Edzésleírás

Kincsesbánya 30. Lat year I was 2.21, but last year was 300 metres longer. From the 1st checkpoint I ran with Nagy Mark the Oroszlány guy. Another guy also ran with us from the same point and we, or should I say I were only able to really shake him off on the cavalry in Bodajk. He had already shown he was weak on uphills as we dropped him on the steep uphill at the end of the Gaja valley but he was able to catch bak up to us while we were in the pub in Bodajk. It was very cold in the morning and i thought I was going to have to wear warmer clothes, eg. my winter gloves, for the first time this winter but in the end I didn't, although I did take my "Kings Lynn" gloves in my bag, just in case, but I didn't need them.  We got a banana at the first CP, but I purloined one more as the other runner, who was just in front of me in the queue didn't want one. We also got a muesli bar later which I ate, but the 2 bananas I took to the finish. Gyúri and Szilvi set off not long before me but we never caught them up and in actual fact there time was only 6 mins slower than mine which was 2.30 as I tokk my other watch as well. Mind you I would have been quicker in the Bodajk but I met the 2 Fehér guys and Mark wanted to drink some tea. We did catch up to Enikő who was running a guy who I recognised but don't know his name. I spoke to him at the end and he said they weren't pushing it with their time being 3 hrs and this I can back up as I was very surprised that we didn't see them on the out and back part before the final road section having only overtaken them just before reaching the lake. The big surprise was no Ps-ing. I never had to refer to the map. I was 11.31 kms for the first hour and I think 21 sth kms after 2 hrs so I was very surprised to be faster than last year. 6.28,5.01,5.21,5.18,4.54,5.23,4.52,4.40,5.01,5.23,4.56,8.30,5.36,4.52 (so the Bodajk pub is more than half way as this is 14 kms) 6.51,5.14,6.14,6.39,4.46,5.04,5.05,5.49,5.38,4.54,5.24,11.6 av.Basically my time was the same as last year, the only difference being I had already run 25 kms this week and last year I had only run 12.5 kms. Wore my Speedcross shoes. There were some minor changes in the route - the steepish uphill after Varjú vár didn't have the ladder anymore but a gate and there was a gate in place of maybe the only other ladder, after Bodajk. The other main change was in the path next to the reservoir leading to the last CP. That's now not next to reservoir and leads to to the top to avoid the concrete reservoir end. It turns out the name of the pub in Bodajk is the Gajavölgy vendéglő. Also I only realised yesterday that the uphill after the steps after the Alba Regia spring was different from last year.