Felix' world

i'm back... from wherever

2010-03-08T18:54:00.003+01:00

hei,

it's march already. the first big event is done. the olympics. nice. i've been in whistler for more than one month together with the norwegian team and i think i can say it paid off. norway's cc and biathletes won 8 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. sweet. i enjoyed working with the teams, it was an amazing time.
now i'm back on track and in trondheim. three papers for a conference were written, which caused some additional challanges before the olympics - but it worked out. it seems as i increase efficiency with approaching deadlines.
the recent days were much more relaxed. i took a strong cough with me from vancouver - whereever it came from ?! well, so i took the chance and caught up some hours sleep - can't complain about that either.

what's next?!
Oslo - Holmenkollen. the skiers have world cup down there next weekend, the biathletes come straight after that. I'll take a closer look on the tracks, snow and skis - the 2011 world champs are not far away anymore ;-)
After that i'll start my personal season pretty soon, easter trainingscamp (hopefully without snow) and austrian sprint champs are coming soon. Let's see how much i can pimp my shape within 6 weeks of time. there is fortunately more time until the WOC here in Trondheim.
last week - before i decided to rest because of my cough - i did two street orienteering trainings which felt ok - my body still knows how to run. wow. i'm impressed.
else
i'm heading for ice hockey for the future. hehe. i did what you have to do in Canada - i bought skates, ice hockey gloves and finally a stick here in norway. 2 days of practice, 1 tournament and one half broken shoulder later am i still motivated. it's fun. stupid that the ice starts disappearing already...
cheers felix

Dreads over

2009-10-05T19:56:00.006+02:00

...Deads - January 2009 - October 2009.

Well, Saturday evening the time has come.

What more to say...?

Line shining like a star ;-)

Hu og Hei

2009-10-05T19:19:00.002+02:00

This weekend was time for the legendary Hu & Hei orienteering "marathon" in Bymarka. It's tradition in 50 years that this race is organized by NTNUI - Saturday is the prolog called "snuskeløpet" - where everyone can to run to 5 controls out of about 20. 15" start intervall makes it even more challanging, because you have to draw the controls yourself...

Anyway, I managed to choose 5 good ones and came back faster than the others - nice. So I could open Hu & Hei on sunday with a lead of two minutes. But 2 minutes at this 29,7k race through the marches are not that much ;-)

I started quite conservative - tryed to use mostly the small pathes. That was maybe smart but due to that I collected more meters climb - you can't get everything ;-)

Espen, who started 3' behind me chaught up just before the 2nd control - not only that, but also Erik Jonsson showed up there. He was just on the way out from the control when we crossed the marsh.

So came an interesting leg. In Hu & Hei you always just get to know where the next control is, never the whole course. Which makes it extra exciting because the course planner might save some surprises for the later legs...

I lost my compass somewhere between the changing room and the start. Which is 15min. Due to that I just came there about 7min before my start and finished with changing about 1min before my start I fugured out: No compass today. (Not that important in a race which lasts for 4,5h just orienteering..) So Espen chaught up, but he destroyed his compass already in the race... Together we have chosen the same route to control 3 - climb up to "Herbandammen" and straight on from there.

Well, usually I'd use the compass to check now and then, but in this case - no chance. Finally I ended up in the open area. Great view. But not down at the lake but on top of the hill. 30k are obviously not enough ;-) Espen did the same - even a bit further to the right - but I havn't seen him anymore since then.

Due to this and one more stupid routechoice to the 4th one I just passed on about 6th position. I filled up my camelbag once more, ate more bananas and a honeybread and headed out again. Wet, cold tights didn't feel that nice on tired legs - it felt like cramps were just around the corner (but they never showed up - seemed I learned something in the adventure races about drinking and eating the right stuff, hehe). The decathlon the two days before made me feel really stiff but after 20k my legs got better and better. I overtook Knut Sveinung Rekaa and Simen Olafsen but in the same time Martin Hoset became my satillite up the climb to Bosbergheia - the highest point in Bymarka.

From there it was just 6k left to the finish. I decided to speed up on the path but Martin wasn't impressed by that. So I thought about something else - different route choice towards the 8th control. I ran around the hill before the control - which was a bit longer but I got a nice path straight to the control. On the way I found lots of mushrooms but no trail. mmmmh. after i little while it showed up.. So I was alone at the control and remembered the last one next to the lake at the cliff. I felt really good, my legs could move much faster than in the beginning and so I could pass Erik in the climb . nice feeling. at least for me.

Just before I came to the lake I saw Martin again. He was just 30m ahead of me... ok. I prepared myself for the long lasting sprint. (Martin recently ran the 1500m in 4:03 or something like that) when I climbed up next to the cliff I could see a control and decided to get lower again - wrong choice. The control hang on the upper end of the cliff and this saved the second place for Martin and me from a crucial sprint at the end.

