Lara's race - Oplenac, Topola

Today orienteering caravan was in Topola for Lara's race (in memoriam of our friend's daughter Lara) and National Championship in short distance.

Well, how to describe today's race... 3600 meters and 28 control points ....

I was very confident after starting the race untill 11th control, while I was going toward 12th control I went in wrong direction, loosing about 30 seconds.  Controls from 15 - 26 were in the loop and running on 16th control I made big mistake - more than 4 minutes, but it wasn't end with mistakes. I made some mistakes on 19th, 22nd (searching for next control number), 25th totaly lack of concentration and out of focus. Thank God my agony was over.. Results
36:17 minutes makes me very unsatisfied today and I need to push harder with my trainings from tomorrow. I can't find the word to describe how I feel now...

And again I forgot to turn on my gps device at start...

Definitely this wasn't my weekend for orienteering, but that is how you do when you fall in love :) or maybe it is because of my long hair :)

Smederevo - NC sprint

Today in Smederevo was held National Championship in sprint. Weather was quite good for running, except the wind.

I started the race very hard, but on second control point I made an 8 minutes mistake, that is unacceptable at sprint race. I couldn't be better than 14th place in my category. I can be very satisfied with my running after the 2nd control. I had made some small mistakes on 4th and 8th control point and bigger mistake on 5th control. At the end 2600 meters for 23:42 minutes and no comment for that. Grrrrr.... Overall results are here.

I have forgotten to turn on Garmin and my track is not from the start, but on the picture above is my hand draw route.

Next weekend I'll take part on a competition in Hungary - Postas Cup

Dan čistih planina i Banat open

Prethodna dva vikenda sam učestvovao na dva orijentiring takmičenja Dan čistih planina u organizaciji PD Pobeda i Banat open u organzaciji PSD Avala.

Dan čistih planina

Teren na kome je održano takmičenje se nalazi između Rajca i Ravne Gore. Na stazi, koja je bila dužine 4,6 km sa 17 kontrolnih tačaka i sa dosta visinske razlike (ovaj podatak nije bio iskazan) zauzeo sam 1. mesto. Bilo je dosta primedbi na regulrnost takmičenja nedostajale su dve kontrlone tačke, postavljene kontrole nisu ogovarale opisima. Rezultati.

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Banat open 

Veoma interesantan, uglavnom otvorem teren za trčanje sa peščanim dinama,  uvlama i brojnim rupama. Staza je bila dugačka 6,4 km sa 18 kontrola. Trku sam započeo sa manjom greškom do 1. KT, da bih zatim 4. KT pretrčao za nekih 100 - 150 metara. Do 12. KT sam išao veoma dobro, da bih na 13. KT izgubio nekih 2 minuta tako da sam sa vremenom od 45:46 minuta zauzeo 3. mesto sa zaostatkom od 2:31 minuta za prvim. Rezultati.

Ovim takmičenjem sam završio sezonu 2009 na 4. mestu u ukupnom plasmanu u kategoriji M 21A, čime definitivno nisam zadovoljan, jer mislim da sam mogao i bolje. Ali nakon sedam godina pauze mislim da je i ovo ogroman uspeh. Učestvovaću na jos par trka u Srbiji, koje se boduju za Ligu Beograda i možda na nekoliko trka u inostranstvu Kaloča i Juniper (Mađarska), 5 dana Istanbul i Trst. A nakon toga malo odmora i zimske pripreme za  sledeću sezonu. Možda i u elitnoj kategoriji :).

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Blogeri - Vokri i ja

WOC 2009 - dream team Miša, Vokri, Ugor i ja

Borsodi vitamin :)

WOC & Hungaria cup 2009

"Before we leave, my advice is

Put away your electronic devices.

Fasten your seatbelt, then put your trays up

Press the button to make the seatback raise up.

Sit back relax have a good time

Its almost time to go, so I'm done with the rhyme.
Thank you for the fact that I wasn't ignored
My name is Radjoni, welcome aboard!!"

I am packing my bags for the trip to Miskolc, Hungary where will be the World Orienteering Championship (WOC) and Hungaria Cupa as public event from 16 - 23. august.

Hungary here I come!!!!!

EYOC & KOPAONIK OPEN

Last weekend on Kopaonik, ski resort in Serbia, was held EYOC (European Youth Orienteering Championships) and Kopaonik Open (as Public event). I participated in Kopaonik open in M21A class among 18 other competitors. It was my first time running on Kopaonik, usually go there in winter for skiing.

First day - long distance Kadijevac

The first day race was 8000m long with 21 control points on a quite techicaly difficult terain for orienteering. I made several big mistakes and at the end I was 36 minutes behind the first and very dissapointed how I had run that day. Also I twisted my knee, but it wasn't serious as I thought at the first moment. I was able to run two others days, but a little bit slower.


Second day - Middle distance Markov kamen (Marco's rock)

The second day race was 3600m long with 18 control points and my running was slow but much precise than on the first day. I was 13 minutes behind the first, but much satisfied with my map reading.


Third day - Sprint race Pajino Preslo

Sprint race was 1800m long with 15 control points and I made few mistakes around 5 minutes total and reached 10th place with 7 minutes behind the winner.

Complete results are here.

Lesson learned: In the next period I should more concentrate on my map reading and try to improve it for the next competitions. I'm planning to participate in Hungaria Cup, public event during the WOC and do some more trainigs to improve my technique, both running and map reading. Next competition in Serbia is on Zlatibor at the end of August and it sholud be very interesting. Also very interesting and demanding competition will be near Paraćin at the beginning of September.

Until then I will go to Hungary for MTB Orienteering on 25th-26th July.

Uhh, this is my first post in english and I'll try to put more words in next one.

MTBO Segedin, Mađarska

Od početka ove godine, po glavi mi se motala ideja o učešu na nekom MTBO (MTB Orienteering) takmičenju u toku ove godine. Prva prilika koja se ukazala je bilo jedno takmičenje krajem aprila u okolini Vesprema u Mađarskoj, a kako nisam uspeo na vreme da se organizujem (nisam uspeo da nađem još nekog ko bi želeo da se oproba u ovom sportu, a nije mi bilo do toga da sam prelazim toliki put) ta prilika je propuštena. I onda sam na internetu pronašao poziv za dvodnevno takičenje u blizini Segedina. Brzo je pala odluka o odlasku i organizatoru sam poslao prijavu mail-om. Udaljenost Beograd - Segedin (od oko 200 km) mi nije problem da je prelazim sam, kako se kasnije i ispostavilo.

Par dana ranije sam u bicikl servisu pored moje zgrade zamenio slik gume sa gumama sa kramponima, proverio kočnice i obavio potrebna podmazivanja, tako da je bicikla bila spremana za trku. Uspeo sam da nekako spakujem biciklo u kola i bio sam spreman za put, a čak mi ni kiša, koja je padala ujutru u Beogradu, nije pokvarila raspoloženje, niti me je pokolebala oko odlaska u Mađarsku. Dobra muzika sa cd plejera u kolima mi je bila jedino društvo do tamo, pošto ponovo nije bilo zainteresovanih za odlazak.

Prvog dana je bilo Prvenstvo Mađarske u sprintu, a trka drugog dana je vožena za IV MACCABI KUPA.

I na kraju veoma pozitivni utisci sa takmičenja, koje nadam se neće biti i jedino.

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