Views from Gánt hills
Sport is a drug. And a hard one. I realized that once again during our training-camp in Hungary. Once you get caught, there's no way out. And in this case, the more you get the more you want. When everything goes as in movies.
In fact, when I was travelling to the camp I was somewhat lost, depressed and owned working heart rate levels of a teenager. I was once again thinking that what the hell is the reason to do this job. It's strange, because not more than month before I was on the track and beating like the swiss clocks in NORT2011. Towards new and new success, and having constant smile on my face. Well, then I got jammed. First physically, and then mentally. Finally both of them at the same time! My work (450h REAL working hours in four months...) with Master thesis finally took it's toll.
Occasionally things are from the a... Fortunately, in Hungary this was literally spoked, and only positive.
After I got tired, I stayed in bed for some days and slept well. After I felt strong enough, I started training but with really, really slow speed. That kept on going for three weeks and my only goal in life was just to "be". Pretty nice goal in nowaday's life actually, you should try too! I was physically active some 16-20h /wk, but as I said, the intensity was ridiculous low. I noticed hardly one positive thing: I had no pains in my body. In fact, I may have lost some irritations I have had for loong time.
During those weeks I didn't use too much time of thinking professional sports or my goals. Well, to be honest, I may have had some of my melancholic thoughts about losing everything and this is it. I should avoid that, because I am not very truthful to myself when thinking negatively. I didn't have too positive picture of my situation before travelling to Hungary, but once we got there...it started to go all well..:
First training: could run in forest
First race: could run all the uphills
First hard training: could run the same speed as the others
First taining-camp (summa summarum): I am hooked on orienteering again.
Route choices are not yet perfect...
Next: own EOC-camp Mora/Falun 28.-31.3 + visit on Stockholm region 1.-4.4 (Solna OK's Aprilskämtet on 1.4). And then 7.-15.4 WOC2012 -camp in Switzerland...I am so hooked.
Best spring regards,
Pais
PS. It's not always good to be hungry...