Anyway. I'm happy with my run. It was a really nice sunday trip. Espen won, congratulation - I think he did an impressive race. I'll try again next year - then I'll keep the lead...

Primal Quest – the hardest race ever done...

2009-08-25T19:11:00.004+02:00

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It was my major goal for this year – finishing Primal Quest. The organizers claim that it’s the most challenging human expedition race. So far I can judge that – it’s true. We came to South Dakota without special expectations, I did some research about the most interesting things to do and see in the area but that was it. Mount Rushmore – with four American president’s faces in stone is probably the most known thing about South Dakota.

Well, back to the race. It started with a marathon through the prairie – followed by further foot orienteering. After that we faced numerous kilometres of gorgeous single trails and unforgettable cave orienteering. The two hardest sections for me were the long trekking stages which were both about 100k long. Due to wrong shoes I got blisters everywhere, changing socks, insoles and using body glide didn’t really help… Finally I got awarded “worst feet” from the medical staff after the race – sound really painful, but fortunately the human body shots down the pain after a while – thanks, I appreciated that a lot...

The highlights of during the race were definitely the amazing rope section. We faced a spectacular 100 meter jumar, 3 very exposed zip lines and 3 80-100 meter rappels.

Another unforgettable experience was when we biked cross the prairie right in between wild hordes of buffalos and many other animals – looked like in Madagascar 2 – no joke! – There we also chased a huge buffalo down a single trail – it was a bit scary in the beginning but it seemed that our bad smell banished the bull hehe

Later in the race when we biked back from the (also) amazing Badlands we had to stop once in the middle of the night because a huge herd of buffalos decided to cross the road in front of us – we stood still for several minutes (!!).

Once all of them passed, they just seem to stare at us – chilling feeling when hundreds of reflective eyes are concentrated at you….

The end of the race caused us some problems – we lost our Roadbook while repairing a flat and all together we lost about 3-4 hrs by looking for it. Without that we might have ended up in 5^th spot, but actually we are also really happy on the 7^th. It’s more about getting to the finish and that’s what we did.

The days after the race are now quite special. The body is stuck in deep tiredness, plus that blisters all had to be opened and disinfected. Also both legs swell up and take some time to get back to normal. All of us walk around in robot style. I’ve still not gotten back the feeling in the tip of three fingers and also some of the toes are not 100% fit. I guess, it might take a few more days before I can get back to normal…

My goal before the race was to get to know myself and my team mates better – I’d say that I did so. I got to know many things about myself. For example didn’t I know that I could sleep while walking, paddling or being in the water. I almost fell asleep during biking, but fortunately nothing bad happened. Furthermore could I figure out that my body works pretty well even if I just had 2hrs of sleep. I assume that’s because of the orienteering job I did all the way. So I had to pay attention and be focused. During the end of the first long trekking I could work with my pain threshold. Blisters in combination with my shin tendinitis made each step remember able. I just told myself – you just made 5minutes with the pain and it didn’t get worse, so you’ll make another 5’. I continued several hours with this tactics. It worked, yeah

Coming to the finish was really nice. Lot’s of people were cheering for us and shared our happiness, both at home via our blog and in Rapid City. It’s a nice feeling to have finished a race which is such a challenge and kept my attention for several months. Now I’m heading home to relax. No further plans

links:

our Blog from Primal Quest

Primal Quest

Pictures from PQ photographer

Some of our pictures

Primal Quest is getting closer...

2009-08-03T11:20:00.004+02:00

About 11 days to go to this year's highlight. Primal Quest in South Dakota. 960k of wilderness. I'm looking forward to it. These days are busy - preparing the last things - equipment, food, checking the area as good as possible, getting familiar with the weather there, etc.

Here are some pictures from there - seems to be quite nice ;-)

Rapid City is on the upper right part (find the little yellow flag)- there the start and probably the finish will be. In addition there are three more marks on this picture: Mount Rushmore is famous for the four presidents in stone. A similar monument is "Crazy Horse" a bit further to the vest. Harney Peak is the highest top in the Black Hills with 2207m - which seems to be a really nice area. Lot's of wilderness. Further to the south east there is the Wind Cave National Park. 280k of caves. We'll get to know some of them at least ;-) Even further to the east the nature changes totally - Bad Lands National Park - pure stone, no shadow. Can be tough to "run" through. Especially after one of the common thunder stroms which transforms the clay into a really sticky, heavy mass. mmmhh.
Here are the Bad Lands... Up and down - everywhere...
Great view from Harney Peak - somewhere in the Black Hills. I guess, we'll get there too.

World Cup in Oslo

2009-06-28T06:09:00.003+02:00

After 2 weeks without any running I started with 20' on monday earlier this week. No pain - which was nice. So I continued to increase the work load every day a little bit. On wednesday I ran the model event and managed already 1h orienteering without problems. Let's say - the leg was ok but the orienteering was far from that ;) My feeling for distance and direction were gone and I struggled with several controls.. nice training!

