Tájfutás race (Hungarian Relay Champs) 25:00 [4] *** 4.0 km (6:15 / km) +150m 5:16 / km
(injured) shoes: Integrator 2008
Got to run in the Relay Champs, as Attila's injury didn't get any better. I bought a new pair of shoes the day before and had to run in them, since I didn't have a normal pair with me. I was dreaming about a long jog in the mountains but had to step in at the last moment.
Hocskey ran a bit below expectations and we were abot 5' behind the leading teams. Right from the word go, I didn't feel the power in my legs to push hard. A route-choice mistake to 3 and a big steep climb to 5 didn't make it any better.
Running to 8, disaster struck. I slipped on a wet branch and hurt one of my bones just under my knee quite badly. I was shouting for a couple of minutes and couldn't move. Some more minutes later, I decided to try to continue (since it was a relay). I limped another 3 controls, but then however I realised that there was no point in continuing this nightmare. I was about 60% through the course and we were losing valuable time. So I decided to quit the race. Limped back to the finish and changed over to Celin (who ran a blistering time by the way).
It was a shame that I had to give up, but this was the right decision. 4 days after, I'm not sure if I'd be able to run, but it hurts a lot less.
Futás warm up/down 15:00 [1] 1.0 km (15:00 / km) +10m 14:17 / km
shoes: Integrator 2008
Long wait to Hocskey. Not surprised to do nothing afterwards.