----14.05.2008----

20080514-2100 : Maria Sá
Long distance national championship
After sprint and middle distance national champs I felt really motivated to prepare the long distance for the national champ. So I changed a little my trainning programme for this kind of distance. I also took part on two trainning camps always navigating on 1:15 000 scale, preparing long legs and also getting used to the hot weather that would be expected to the champ.Beside have been working a lot at med school I felt quite strong to the long distance and at 4th May at the start line I was per ...
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----05.05.2008----

20080505-1400 : Tiago Romao
It was not enough!!!
After some time without competitions I was completely focus to do a nice Relay and Long Distance Championships.In Thursday was held the Portuguese National Relay Championship. This year I ran in a senior team by my Portuguese club and I was really motivated.The terrain was not nice because it was very dirty and the options were almost through paths. I lost about 4' minutes in the 2nd control because it was not in the right place!:furious: However there was a worst thing! My team was dis ...
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----31.03.2008----

20080331-1600 : Maria Sá
NAOM maps and...NAOM 2009!
Finally I can show you NAOM maps! I'm very sorry but last week it was my surgery exam and I had no time to put here the maps before. Next year you'll have the oportunity to run on this kind of terrains at NAOM 2009.Sunny days and warm temperature make Portugal one of the best places in Europe for winter trainning. GD4Caminhos has the pleasure to invite you to NAOM 2009. The third edition will be at Alter do Chão and it is expected to be a huge success. Between 24-25 Jan ...
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----17.03.2008----

20080317-1500 : Maria Sá
NAOM...a kind of magic!
Were you looking for nice sprint distance races at stony florests or at tricky villages in Portugal? So you must had come to Naom! This year, also sprint and middle distance national championships, Naom was a huge competition held at Castelo de Vide, one of the most interesting places in Portugal for orienteering!The sprint forest race was at a tricky and stony place close to the small village of Povoa e Medeadas: 1:4000 scale, 2,2km, 22controls...I took it slow to the first control because it ...
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----13.03.2008----

20080313-2300 : Tiago Romao
Sprint and Middle distance National Championships
Last weekend (8-9/03/2008) took place in Castelo de Vide the Portuguese Sprint and Middle Distance National Championships. My weekend started on friday with two trainings in two differents maps in the region that had been used in a competition last year.The Sprint Championship was composed by two races: in the morning in florest and in the afthernoon urban in Castelo de Vide village.For me this was a good competition, however in the morning I did one big mistake: the two first controls were very ...
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----27.02.2008----

20080227-2200 : Maria Sá
Trainning Camp in Évora
Évora was the chosen place to my last trainning camp. Preparing to sprint and middle distance national championships I went to Évora from 22-25th february. Trainning program:Friday:evenning - 120min of indoor trainning at Arraiolos.Warm-up, running drills, reading map exercise, strength training and stretching.night - 50min slow running Saturday:morning - middle distance trainning- 6,3km, 17controls (without compass)- São bartolomeu do Outeiro IIafternoon- long distance tra ...
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