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| Moment of calmness before my race |
After a very long time I went for a training to my so-called domestical forest "The Small Castle." But of course I did not attend Standard training of my club but another edition of O-league. To be honest in 2016 when the place of my daily duties moved to the metro line "C" I had expected that I would attend running trainings more often... And the reality - I have not been there for a single run or football since then.
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| The Royal Journey around the Castle |
So today it was nothing special as I went for a special training held my Mr Freeze. It was very interesting but not good for my mental power in the beginning as I first found the false control number 34. Then I failed to find the control number 33. But later I gained some self-confidence with more and more bunches of controls to came along.
In the end I think I made quite a good performance which was highlighted by beating Rye the Breadman with 34 second margin!
That means noone is allowed to beat me in my Castle.
Another week passed by with so many orienteering event and so little time to write at least something stopid about all of it. There were two official events and two unofficial so I will go back in time and try to write something about each of them briefly. Just notice the report is written retrospectively.
aknamiloF - 6# tnirpS noogarD
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| seciohcetuor ym htiw paM |
!ti evahS - 9# eugael-O
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| 01 rebmun lortnoc ot ekatsim ym htiw pam ehT |
ecnatsiD cissalC nileffehcS ta nilehciM lacissalC
.ecnereffid setunim ruof htiw namdaerB eyR taeb yllanif I tsael tA .em htiw secar eht rof nilehciM ylleb ym gnikat ton htiw krow drah emos evah llits I ekil skooL .revo etunim eno naht ssel htiw tsuj laog eht gnissim retfa lufsseccusnu saw "001" eugaeL ehT taeb ot noissim retal ym llits tub detcepxe I naht retteb nur I ylgnisirpruS. htgnel ni sertemolik neetriht ylraen fo sretemarap hsrah htiw tneve ecnatsid lacissalc a rof emac I yadnuS nO.
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| dehsilpmocca ton noissiM |
phisnoipmahC elddiM eugarP
...llihpu dna llihpu ,llihpu saw ti sa tsuj gnihtyna rebmemer ton od I tub tnew I oS .on yas tonnac uoy ellivrecnaC meaT SEY yb dezinagro ecar a si ereht nehW
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| lanoisseforp a si enoyreve toN |
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| The roof the roof the roof is on fire! |
Heute war gute lauf am Gutenbauden in Straschnitzen. Routen gud prepared, wetter gut. Postupen go almost as planned or planet. Ich war dostižen by OK Tom die Kleine am 9. kontrollen so ich zkusit šůšn aber es trvat only a while. Nach kontrolle 19. schlechte wollben mich chosen. Schlechte war dass auch ich after Dienstag cirkl training my leg hurten badly. Aber as I planned und look back at my zawod bin ich spokojenej. Danke für das závod am going to celebrate by beating Brotbursch und relax.
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| Heute Karte |
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The Fatal Break of Floorball Stick
In the end of January I got the Chinese flu so I skipped two weeks of all physical activity including floorball Monday league with my colleagues. When I had recovered I got a special Valentine's day gift - a bodycheck in the wall when I hit it with my head while falling hardly with my knee on the floor. That resulted I was not able to walk the other day and I had to rest for more than another week... So this Monday I overcame my fears and went for a play of florball after almost two months. Hopefully no part of my body got damaged this time. But I see some serious evidence I should give up this sport forever and rather stick to drink beer.
The Great Break of Motol Rift
On Tuesday I came back to my sport number one. Number one does not mean that I am good at it, just I do it the most. Another O-league was about to take place at one of the most windy place in Prague. What a great choice by Mr Frost but sadly for him he must wait there in cold the whole time. I tried to run but I was still slower than the relicts of dead snails you can see in my map.
Otherwise it was very interesting event. This map is like a box of chocolate - you never know where the control will be:
1. You see a black point in the map and you suppose it is going to be a stone? ... No, it is a concrete structure!
2. You see a black triangle in the map and you suppose it is going to be a heap of stones? ... No, it is a heap of railway sleepers!
3. You see black line in the map and you suppose it is going to be a sandstone cliff? ... Yes, you re finally right, it is a sandstone cliff!
The Tiny Break of the Rules
Another day came and there was another activity for me which was the second round of DSSS that took place in the Orchards of Herald and surronding quarters of Hillsville and Wineyards. The map was very tricky with full of cockroaches so that many competitors were disqualified because of running through them. Just look in the map if you can see them all.
