Michal "Bingo" Smola byl v této sezóně opravdu hodně vidět a tak se není čemu divit, že ho server World of O zahrnul mezi adepty na cenu The Orienteering Achievement of 2008. Jeho prezentaci si můžete přečíst uvnitř članku. {mos_sb_discuss:5}
V těchto chvílích vrcholí hlasování v anketě o nejlepšího juniora a postupně se objevují prezentace dospělých nominovaných. Sledujte www.worlddofo.com a nepropásněte šanci Binga podpořit v bitvě o toto prestižní ocenění (hlasování začíná 28.11).
Interview with Michal Smola
Give a short presentation of yourself.
My name is Michal Smola. I am 27 years old and I have been doing
orienteering since I was twelve. I live in the city of Zlin in the
Czech Republic. I am a PhD student at Faculty of Applied Informatics at
Tomas Bata University in Zlin. My hobbies are orienteering of course,
XC-skiing, cycling, photographing, travelling.
What was the highlight of the 2008 season for you?
It was the middle distance in WOC for sure. I ran a good race without
any major mistakes but I still could not believe that I was second. I
was so happy. And the fans, they were great.
I ran a good race without any major mistakes but I still could not believe that I was second
What is your thought about being nominated for the orienteering achievement of 2008?
I am very pleased with the nomination. I was quite close to a medal
from world championships in 2006 and 2007 too, so finally I won a medal
this year. Good results and also the nomination are some kind of
stimulation for continuing to train hard.
What are your main goals for the future?
My goals remains the same, to succeed in WOC. If I take it more
generally I would like to improve my orienteering. I know I can run
well and save in continental terrains but I have still a lot to learn
about running in other types of terrains.
Where is your favourite place to orienteer - where you would advice our readers to travel?
I like very much Mediterranean terrains especially when it is a
semi-open terrain with a lot of details, for example maps around Millau
in France. I also like very much Spain.
Can you describe your toughest training week in 2008
(day-by-day)? Did that have any specific impact for your great
achievements in 2008?
My toughest week was in winter. I trained almost 25hours but mostly on
skies. I think more interesting would be a week with running. Here is
an example of an almost 19 hours week just 5 weeks before WOC:
- Monday: Afternoon: Jogging 48min+running exercises 20min+full speed short sprints up-hill
- Tuesday: Morning: Warm-up+cool down 39min+10 times 3min fast/3min slow (asphalt) Afternoon: warm-up+cool down+jogging between intervals 33min+6times 5min steep up-hill in terrain fast+ down-hill orienteering 6times 4min
- Wednesday: morning: jogging 31min+strength 30min afternoon: long slow orienteering 164min
- Thursday: morning: warm-up + cool down + jogging between intervals 34min+4times orienteering interval 8min fast Afternoon: warm-up + cool down 20min + orientering middle dist. Fast 37min
- Friday: Morning: strength 20min Afternoon: morning: warm-up + cool down + jogging between intervals 33min + 10 times 1minute uphill fast
- Saturday: endurance training 257min in terrain in mountains- course with 1:50000 map, 2000m climbing
- Sunday: long slow orienteering 182min
I like very much Mediterranean terrains especially when it is a semi-open terrain with a lot of details
Are you a professional orienteer? How many percent is your
work/study that you do besides orienteering compared to a full position
- and how many hours do you train each year?
I am not a professional orienteer. I am a PhD student of electrical
engineering and I should graduate in August 2009. The PhD studies
includes not only studying but also work on research projects and
teaching, and the work load varies considerably. It can be about 80%
during a semester when I have to teach (October-December and
February-May) and about 50% in the rest of the year. The best thing is
that thanks to understanding of my boss I can be absent quite many
weeks.
Last year I trained 576 hours.
In your training: Do you put priority on running in the forest or on the road/track? What is your PB in 3000m/5000m?
I
put priority on running in the forest. More than 40% of overall time of
my running activities was orienteering in 2008. However, my training
week comprises fast road running sessions too. I ran my best time in
5000 this year and it was 14:56.
