Bertuks 1st in 1st leg!! Congratulations!
His minds after race from bertuks.com
Although there are bigger events waiting to be won, for a moment it really felt like conquering the very top. I can’t call back nor there has been a day with such diversity of emotions I experienced during night of big relay. Anxiety, self confidence, confusion, despair, hope, relief, thrill, greatness – for a moment it was all mine. But where did it all started? My guess – at moment when team was decided and I was chosen to run first leg. At first it came as bit of disappointment since I was preparing to run last leg, but on the other hand it made things lot easier for me because first leg doesn’t take that much preparation and I was able to keep my focus on training for upcoming WOC races. Another significant moment was watching first leg finish of Venla relay and Merja Rantanen leading with more than one minute gap. My team mate Janis Krumins must have seen that sparkle in my eye so he tried to convince me (I think I don’t have to tell you how wrong he was J) that I „shouldn’t even dream about this, in Jukola it’s impossible”, but it was too late – I had already seen myself running over that bridge with my hand up. Just as always, I had thousands of plans how to behave during my run, but it was all sorted out soon since I missed first control by 2 minutes and lost half minute more on 3rd one. „It’s all gone now” I thought for a moment, but there was still some faith that kept me going. I did quite brutal running out there for a while and therefore I apologies for everyone who had to experience any kind of violence. I cached leading group at half of my course, but wasn’t sure if there were any runners ahead of us. Decisive part was forked long leg and following two controls – also forked. So all it took was one decision (lot of guts, a little vision). I choosed my own way and run pretty much straight at last part of long leg and saw Kiril Nikolov again near my control. After that I was alone till end of my run and tried my best to keep calm and in control. I can’t really describe you what I felt when I crossed that bridge, but I hope everyone has got their own dreams to try on and succeed same feeling. Simple as that! For those who have no idea what I am talking about, please, watch this: http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1548183 I would also like to say my deepest apologies to all the ladies, girls, moms and probably some boys as well about fact that I am (well, we are) getting married.
His minds after race from bertuks.com
Although there are bigger events waiting to be won, for a moment it really felt like conquering the very top. I can’t call back nor there has been a day with such diversity of emotions I experienced during night of big relay. Anxiety, self confidence, confusion, despair, hope, relief, thrill, greatness – for a moment it was all mine. But where did it all started? My guess – at moment when team was decided and I was chosen to run first leg. At first it came as bit of disappointment since I was preparing to run last leg, but on the other hand it made things lot easier for me because first leg doesn’t take that much preparation and I was able to keep my focus on training for upcoming WOC races. Another significant moment was watching first leg finish of Venla relay and Merja Rantanen leading with more than one minute gap. My team mate Janis Krumins must have seen that sparkle in my eye so he tried to convince me (I think I don’t have to tell you how wrong he was J) that I „shouldn’t even dream about this, in Jukola it’s impossible”, but it was too late – I had already seen myself running over that bridge with my hand up. Just as always, I had thousands of plans how to behave during my run, but it was all sorted out soon since I missed first control by 2 minutes and lost half minute more on 3rd one. „It’s all gone now” I thought for a moment, but there was still some faith that kept me going. I did quite brutal running out there for a while and therefore I apologies for everyone who had to experience any kind of violence. I cached leading group at half of my course, but wasn’t sure if there were any runners ahead of us. Decisive part was forked long leg and following two controls – also forked. So all it took was one decision (lot of guts, a little vision). I choosed my own way and run pretty much straight at last part of long leg and saw Kiril Nikolov again near my control. After that I was alone till end of my run and tried my best to keep calm and in control. I can’t really describe you what I felt when I crossed that bridge, but I hope everyone has got their own dreams to try on and succeed same feeling. Simple as that! For those who have no idea what I am talking about, please, watch this: http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1548183 I would also like to say my deepest apologies to all the ladies, girls, moms and probably some boys as well about fact that I am (well, we are) getting married.