Thursday the Model Event got already better - still no problems with the leg. I tried to run some controls fast which worked out quite well, but I never felt fast, rather tough in both my legs and brain.

Friday: Middle Distance. It was my first orienteering race in weeks. The timing wasn't perfect neither was the selfconfidence. I stopped several times short before the control finding out that I actually was right, nevertheless the time losses were huge even without big mistakes. I ended up on 60th place (of 94) 9:50 down on Carl - who made an amazing race! Respect.

Saturday: Long Distance. I had mixed feelings before the race. What should I do? Run? If yes - the whole course? Full? Take it easy? Next friday I'll start the next Adventure Race (Explore Sweden Monster - ESM) what if my leg starts hurting again? Will I recover from a hard race within 6 days and does it actually make sens to run when the shape is bad and WC points seem out of sight?

I ran all. I got eager during the day and thought if the leg starts to hurt than it's nice to get to know now because the chance that i comes back during ESM would than be very high (I can't rule that out anyway). The race was nice - I enjoyed it. 29 degrees, 14.5k. Several times the group I ran with made small mistakes in into the controls - I didn't join their extra loops and thereby I gained some places which was nice. One control (to 13th) I again had the feeling that they were wrong and followed my own plans - and missed the control. I got tricked by an "open" white nose - so 3min were gone... the remaining 7k I ran mostly alone. Physically I felt good ( in respect that it wasn't so fast ;) until the end. I just got several blisters on my feet - but nothing serious. Finally i ended on the 64th place. Whatever.

Now it's time to reload and prepare the final things before ESM. There we'll race over 1069k - expected time for the winners is estimated with 4d 5h... let's see

Unwanted break...

2009-06-13T10:24:00.000+02:00

Instead of getting nervous before Jukola's first leg I'm sitting at home. The reason lies in a tendinitis down in my shank which I carried away from the first Adventure Race in Sweden. My body actually felt really well after the 52hours race, but that wasn't the whole truth. Carbohydrates and proteins can be refilled quite fast whereas tendons need some more time to recover after such great efforts. I started to train too early so the tendinitis got worse and stayed even longer.

After several days without running I headed already off to the airport but just minutes before I got on the train to the airport I cancelled my starts at the NOC and Jukola. Ellen Moen (medical doctor) and Siri Hagman (physiotherapist) confirmed my presumption and advised me to

rather take a break straight away instead of extending and enhance the risk for a long lasting tendinitis.

mmmh.

BUT - there are lots of positive sides as well! I get healthy, can do other stuff, relax mentally and physically, get organized before we move, etc. A couple of days ago I used the time and went white water kayaking for the first time. It was fun! White water kayaking is part of Explore Sweden's adventure race, so I'd have to practize it anyway.

By the way, I survived without further injuries ;-)

Definition of Fun: Merrell Challenge

2009-06-13T09:59:00.000+02:00

Our Adventure Racing Team organized Scandinavias probably funniest adventure race last weekend:the Merrell Challenge in Oslo. Vigleik did an amazing job organizing everything during the previous weeks (action plan, mystery events, great prizes, promotion stuff, etc.) so that the more than 50 teams could really enjoy the event!

Shortly summed up what the race was about:

The race took the teams through an 3-4 hour adventurous course with many challenges. The course was kept a secret until one hour before start. A total of 5 laps and 10 mystery events challenged both the physics, the team work and the mind. Several of the mystery events were impossible to pass unless the three team members worked together.

The 5 laps were: 1. Mountainbiking, 2. Navigation, 3. Paddling, 4. Mountainbiking and finally 5. Adventure Run. All laps started and finished at the “Merrell stadium”. Between and during the laps the teams had to solve the mystery events. These consisted of:

Carrying one team member who got the feet strapped together
Passing/climbing a log obstacle
Passing a soapy/slippery wall/floor
Pass a river using a cargo net which was stretched by use of a wire
Transport a log over an obstacle
Roll a tractor wheel around a short and hilly course
Svimming
Wading
Crawling through watery pipes
Mud crawling

It was great fun to watch the teams! Enjoy the pictures!

Date for 2010 event is set to June 12^th. The goal is to double the number of teams to 80-100 teams.

www.merrellchallenge.com - with all the details, results and pics.

Media echo after Tieto Enator Adventure Race

2009-06-13T09:10:00.000+02:00

>Per Christian, me, Vigleik and Lina<

My first adventure race together with Team Merrell Haglöfs Multimania at the Tieto Enator, also called Open Nordic Adventure Racing Champs turned out to be a really nice success. Both for me personally and our team.

>perfectly organized just an hour before the start <

My personal goals were to survive the race. I was very curious about who my body would handle this challenge. I was in charge to navigate all the way which was a nice duty with much responsibility. During the first kayak stage I had to select the route choice over up to 15k of open water which I've never down before.

> never padled that long or far before in my life<

Considering wind and waves has never happened in the forest so far :-) it worked out well. I struggled more with the partly poor map quality due to missing essential information which resulted in two mistakes up to 15min time loss (not that much compared to 52h competition time though).

