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!