The 1st attempt to keep blog

The Best WOC-Middle

2012-07-18T12:06:00.000+03:00

Uf-f...
It was really physically hard for me. I began the race with safe route choises. Tried to keep good rythm.
But I became very tired vey soon. I knew that I need to fight and never give up.

I tried to find the most simple way to the 7th controll. On this way I've got something in my eye. I became little blind and I couldn't see 3D picture. I couldn't undrestand what I am running on. My pace falt down for the rest of the distance.

But still I had good attack-point for the 7th controll. I ran into the forest and found a cable. It was TV-control cable. I realize it but you never know where TV-control is placed. I checked compass direction and it it showed me little to the right then I've been running. Then I've got to the road :-(. After punching the 7th I fidgeted and make one more mistake on the next. I saw Pasi Ikonen's back and became more dissapointed.

Then I have been just running and picking the controls. No big mistakes. Actually no mistakes. But I couldn't run that fast. Everything under my feet were afull obstacles. My eye is still not well after about 20 hours.

Now I am very happy to make the best result in WOC-middle I ever had! It is nice! I will go for top 10 next year and for the medals in two years!!!

The results and GPS-tracking.

WOC2012 Middle Q

2012-07-17T10:10:00.001+03:00

The middle qualification suposed to be very tricky. I haven't been confidense about it.
I've started quite nervous. But then it went better. I made some small mistakes during the race. Of course I wasn't satisfied.

The result became a big surprise for me. Now I am loading for the final. The terrain will be more complicated. It means that I need to focus even more.

WOC2012 Long Q

2012-07-16T11:12:00.001+03:00

After EOC in Sweden I felt quite confidense about long distanse. I knew that I have enough physical and technical parts to qualify to the final.

Then I've started. The race didn't look very difficult. But I knew: there are a lot of small green areas that can be by very tricky. Actually we had some controls in they. I made few small mistakes due to these small greens.

The transportation between the controls was simple to very simple. The terrain wasn't physically hard but I am still not that good in running. I pushed myself forward all the time.

At the last control. I ran out from the forest to punch the last control and I had heart just one word: "go-o-od".
The spurt was the tuffest part of the race. I've ran overspeed but the finishline was so far. I crossed the line and falled down to take a rest.

The 12th plase. It sounds quite well. But the results in my heat were so tight. Only 30 secons devided me and the false.

Sydsvenska 7-manna

2012-04-06T22:29:00.004+03:00

The competition is finished. So there is a time to anylize it.
IKHP is the 2nd best!!!

All the relay has been indefinite. After the first 3 legs IKHP has been in the leading group. It meaned that I will start on good position today (pursuit based on the 3rd leg). When I came to the competition center I checked a start list one more time. Yes! I should start only 2 seconds behind Henrik Laas from IFK Göteborg.

He has a bit shorter forking on the first control. So he has got advantage in the beginning.
Matti told me to make my own orienteering. Some controls and I am leading again.
I decided not to rush and then I has been just holding position.

I made my orienteering clearly again and let Oskar begin his race on the first position.
All team made the best. It was really good competition for all team.
The ladies came also on the high 2nd place!

Results

The article will be updated

Brest analysis

2012-04-05T15:50:00.003+03:00

The competitions in Brest have been remembered by fast races and unnormal cold weather.

All competition days I have been working clearly. I didn't have any problems at the relay and sprint events. They were held in typical urban zone. So orienteering has been simple.
Sprint map

The long distanse.
The snow and rain have been making this day difficult for runners.
I dressed all underwear I had. But still it was cold. In the end of the race I have been really suffering. The punching the controls and working with a map were difficult beacause of my frozen hands. The brain was refusing to work.
But I made the race without any big problems.
Long map

Now I am prepareing for my first competition in Sweden.
Follow 7-manna through the internet.

The season is beginning

2012-03-21T14:10:00.000+03:00

The snow has gone away. And the forest is waiting for new achievements.

The first event I will take part in will be in Southern city Brest.
There is the first event of Belarussian Cup. The selection for EOC 2012 is connected to it.

Then I begin my Swedish trip. I am planning to take part in following orienteering events:
- Sydsvenska 7-manna
- Kolmårdskavlen
- Bauernatta
- Silva League
- Stigtomtakavlen
- Silva League
- Silva League
- 10-mila !!!