>Our TA - Transition Area - really cool!! - me last, as usual ;)

The race itself was really cool, we faced lots of different challenges starting actually already the days before the race coz of missing or late arriving equipment and has still not ended - like the tendinitis in my shank. Down under u'll find a selection of some pictures - there are more to see on my web album.

>Linda and Vigleik try to get up<

We received lots of media attention after the race, which was really nice! I added some of the links below:

http://www.ostlendingen.no/article/20090529/SPORT/773278809/1108#

http://www.friflyt.no/index.php?pagenr=12&articlenr=57033

www.kondis.no 2 articles. one at the frontside, one on the side of "Hedmark" page.

http://www.sleepmonsters.com/racereport.php?page_action=rep&race_id=6828&article_id=5825

>down the waterfall or carrying the damn heavy boats one 1k?<

>Tired? I recommend a cliff jump at sunrise - that opens your eyes!<

>27000kcal later...<

If you want to see more pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/zweagnase/TietoEnatorRace#

Sommer Plans..

2009-05-14T14:07:00.000+02:00

It’s been a while. Well, i’m still alive and right now i do what it seems that I can do best – I travel. More accurate, I sit in a plane from Oslo to Trondheim. I do this in average once a week – but actually I don’t want to think too much about it coz I might figure out that I travel far too much…

What has happened since?!

In sports: I started my orienteering season in Sweden, Training and Tiomila. I continued it in Trondheim with several Sprint Cups and more training sessions and I’ve almost finished it it already too. Why? Adventure Racing rules now!

This year I’m part of the Norwegian Multimania Team. We’ll start at three races in from May until August – which will be enough ;) In May we’ll do the Nordic Championships in/around Karlstad in Sweden – it’s a 'easy' 50h race . After some weeks of relaxing – which is actually not really true – because I’ll be testing Skis with the Biathletes and Cross Country Skiers up in high altitude in the middle of Norway. From there I’ll head straight to the Nordic Champs (in Orienteering, this time). Jukola will also take place this year… and two weeks after that it’s World Cup in Oslo on my schedule.

That was June.

In July:

EXPLORE SWEDEN. An adventure race over about 1000k… should take about 1 week or something like that. I guess, I’ll get to know some new sides of my body there ;)

Later in July Line and I will take some vacation somewhere. For me mainly sleeping probably…

And in August Vigleik, Per, Linda and I will conquer the USA – or more accurate the ECO PRIMAL QUEST. That’s our main goal this year – another exhausting adventure race in South Dakota. 600 miles, unsupported – means we just have one box each with equipment for the whole race and no one to prepare some food, fix things or help us with anything. We’ll make it.

Anyway, Training goes good. My body get’s used to long bicycle rides up to 5h and my dreads are still in shape. I like it.

… Yesterday I got my new favourite play mobile – Specialized Expert Carbon. Looks beautiful. I took a little ride – it convinced me, I’ll keep it. Furthermore, my swimming improves – due to my kayak training – I spend at least as much time in the water as in the boat… I have hopes that there won’t be too much waves during the kayak sections of the adventure races… I mean 80k… that’s too much to swim ;)

My study also doesn’t stand still – it’s at least the reason why I know almost every flight attendant from Norwegian Airlines… nice guys, by the way.

..My other favourite activity at the moment (besides eating) is looking for apartments. Line and I have to move out from the Student apartment by the end of June. She finishes her study soon and I’m no student longer myself, so welcome to the real world. We have been to some apartment showings, but haven’t found the right one yet… We’ll also make that ;)

links:

Explore Sweden

Eco Primal Quest

Tieto Enator Adventure

Climate change even here...

2009-03-16T17:19:00.000+01:00

That's what we were doing - and enjoying a lot last sunday! I'd say - not that bad...

When we left the car I thought that I might should take a short sleeve shirt with me, but well after just 5 min when we came to the sun I didn't regret anymore missing a short sleeve one - we just took off almost everthing we had. It was fun - never had such a trip before. The airtemp wasn't that high - but the sun, its reflection and zero wind were enough heating - despite the workout itself ;)
The time passed amazingly fast - it felt that we just walked 15min - but it was well 2 hours or something like that - the view the chat with friends made me forget that I was actually walking up a hill. Anyway, now I'm back at university - still healthy and I a bit more colour in my face - and the rest of my body - there is really no need to travel south to get a nice tain ;-)
By the way - the trip was near Oppdal - 2hrs drive from Trondheim - the top is called Okla. For the ones who care.

Avalanche controll...