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| Hills everywhere but not in my watches |
Some competitors also missed to "punch" one of the controls and I do not want to sound cocky, but I avoided all of these mistakes. But unluckily near the end I became eliminated too. I thought I would run along the stairs but a wall came in my way so I jumped to the stairway. Well I could go back that about seven meters and everything would be fair, but my race time was already so bad that I saw it better to finish with the same results as some other big fishes of orienteering like Mr Frost, Illman, Timberin, Paul, Joachim von Räsenchin or John Coat and many others.
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| To jump or not ... well it is just a training |
I know the title of this article sound cool but it is complete bullshit because I really didn't compete in any type of event last Summer. Anyway when there is a chance to undergo some sprint practice then why not to participate. So on Wednesday I went for the first race of Dragoon Sprints Spring Series (DSSS - please not to be confused with Workers Social Justice Party) organized by Mr. Groove. Well it's meant for dragoons, cavalry or maybe some horsemen but luckily even fat slow and dumb war elephants can take part. So did I but even I was running too slow still I wasn't able to make precious route-choices. So maybe next time at another training. I know this weekend is the Prague Championship race in sprint - but for sure I give up in advance...
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| Find a difference |
O-league #5 Cuntratice
On the last day of March I crossed the Volga river to compete in another edition of Freezer's O'league. The weather was freezing like in Russian movie so I better run before being denazificated. Although I am a noble monarchist but when visiting the East you never know.
The race was nice, sometimes in forest and so long. Even that long that I can't even upload the whole map here because I don't want to exceed the capacity of my storage. You know times are bad and even the amount of Royal gigabytes isn't unlimited.
The crucial moment of my run came between checkpoints six and seven. I decided to go over the hill along the wall but suddenly I found myself literally between fences! Am I crazy? Luckily not yet too much but almost too fat to get through a hole in a wire mesh fence. But with the help of lion power I managed to escaped from this trap with some rests of mental power as well.
The course then led around Šeberák Pond which I tought is famous for Dead Dogs but that's not all. It is also very popular among nudists and some guys for something else I learnt later in my Palace. So at the end of the day I was happy that the weather was so fucking cold because recently I am not that fast to prevent my ass from some crusing. Even it is only a pond there I guess it might cause me seasick...
Spring is finally here and after all the restrictions something is comming back. I mean my secret blog about hopefully nobody cares. This Saturday I went for some really special event Czech O-Tour which took place in connection with World Orienteering Chamionship. Yes you know it right it is like with the Olympics and then ongoing special event (not to be confused with a special operation). And as I wanted to be especially special I was selected to compete in Elite category.
When I arrived to the place I was so aroused to be back in the action so I decided to take a picture of our amazing banner.
Later when I inspected the picture I took I was shocked what was here really going on. Well I see I am getting a bit too old in this world and rather I should stick to compete among swearing and cursing Veterans.
Well but hopefully not everyone in my club is decadent and effent and there are still some heroes who will always fight for the right values as they serve as agents of Warsaw Shield and if you need them just look whether you have the correct number.
Well that was about some stupid pathos now let's get back to the bussines we all love - orienteering. Nothing feels better than finding the right control. Orienteering is just all about the right orientation and right pace, just all you need to have a good race.
Well I know I am fat as fuck and my performation suck but still it feels very inappropriate to give me instructions if I want to continue with running straight after the finish line. Well I should think about it. To run? To drink? Or...
If you want to see the results just download the app for mobile phones. If you weren't there or you didn't notice not everybody is master of his job like it is with me and orienteering.
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| Translation from Czech: "Fatboys '86" |
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| One small lunch for His Majesty, big leap for whole Kingdom |
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| His Majesty's Grandfather (top left) and his five older brothers; Royal grave |
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| Sparta? This is madness! |
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| All race maps together |
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| My starting position |
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| Party pole - alas no pole dance from His Majesty |
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| All weekend runs |
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| Cutout of my neighbours at Cut segment |
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| One third of my Sunday consumption in one picture |
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| Hail Jesus! Hail Majesty! |
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| Highest value of VCC at foreign markets |
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| M-8605 on it's way up |
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| M-8605 trying to regain some popularity |
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| Wrecked M-8605 awaiting repair |
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| M-8605 refuelling |