I have already put 15 control points to get ready for day and night competitions.

SM. How it's made

2011-09-20T10:52:00.001+03:00

I was so proud to be a competitor on SM this year. So I want to share my feelings with my O-friends.

I am writing about competitions from technical point of view. How it looks like for athlete. I do it for Belorussian O-functionaries. I hope it help to increase the level of organisation the competitions in Belarus.

Read story in Russian

SM 2011 Relay

2011-09-18T23:54:00.000+03:00

Relay of Swedish Championships

I was very positive despite to yesterday's fail.
I was running the 1st leg for IK Hakarpspojkarna 2. To the 1st control I couldn't run so fast with other runners. That's why I choose safe route for me. But it have already gave me +2 minutes.

The rest of distance I have not big problems. Just when I've taken other route choice to the 19th I have got into the river and I fell down in water. I became so cold I couldn't almost run.

MAP.
RESULTS.

SM 2011 Middle Final

2011-09-17T21:32:00.001+03:00

Fail.

The article will be probably updated after.

MAP.
RESULTS.

SM 2011 Middle Q

2011-09-16T21:01:00.000+03:00

Swedish Championships (SM) Middle distance.

Qualification.

The nervous before the start was out of the scale. I thought I need to get calm. But at some moment I decided that charged nerves are better than "light" and they carry signals better, and I have done nothing to it. I had in my head that I'm starting with Joakim Hederskog in a same heat and we will displace each other from the finale, of course I was afraid of him.

A tactics for today was to look at the compass and to look at the compass.It's simple. But the terrain wasn't so simple. In addition I had to run-jumping with stops. It was only the way not to lose myself. :-)The only mistake I had was on the next last control. I ran little above, and 15 meters too long, but I was lucky, I was able to find the way and take it. Many good runners have made a mistake on this control.We can say that I have been lucky.

MAP.
RESULTS.

SM training

2011-09-14T23:14:00.000+03:00

So...

Today's evening had to be examination for me. There is SM this weekend. I have to be patient about my skills and physical conditions.

On the map you can see...
4. Route choice is not the best.
5. I just have not seen the control in the vegetation. I've got to the small opened hill.
6. It's new cut area right at the control. So I get into parallel.
8. The small crook I have got because of I have seen on a compass too quickly. It turned me.
12. I will not say the reason. It will be the exercise for my team mates.
13. I have tried to make it strait. I have not seen the O-flag immediately.

2011 SM long F

2011-09-13T10:42:00.000+03:00

The next day should be very interesting. The course length is 13,3 km and the terrain is more hilly. Due to yesterday's result I started in the beginning. And it means that I will not see the paths of other runners.

The tactic for the final was the same. I began very easy, probably too easy. And than I have got good contact with the terrain and the map.
After the 1st long leg I took a drink and I became totally unfocused, I haven't a direction, I didn't know the object To find. +2 min.
I have refocused myself and made good route choices without any problems. Even I made some best split-times. :-)
Analyzing my race I can say that my resources were empty by the 11th control. The leg to #12 is about 150 meters. But I have done a terrible mistake. My brains weren't using logical solutions. On the way back to #11 I met Joakim, following him I was surprising. We were running exactly the same route I have run some minutes ago. The control was just behind the bush. :-(
I tried to follow Joakim, then Mats Troeng. And it totally killed me.

I was thinking to brake the race but I decided to finish it. **
The rest part of the race I walked and jogged. I haven't mistakes any more.
And I finished my first SM!! :-)

MAP.
RESULTS.

** - the experience I have got when I was 12 don't let me brake the races, never.

2011 SM long Q

2011-09-12T23:37:00.000+03:00

Last weekend I have been running the most important competition in Sweden.
Swedish Championships (SM) Long distance.
There are 2 days of competition: qualification and final. The competition were held in Alingsås, Västergötland.

Qualification.
The terrain of qual race were quite easy physically. It was 8,4 km long. But of course some of controls were tricky.
The main goal for this day was make my usual orienteering without focusing on the speed. So I have made the most safe route chooses. In the result I have got good race. I've got to the final.
I was really happy. It possible to compare the final on SM with final on WOC.
Tomorrow's race should be longer and tougher.

MAP.
RESULTS.