2009-02-24T19:37:00.000+01:00

So funny - I got up a bit earlier this morning - yersterday I rented backcountry skis & skins for a special price - I told them that I'd return everything already at 8 in the morning again - so I just had to pay 25$ which is about 150nok or 18€ or whatever - they looked at me a bit strange in the shop (it was 8pm when I rented the stuff) - anyway, so I got up at 4:45 - drove to the hill and started my tour at 5. Once I switched on my headlamp, but I didn't like what I saw - fog and a mix of rain and snow - so I switched it off again ;)

After 90min I got to the top of the ski lifts - on the way there i received a textmessage from Tobias with the results from the Sprint in Liberec - thanks a lot - increased my motivation and the smile in my face - so after I made already 1200m climb a snow mobile stopped next to me. To guys smiling at me and asking where I planned to go "up to the top of the lift"..which I saw a bit further away. They asked me if I saw the sign .. I was just 50m away from them - could read what was on them, but the shape was a clear hint ;)
So I figured out that they were from the Avalanche Controll and had to check out everything first. So then - I reached the "top" earlier than expected. Anyway, it was fun!
Or actually - the fun came afterwards.. I stopped by at the top station of the lifts on the way back. There I saw 4 coaches from the Canadian Ski Team - they just arrived up there with some drills and equipment. All in nice Canada jackets... Well ,so there I come - norwegian beenie and jacket - from the opposite direction. They looked quite surprised i'd say ;) I just said Hi and left again..
On the way down I had to make a movie - so that you can see how much I enjoyed the trip ;))
Tomorrow again - the plan was actually to climb both Blackcomb and Whistler Mountain (that be 2500m climb) but then I should have started at 3:45 - to be back for breakfast in time... a bit too early... (but I'm thinking Adventure Racing - so now the time doesn't matter any more - I have to get used to perform 24/7 anyway ;)

..wanna see the downhill ?! click here!
more news later...

Endlich kürzere Haare die nimma ins Gsicht hängen

2009-01-19T16:22:00.000+01:00

Sodala, so schaut's aus jetz!

Lange hat's gedauert, aber seid letzter woche sind Haare wieder kürzer! Und ganz ohne dass sie geschnitten wurden ;) Dafür sind's a bissi verfilzt... halb so wild, hab mi scho dran gwöhnt.
Das Foto hab i übrigens im Hotel Liberec gemacht - war von Freitag bis Sonntag dort um mit Knut zusammen die WM Strecke zu checken und a bissi zu testen. Hat sich ausgezahlt - hoff ich zumindestens...

2008-12-13T17:29:00.000+01:00

Mehr Weg als daheim...

2008-12-02T05:54:00.000+01:00

Nach einem kurzem Zwischenstop in Trondheim sitz ich mittlerweile schon wieder wo anders. Östersund - the place to be. Die Biathleten könnens nimma erwarten und fangen diese Woche mitn Weltcup da an. Am Mittwoch geht's los mitn erstn Bewerb. Wir sind halt jetz schon da - so wie die meisten Teams.

Muss auch sagen, es is lässig da. Woifi - könntest dir überlegen!

Die Zeit in Trondheim hab i a ganz effektiv genützt. Geburtstagsfestl, Uni, Kamera, Langlaufen, Ausschlafen, gut essen und Zeit mit Line verbringen. Das wars. Und weil i jetz endlich wieder Fotos machen kann kommen jetz gleich welche ;)

So richtig finster wird's da heroben nie! Jedenfalls nicht wenn man neben dem Biathlonstadion wohnt. Dann macht man solche Bilder ohne Blitz ;)

Das sind zwei der Wachsler beim Testen. Tom Iad und Thomas, für die die's genau wissen wollen...
Das Mikroskop, mein Freund und Helfer ... damit schau i mir die Schneekristalle an..
So schauen die Loipen da aus. A bissi weiter links is das Zielgebiet.

So schaut da Schnee grad aus. Wie jeder deutlich auf den ersten Blick erkennt is er recht trocken, dazu kantig. Luft bei -6C u 90% rel. LF; Schnee bei -5.2C. Kunstschnee, teils umgewandelt mit Naturschnee, ebenfalls leicht umgewandelt... der Raster is übrigens 1mm

Hu og Hei

2008-11-04T10:42:00.000+01:00

Sodala, spät aber doch..
noch ein paar Bilder aus besseren Zeiten :)

Da geht's dahin. War vom Prolog für Hu og Hei... hab da souverän alle einheimischen verblasen, wie sich's ghört!

Sensationeller Sonntag

2008-10-26T22:22:00.000+01:00

Wow, strahlend blau, warm, einfach herrlich.
Zerst daheim aufgeräumt, Rennradl startklar gemacht und dann 2.5h gemütlich entlang vom Fjord. Sensationell. und ich keine kamera.. mmh. würd gern ein paar Bilder posten, aber da muss zuerst entweder ein neues handy oder ähnlicher her.
Bin eh schon am schaun.
Am Abend dann, Vanillekringel, Boller und Brot gebacken - wow - so guad! Morgen kommt mein mädl wieder ;)
ois guade
felix

home alone

2008-10-24T18:15:00.001+02:00

meine tage in der letztn zeit sind recht eintönig.

