segunda-feira, 30 de março de 2009

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)


segunda-feira, 16 de março de 2009

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!

quinta-feira, 5 de março de 2009

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):