km)

Difficult?

I'm very happy with the last Sunday's Gafanhori's organization near Sabugueiro.
The map was partially new, with high technical quality. I would say one of the bests in Portugal!
The speed was very high in the beginning and extremely low in the second part and it was very easy to get lost!.
My course was very bad. A big mistake in the 2 control made me loose too much time and i was already disappointed with me in the beginning!

A big thanks to Tiago Aires that offered us the possibility of training that afternoon in some Terrains nearby!

POM + "XI Meeting de Orientação do Centro"

Last week it was time to take a deep and healthy breath and leave the heavy air of university and exams in Lisbon.
I was in the 4 days of Portugal O'meeting running in a very slow pace and not fighting for a good position.
The 16,4km WRE long distance on sunday have made some blisters in my feet and therefore i could not run very well.. Despite that, i enjoyed Monday's and tuesday's courses a lot (see bellow). The fast & rocky terrain was very interesting with some green areas making it more chalenging.

MAP TUESDAY:

After those 4 days i went to Diogo's house in Estarreja, my club hometown. We've done some interesting trainings in Tocha with the Czech team.

Saturday morning i took the bus to Pataias were i run the "XI meeting de orientação do centro". The 7,1 km middle distance was very fast again but interesting (Map bellow). I didn't enjoy the long distance as well and with 2 big blisters in my feet i couldn't run as i would like and i quit.

MAP MIDDLE (WRE):

Portugal O'Summer 09 - The Intervews

The hot days are coming and it is time to planify our vacations!
What would be better than orienteering, beach, sun and fun at the same time?
The Event Director, Nuno Leite, mellows our mouths in this little interview!

What can we expect about the event/organisation?

NL - The standard for Ori-Estarreja organisations is set long time ago, this means "High quality event"!
This is what we call a "Summer Event", so, more than for the competition we will work towards the vacation spirit.
But vacations end up on friday! The last two days are importante days (Portugal and Spanish Cup's and also WRE)
so this ones should be more demanding... competition for real!
And of course, you should count always with the smile of the organisation members!

JF - What are your expectations about the runners?

NL - The runners! Well, there are a lot of competition! I mean, lot of summer events, lot to choose from!
There is also the WOC in the previous week!
Anyway we expect to overcome our record from Portugal "O" Meeting 2007. About 1600 runners.

JF - What is your opinion about the terrain?

NL - I'm suspicious on that, but, in my opinion, it trully fits the kind of event that we want to build up!
Fast, smooth and challenging terrains!

JF - Do you think that the runners of WMOC08 are coming again to spend holidays in Portugal?

NL - I was at the organisation of WMOC and for what I could see/ear most of the runners will come again soon to Portugal.
Next summer? I hope so! :)

What would you say to convince someone to come to POS’09?

NL - It will be a summer event where the word "summer" is for real!
Sun, beach and orienteering on good maps in a very short range all week!
If you never came to Portugal... this is the right time!
If you have done it already, you know i'm talking true and it will be worth to come again!

O-Tv - Iberic Championships

Since NAOM i am not training as well as i should because of exams in university and i think that a good result in Portugal O'meeting is going to be almost impossible.
The good new is that the first one is done and i don't have to miss the competition.
Pharmacology, Physiology, Histology, Anatomy and Biochemistry are the names of the subjects that were on my exam!!! 8/

In the first part of this video you can find a review over the last Iberic championships and a little interview with the winners(in portuguese).

NAOM 09 - Alter do Chão

Last weekend i've participated in the "Norte Alentejano O'meeting" a competition that is getting popular year after year.
The terrains were a mixture of very fast areas and some very tricky rock details and almost all course in open areas.

Saturday we had a middle distance (5,4km). I've made a good race but with some time lost in small errors.
Saturday night we had a sprint in the village of Alter do Chão. Unfortunatelly on the way to the second control I've fallen in the middle of the road =/ My leg was not fine and i had to give up =/
After some treatments and ice, Sunday morning i've done a "test drive" to see if my leg could run the 12,5Km of the long distance and everything went ok!

MAP (LONG)


RESULTS (HE) Middle:
1 - Michal Smola 31:27
2 - Tiago Aires 34:11
3 - Darius Sadeckas 34:56

5 - Jorge Fortunato 35:27

RESULS (HE) Long:
1 - Michal Smola 1:05:57
2 - Darius Sadeckas 1:06:21
3 - Tiago Aires 1:08:10

8 - Jorge Fortunato 1:13:57

27th GP Camarnal

Last Sunday i went to a 10 km race near Lisbon with my friend Paulo. We had to run twice in a 5 Km course with a big climb in the beginning and an other in the middle and that means we had to climb twice too!
My time was 36'23'', not out of my expectations =)

Portugal O'Summer09 - The website

The Portugal O'Summer official website is open since the 1st day of 2009!

You may check it here:
POS'09 Website

Christmas Training Camp

As a continuation of our training project with Ori-Estarreja, this year we made an agreement with CPOC and COC clubs and invited a trainer from Czech Republic: Radek Novotny to prepare a nice training camp near the WMOC08 terrains.
We focused on performance and made some simulations of real competitions and some chasing starts were made so that we had the pressure to push hard and at the same time trying to be as much concentrated as possible.
I learned that this kind of simulations are very important because the biggest mistakes are made when we are running at full speed and the motto is, as Radek told us: "Just me, controls, map and the terrain" ;)

I had the opportunity to try two new types of training. In the 2 manna relay, one guy run to the control and go back to the next triangle and the other guy just jog directly to the triangle, where they meet and change positions. The Start loops consist of running just to one control and then to the finish simulating the start of a real competition where sometimes we lose precious seconds.
In the last day we had the long distance training where we had nice route choices to decide. I was already very tired and i think that conditioned my choices!!

2 Manna Relay:


Middle Final:


Chasing Start:


Long Distance: