Bohu & Robert & kids…

I usually don’t get bothered much if some “specialists” #1 or #2 get so smart and give you “hard” time over some discussions after all is over… How it should have been if and all that blablabla stuff.

Opening the world_of_o today in the morning (usually the 1st thing I do when launching the web browser) produced a nice grin on my face. My “baby” was chosen…

According to Bohu, I should write it in less complicated way, so here it goes:

- I was the course setter of that particular race
- I read some comments from the so-called-sprint-specialists afterwards, that it was so poor and all that blablabla shite
- today (22.12.) the H21E leg from that particular race was chosen as Route to Christmas: Day 22 2009
- which makes me satisfied!

Marry Christmas to all you O-freaks!

xmas time, 2009

xmas time, 2008

xmas time, 2007

xmas time, 2006

Thanks to the IBU, EBU, FIS, ST, SIWIDATA we still don’t need to have a telly at home, yet still we can comfortably follow any ski race on the PC… However, there is still some work to be done for the FIS in order to follow live-stream from the XC-races.

It is well known that the cyclists are tough guys, but they seem to be crazy as well!!! Orienteering in such conditions

from http://www.cyclingnews.com/

Why, why, why me???!!!

This question has been bothering my mind for recent days. Why on Earth do I have to be injured again?! When it all seemed that at last my legs will be healed. Is it that I’m a stubborn dumbass or is it due to a neglect while running on still injured (not 100% mended) legs, bad attitude, bad luck, predispositions, lack of professionalism, or anything else…??? Perhaps a fine mixture of all, I don’t know…

I went through my old training diaries, through my mind and started to count the days when I’ve been injured or somehow hindered from training by some pain. Well see for yourself below… (those days when I just twisted a bit and could run next day again or those when I felt some small pain are not counted though).

Year 2003 is nothing like that “luck” struck me at last or that some miracle had happened! The reason is that at that particular year I trained only about 170hrs. I was sooo fed up with running… I usually just trained intervals on Tue at Kupittaa, some long runs over the weekend, map from time to time, but most of the time I just sat on the sofa and watched telly, Bohdana could tell you However the 7th place at the Finnish Relay Champs or 2nd best time on 5th leg at 25manna isn’t bad either…

Luckily it’s ONLY sport, which nowadays doesn’t occupy 100% of my mind, just a bit less

and as long as these two little angels are healthy, and so is Bohu, I don’t care much…

Month ago I seemed to be finally at  the end of the looong tunnel, “everlasting” problems with my RIGHT ankle had been removed at last. New expectations, new high hopes…

Well after Friday’s little accident, I’m back in pitch black again! Yesterday I have undergone ankle surgery (LEFT), 2 torn ligaments. Now I have “Darth-Vader-plaster” stuck on my leg for 6 weeks, so hopefully by the end of January I’ll be walking normally… Oh yeah!!!

Definitely NO Jizerska 50, and I wonder whether I make it to Vasaloppet..

I just can’t leave it unmentioned…

If you don’t know Svihak, this should show what kind of guy he is. And if you know him, it just proves how he is…

2.11.09
mail from Svihak:
Hi dude, do you mind if I’d borrow your head-lamp?

Robert:
sure, no problem!

4.11.09

Time to fetch the lamp, pack it, so that I could hand it over to Svihak tomorrow (Thu). But it’s not where it used to be, I’m searching whole flat, but I just cannot find it! Calling people around to whom I’ve lent the lamp recently. Everybody seemed, that they had returned the lamp. I remember last time having the lamp was at 10MIla… Time to call Svihak

Robert: Hi, sorry dude, but I just couldn’t find the lamp so far… but I’ll keep searching. How badly do you need it? When is your race?
Svihak: Aha, well… the race is this weekend. OK, I’ll try to call somebody else.
R: Well, it looks that no one seems to be having my lamp. I remember having it at 10Mila, but then… Hey wait a minute, didn’t I lent you the lamp to Slovenia in June?
S: Yes, actually you did, but I returned it to Bohu.
R: Bohu, did Svihak gave my lamp sometime in June/July?
Bohu: Well, I don’t remember.
R: OK, Bohu doesn’t remember.
S: OK, I’ll have a look at my place anyway and I’ll let you know.

after a while SMS from Svihak: I have it So I’ll borrow it, OK?
R: OK

Yes, that’s Svihak!

should be…

As the doctor said, the ankle was a bit f….d, but now should be neat and clean, so ready to be f….d again…
Still three more additional injections of hyaluronic acid needed in order to boost cartilage regrowing.
So now just sort of “double-polling” with the cruthes, and hopefully some more real sport soon!

Anna goes to kindergarden in 1 month, being 3 years old. TIME FLIES!!! Unfortunately, that’s normal in CZE to go to kindergarden at that “late” age.

and Erik will be home alone with the baby-sitter…

Bohu is working and as she says, IT’S GREAT to be back working…

LIVE GOES ON…

Malinik

almost at Malinik

hope it won’t melt!!!

Comparing 25manna and CZE relay/clubs champs is like comparing apples and pears, yes it’s hard but still they both are fruits…

If running in/through the “green” or through absolutely boring forest plus enhanced with “challenging” courses should be the RELAY RACE of the season, then I’m most probably… Just see the maps below and make your own impression…

Luckily we’re still privileged to take part in 25manna and other races held in Scandinavia, which REALLY are like a remedy after last weekend CZE champs!

Maybe some day we’ll also be challenged here in CZE with more sophisticated approach. The potential is in fact huge, only to USE it…

HELL #I

HELL #II

results

HEAVEN

results

The 2009 season is finished, in 10 days operation, recovery and then double-polling starts… It’s only 92 days to Jizerska 50 and “just” 148 to Vasaloppet so I better be doing something already!!!

Makkara, yummy!!!

Bohu’s “on fire”, as always, me slowly getting into “it”. Season’s “CZE-autumn-highlight” just in 4 days and “NORDIC-autumn-highlight” just in less then 2 weeks, oh yeah!!!

Saturday's disaster by Robert

Sunday's "resurrection"

results & splits