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MiguelOrienteering
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It's a personal blog of a portuguese orienteering/athletics athlete.
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National team weekend
This season, we have some weekends with intense training camps with the National team. This was the first weekend, with 6 sessions. My legs were (still!) sore from the Thursdays training session (a new one to me: 10x skipping, squating, jumps + 200m ...
Iberian Championships
Toledo, a beautiful Spanish city, hosted this year's Iberian Championships.Middle Distance, 5,9K (120m), 41'39 - The greens were tricky. I started slowly with a big mistake to the 2nd (45sec). Bad option to the 5th, big hesitation to 11th with a mist...
Hate to be sick...
From times to times comes a round of virus between my colleagues at faculty. This time I was one of the victims. Last friday I got a Viral Tonsillitis......and after a weekend at bed, missed Sunday's "Nike race against Tajo river" that I really wante...
Tough weekend
4x700m Loops, a 3,6K chasing start, a 7,4K race and a night 4K relay was my Saturday training. Sunday, a 11K multi-technique course with a demanding final with Micro-O where I ran out of fuel.I just post the main trains3,6K Chasing start - It was a g...
Fatigue: Mental vs. Physiological
I've came across this interesting article from "The Science of Sport" (you may find it here). Is fatigue a result of our conscious "Anticipatory regulation" or a result of muscle impairment?It analyses some interesting questions like:- If it was all ...
2nd National Competition of the season.
This weekend was the 2nd National competition of this season in Alijó, in the north of the country.Saturday, Middle, 4,5K (185), 31'40 - I was satisfied with my performance. I did just a few mistakes on hesitations. Physically I felt well for a begi...
