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 =)