One week of quality sportman-life is once again history and I'm sitting on a computer and preparing myself for tomorrow's examination (one article of 15 to read). Wonder why I'm always starting the reading too late and have no time on this evening either..?
Well, last week was effective regarding to studies as well, but I had time to enjoy the pleasures of Anttolanhovi and Finnish Champs on ultra-long distance as well. We ate well in Anttolanhovi and I did some good training in nice terrains as well (map below). On the other hand, Minna was sick all the time and the spirit was not that high due to that. On Friday, we had to face the fact that it's only me who travels to eastern Finland.
Finnish Championships on ultra-long distance is a nice case. Especially this year, because the terrain was beautiful, map perfect and the courses (by Simo Martomaa) challenging. And interestingly, the physical side of the performance - the inevitable fatigue - is in some sick way enjoyable, at least beforehand and now, one day after the race. And finally, this type of exercise often gives you a big supercompensation for some reason.
You can find some words from the race on the training pages, so I won't tell more here. Just that, it was a nice trip, two guys were better than me and I'll try to win again on next year in Kortesjärvi! Now its time to quit and do some real studies again. The next happening on o-scene is Finnish Team's WOC training-camp in France and we'll have two "showing races" on next weekend as well. They should be very relevant regarding to WOC 2011. Rock rock!