Preparing for Polish Champs part I

Polish Championships in Warsaw were of course very important event for me. I hadn’t expected  medal before the race, I’d just wanted to do a good race, how much it would give? I was to find out later.

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The beginning of the race was poor as usual, that is the biggest chance to catch up with the score in the future. On point four I had already 21 seconds loss to P.Parfianowicz, and 9 seconds loss to K.Wołowczyk. My decisions were too slow, but I slowly started to get going.

At point five, I’m not sure, which option was the best, but one thing is sure, it wasn’t mine. Basically, the strangest thing is that even though I had chosen a different option, at some point I turned right, and I had no choice, but to follow this way. I lost 21 second to Dzioba, and 8 seconds to the later winner. This mistake cost about 15 seconds.

The next important point was point seven. I was rushing on the stairs, which undoubtedly is my asset, but unfortunately I didn’t realize my conception. I turned into a street too early, and what’s more I got myself into quite a big crowd of people. Bad luck. 8 seconds loss to Dzioba, and about 15 seconds mistake.

The next part of the race, I ran more slowly, but more precisely, and I only hesitated at point ten, I lost 3 seconds on point eleven. Point 13 and 15 were the key ones. Especially I regret choosing bad option on 13^th, because it cost more. About 18 second mistake on 13^th, and 7 seconds on 15^th.

On the Nowe Miasto Market Square Lupek shouted to me, that it wasn’t so bad. I wasn’t wondering about it, but I wanted to accelerate, and to take some risk. And I ran faster, and faster, and faster… up to course from 18 point to 20… Already on depart from 16, trigger caught me, because someone took a photo of me, and I thought, that I would get disqualified, and I got into believing this disqualification. What’s more, I had badly folded map, and I didn’t notice course to 19^th. I regret this disqualification, however, it was a fight, and on sprint distance, I think I just have to take a bigger risk.

What conclusions can I draw after this race. In conclusions we skip disqualification. I lost/I would have lost 30-31 seconds. Is it much? For sure it isn’t little, but apart from weak beginning I lost about 1 minute, due to my mistakes. I won course to 18 point. So? Is it possible to fucking rush on sprint distance? Yes, it is! Was there a contact with national lead? Yes, there was! Was it much better than a year ago? Yes, it was! So I treat this race, now, as a starting point, as beginning of preparations for the Polish Champs, the champs, during which I will be much better prepared, for champs, during which I will punch all the points in good sequence : )

It is just a beginning!