MTB-O: Long & italian relay champs 
orientation is not a sport that ends with the race itself. It lives in rather different times that put together gives his unique and inimitable pleasure.
The race starts the week before when we run to read the press notice, to look for some news items, some piece of paper or some pictures that make at least imagine what we will wait for tomorrow. In the days before the race start to see the list of members before and starting grids and then so you can study our opponents and prepare the tactics to be adopted.
The night before (or more often on the morning of the race) is preparing the bag with all the paraphernalia of the case. Then meeting with his teammates (usually a cap and brioche at Bar Cusso there are fine) and transfer to the designated destination.
Now is anxiously awaiting the departure of long chiaccerate made with friends-enemies. A dangerous practice, which often runs the risk of me being late to start. What happens next is what is between start and finish and it's called competition. The competitive performance, a clumsy attempt many times, others run to the wrong destination designated holding a map of the race.
And then? Well one would say that it's over. And instead it is here that beauty. Already
refreshment meet opponents who reached the targets become friends again and you start to trade considerations and improbable paths marked on the map, comparing point by point with the package of split time just given to the tent of the exhaust. The restaurant will move soon to the bar where they await the awards ceremony and the sad homecoming. The weekend is over and with it the race ... And
But no! We have to download the results, compare the spits, a tour of all the blogs participating in the competition going to see the photo albums, training with his teammates continued discussions guidance.
a short notice may extend well beyond dell'oretta competition and normally can take the whole week previous and following the event.
You may wonder at this point the reason for this preamble. The reason is that some races are born and end with the race itself, without much information provided before or after many considerations. Others will remain alive and vivid in the minds of the East for a long time it sort of is racing dell'Erebus, or better-era team. An impressive website complete and current, and always funny and witty blog protracted the joy of the race even in the days to follow. More unique than rare, upon arrival at home, turning on the PC and I am already ranking and the splits of the race. A few hours later cards appearing race with the locations of major categories. The next day we already have the complete results of scores on the website of fixedly and two photo albums full of photos. So with the Er
Team that organizes, do not you go to a race of orientation, but you participate in a memorable event. Even more so in this case, which was set in motion an organizational machine so impressive for just 150 people who mountain bike orientation. And none of them practice and is particularly interested in this branch of our beloved discipline.
The two races that came out were very nice. The new laws permasso me to read much better than the competition map. The sometimes very rough terrain, has nevertheless been less treacherous (especially the second day) than I thought. To my great pleasure, since I'm not to much to go mountain biking. The relay race on Saturday was marred by a mistake at the second change that has made me lose touch with a good little train that could pull me to the finish. Sunday's race but it was much better. Although it has been decided on where I is long and the winner by picking a low we have trimmed the enormity of opponents who have gone to the point above.
At the end I can say I enjoyed these two days, which I can not always say of my racing bike. Especially on land too technical in terms of cycling In fact, I can not enjoy myself much. But at the Asiago alternative treatment techniques with other fast intrigued me greatly, making me rediscover that feeling with the MTB-O that I missed the race last year Fimon.