Aufstehn - frühstückn - zur uni - heim von d uni - vielleicht trainieren - weiterarbeiten - vielleicht was kochn - schlafen.

das könnt ich in eine endlosschleife hängen...

momentan bin ich grad nicht so motiviert was zu trainieren. ausser klettern, das macht mir gerade am meisten spass. allerdings lässt meine armkraft sehr zu wünschen übrig... naja, wird schon werden.

im november geht's dann wieder los. aber vorher sollt ich noch schnell 150paar ski analysieren und an 2 anderen projekten weiter kommen... mmmh

geht dahin ... jetzt steht mal arbeitn am programm

2008 erledigt...

2008-10-11T15:23:00.000+02:00

Staffel heut war ok. Kerschi als erster raus und fast auch rein, hat den letzten Posten 20” gesucht, sonst wär ich auch als erster raus. Spielt aber eigentlich keine Rolle – ich war 7 mit Sichtkontakt zum Ersten.

Mein Rennen war solide. Keine Probleme, durch die Gabeln lief ich jedoch recht viel selbständig und nahm mir ein paar Sekunden extra bei den grünen Posten womit ich scheinbar auch den Anschluss verlor. 2 längere Gabeln in der zweiten Hälfte kosteten mich ca 90“ auf die kürzeste Gabel. Dadurch verloren Jarko Huovila und ich dann Kontakt mit den Norwegern und irgendeinen andrem. S’Tempo blieb trotzdem hoch und die letzten Posten kam dann noch Thierry vorbei – so simma halt zu dritt (Jarko, er und i) die letzten 4 Posten mehr gesprintet als gelaufen.

Bin zfriedn mit dem Lauf, läuferisch ok, technisch weniger als 1’ Fehler gesamt. Ich kam scheinbar als 10. rein.

Leider ging’s bei Markus nicht so flüssig, dazu hatte er halt mit den Schlussläufern zu kämpfen die teilweise utopische Zeiten liefen – Kramov 36’ (ich dazu 41’50“).

Was blieb war der 16. Endrang – ned Fisch, ned Fleisch. Top 10 hätten’s sein sollen!

Das war jedenfalls mein letztes (seriöses) Rennen heuer. Jetz hab ich die Nase voll. Mein linker Knöchel ist noch immer leicht unlocker von der Langstaats, dem gönn ich nun a paar Wochen Pause. Hab jetz Lust zu Klettern, Radln und vielleicht Yoga oder so was änhliches…

Dazu sollt ich die nächstn Wochen wieder mehr Arbeiten – am Dienstag geht’s eh schon wieder für ein paar Tage Richtung Oslo. Langweilig wird mir nicht.

Seas dawei..

Es geht eh

2008-10-09T15:04:00.000+02:00

Sodala, letztes internationales einzel Rennen heute - CISM Langstrecke und bestes Ergebnis im Jahre 2008. Guad so. Wir hattn knappe 14km heute, mit ungefähr 26 Posten (kann mi ned genau erinnern). Gestern hab ich ja mit meiner gloreichen Aktion abseits der karte ja alle Chancen in der Pampa vergeigt, aber heute sah's anders aus! Hab aus meinen Fehlern gelernt und mein Konzept (Richtung, Vorauslesen) den ganzen Lauf durchgezogen.

Ich könnt jetzt jeden Posten beschreiben, aber das interessiert eh keinen. Kurzes Resümee: Technisch interessant, forderte Konzentration den ganzen Lauf über, Brennesseln brennen noch jetz (und vermutlich noch einige Stunden) am ganzen Körper, Li Sprunggelenk is a bissi beleidigt, Lupe war fein, Kräfte da bis zum Schluss...

Etwas was speziell war: Ich habe meine Gelenksstützen vergessen. Bin ca 35min vorm Start beim Umziehen drauf gekommen - ok. Tapen. 1.5 Rollen waren auf den Beinen - das hielt auch. Durch diese unerwartete Aktion blieben mir dann noch ca 12min zum Aufwärmen - ich war jedenfalls augenblicklich unter Strom und hatte die richtige Spannung im Körper. Beim Start war ich voll da. Das war nicht das erste Mal dass ich durch irgendetwas vor dem Start plötzlich deutlich mehr Stress bekam. Ich finde das gar nicht so schlecht. Da passt man sich an und muss ohne zu zögern Entscheidungen treffen - wie im Rennen dann danach. Beim Start ist man dann schon mitten drinnen und verschläft ned den Anfang...

Egal, zurück zum Rennen. Es wurde der 18. Rang - ist ok. 6 von 7 Norwegern sind hinter mir, hehe ;) Es gab ein paar Kleinigkeiten - so 2min könnt ich schon noch wegkratzen von einigen Posten, aber davon kann ich nicht ausgehen. Ich merkte vorallem am Ende dass die Denkleistung mit steigender Ermüdung nachliess und ich auf Kerschi verlor (der mit Thierry und Hubmann unterwegs war)

Morgen dann Aquapark!! Da schlag ma zua...

links gibt's no keine...

Es tuad soooo weh....!!!

2008-10-08T16:50:00.000+02:00

Ein Männlein steht im Walde ganz stumm und still….

Unglaublich was mir heut passiert ist. Mitteldistanz stand am Programm, 5.2km. Wetter war perfekt, die Beine fühlten sich gut, mein Hirn auf die Aufgabe vorbereitet. Ich hatte mein Konzept bereit und hielt mich auch daran. Ich kam sofort in einen guten Rhythmus, Richtung, Distanz und Höhengefühl passten. Beim 5. Posten hatte ich bereits 1’37 Vorsprung auf Kerschi. Bis zum 7. Posten lief ich fehlerfrei. Danach kam die längste Teilstrecke. Ich wollte grob orientieren bis zu einer markanten Kombination von offener Fläche und weißer Mulde. Aber soweit kam ich nie. Ich driftete nach rechts weg, interpretierte offensichtlich alle Wege und Hügel, etc falsch und verließ mich voll darauf dass ich ja sowieso gleich drauf zu meiner Auffanglinie kommen sollte. Dabei war ich bereits außerhalb der Karte.

Wer schon mal probiert hat sich außerhalb der Karte wieder aufzufangen der weiß dass das ned geht. Ich hab’s probiert. Da kommt man sich recht verloren vor. Ich stand da rum und versuchte verzweifelt eine Weg, Hügel, Trockenrinnen-kombination auf der Karte zu finden – ned möglich, danach lief ich rauf auf einen offenen Hügel – selbst der war unauffindbar. Ahhhhhhh. Eine Schneisenkreuzung – wo ich ca 8’ vorher schon mal vorbei kam gab mir wieder Hoffnung. Teilzeit war dann 18:30, statt 7:30 oder so… Ich kann mich nicht erinnern schon jemals einen solch fatalen Fehler gemacht zu haben!

Was macht man nachdem man so was durchgemacht hat?

Weiter rennen, so schnell man kann.

Dachte kurz nach ob ich heulen oder mir ein Loch graben soll… Ich sah’s als Training – war neugierig ob ich trotz dieser Aggressionen wieder fehlerfrei weiterlaufen kann. Dazu kam, dass es ja eine Mannschaftswertung gab und ich prinzipiell ned aufgeb.

Das ging auch gut. Hatte bei den nächsten 4 Posten wieder bessere Teilzeiten als Gernot. Ein Routenfehler zum 13 kostete mir noch 90“ (musste auf allen vieren unter einem Dickicht durchrobben – sicherlich nicht die schnellste Lösung…

Meine Zeit war dann 41:10. Gernot hatte 31:15 und wurde damit 28.

Morgen dann… mit Hirn

Splits - ich war 6. beim sechsten Posten...

Fotos und Karte kommen bald nach

Milder Liptauer...

2008-10-08T08:48:00.000+02:00

Zerst MTB-O in Nida, jetz CISM in Alytus. Litauen steht heuer hoch im Kurs...

Gestern hab ich schon so lachen müssen, ich nach 4 Jahren wieder einmal in einer A-Garnitur. Herrlich. Lange Haare - so wie's sein sollt ;)

Die Eröffnung haben wir also bereits hinter uns gebracht. Nix bsonderes, nur lange Reden und fad herumstehen. Dafür gewannen wir gleich den Sprint zum Abendessen vor der ganzen Meute.

Heute wird's ernst, genauer gesagt in 25' steig ich in den Bus ein. Sollt noch packen und mich vorbereiten, aber das geht eh schnell. Kurzdistanz wartet auf uns! 5,2km, 15Posten. Flach, grün, etwas diffus. Karte schaut recht interessant aus - solange man Kontrolle hat wir's auch einfach, aber wehe man driften einmal ab...

Naja, Taktik wird werden: Richtung checken, Zeit nehmen und dann geht's dahin.

Mehr dazu dann später. Hier noch a paar links:

Alte Karte

CISM-Startliste

ÖSTM Staffel und Lang

2008-09-24T15:40:00.000+02:00

Ist zwar schon ein paar Tage her, aber noch nicht ewig...

Samstag war die Staffel MS - Sonntag die Langdistanz.
Zur Staffel:
Wir (das sind 7 ASKÖ Henndorf Läufer) haben vor der Staffel über die Aufstellung diskutiert. Geworden ist's die sichere Variante mit Warti und Kongen (Markus König) auf den ersten Strecken. Wir wussten dass unser 2er Team genausogut vorne mitlaufen konnte - so standen also Andi Rameder und ich gemeinsam in der Übergabe und warteten. Ich länger als er. Kerschi war schon 3' unterwegs bevor ich als 5. losstartete (wia a Gams). 3mal investierte ich 30-40sek. Einmal wegen umgefallenen Bäumen zum 2er, a direkte Route zum 4er und a fehlinterpretation zum 14. - was mich auch die Führung kostete - obwohl ich garnicht wusste dass ich zu diesem Zeitpunkt an der Spitze lag. Kerschi drehte nämlich eine (oder mehrere) Extrarunden bei seinem 12er - der war gegabelt und ich lief bei ihm vorbei ohne es zu merken. Zum Zuschauerposten kamen wir zur Freude der Henndorfer und zum schrecken der Pinkafelder Fans fast gleichzeitig - danach probierte ich nochmals bergauf die Lücke zu schliessen, meine Schenkel hatten jedoch andere Pläne. So wurde es eine weitere Silberne. mmmh. Ich hatte eine der längsten Gabelungen und die beste Laufzeit - das war ok. Trotzdem ärgert mich mein 40sek Fehler beim 14 enorm - ohne den hätten Kerschi und ich den Zuschauern sicherlich einen noch spannenderen Zieleinlauf bieten können :)

Die Lange danach
Fein war's. Ich konnte das ganze Rennen rennen, hatte 2 Gels dabei und die schmeckten gut ;)
Mein Rennen war nicht ganz optimal - zum 7./10./11./12. verlor ich jeweils zwischen 30-45sek und das wurmte mich - schon während dem Rennen. Ich fing mich wieder und lief konzentriert weiter. Später zerlegte es mich einmal ordentlich - mein linker Knöchel tut noch nach 3 Tagen weh (es geht schon viel besser) das hat interessanter weise mein Laufgefühl für einige Minuten total zerstört. Ich fühlte mich völlig unrund und langsam - es dauerte fast 2 Posten lang bis ich wieder die richtige Körper- und Muskelspannung spürte. Da konnte ich wieder beste Streckzeiten rennen. Am Schluss schaute ein dritter Platz heraus. 1sek hinter Markus Lang und gut 1:31 hinter Gernot. Was soll's gewinnen wollt ich, ich wusste dass es nicht leicht wird - ob 2. oder 3. spielt für mich keine Rolle. Das nächste mal muss es wieder schneller gehn :)

Hier geht's zu den Ergebnissen und den Routen von der Lang
sowie dem Ergebnis der Staffel

MTB-O á lá Zweagnase

2008-09-24T15:15:00.001+02:00

Sodala,
die MTB-O Welt kenn ich jetz auch. Am Montag bin ich nach den Wettkämpfen auf der Postalm durch halb Europa über Lettland nach Litauen gejettet - diese Woche nehme ich an meinen ersten MTB-O teil. EM zum einstieg, also schön locker.
Die Gegend ist sensationell, 2001 fand hier die Master-WM statt - ich war logischerweise ned dabei. Also zum OLn ein Traum - technisch sehr ähnlich wie Spanien und Portugal - sandig, Dünen, feinkupiert und dabei schnell belaufbar.
In meinem Fall - befahrbar. Heute war die Mitteldistanz. So um die 17km zum Fahren. Die Herausforderung für einen Fuss-OLer ist, dass er ziemlich stark umdenken muss was die Routenplanung angeht. Gefahren wurde mit einer 10000er Karte - also geht schnell dahin. Da beide Hände fest am Lenker sind kann man auch schlecht genau mitlesen - ein photografisches Gedächtnis wäre von Vorteil wenn man die Karte nur 1/10 sekundeweise wahrnimmt.
Naja, ich hab meinen Spass gehabt! Beim Startposten gleich von einem Absperrband eingeschüchtert fuhr ich im Wegegewirr planlos zum 1er , auch zum 2er und 3er war noch kein so guter Rhytmus da, aber danach ging's dahin. War sogar desöfteren schneller als Tobias :)
Der Rest vom Rennen war ok, kam mit den 2 Typen die hinter mir gestartet waren zusammen - a Schweiser und a Russe - die sind um nix schneller gfahren als ich. Das ist gut zu wissen.
Glück hatte ich auch zweimal: einmal war ich einige Minuten mit einem offenen Schnellspanner vom Vorderrad unterwegs (hat irgendwie geeiert, ich wusste aber ned genau was es war) und dann bin ich um ein haar einem Frontalzusammenstoss entkommen... puhh ein Typ kam mit ca 60 den Berg runter (Asphaltstrasse) und ich rauf - ich las die Karte, er vermutlich auch - jednfalls schrammte er an mir vorbei sodass das Kartengestell vom Lenker gerissen wurde. Die letzten 4 Fahrminuten war ich dann mit etwas Respekt unterwegs... wurde 27. oder so. Kapp hinterm grossen Bruder - morgen simma beide weiter vorn zufinden ;)
Morgen Sprint!! Freu mich...

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2008-09-07T00:05:00.000+02:00

Hei,
lange hat's gedauert - nun bin auch ich im Netz vertreten. Passiv war ich schon länger da, jetz werd ich auch aktiv am bloggen teilnehmen.
..fortsetzung folgt..