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Letecká stovka 2024 (108km / 3600m+), Trenčín, 9.3.2024

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Winter 100k with spring vibes Last year, when I live-tracked the progress of Letecka stovka 2023 and then saw the photos full of winter chills, emotions and adventure, my little masochist in me said that he wanted to experience it too.  I counter that we don't like the cold, we can't stand so many hours in a snowstorm, wet, cold, blown by the icy wind. He says: let's wear a feather jacket, thick ski gloves, insulated leggings and waterproof overpants. Then we'll be fine 👌 Ultra-running is about finding comfort in discomfort. And this would be about stepping out of my comfort zone of discomfort. So I, the heat lover, am signing up. Photo: Peter Mečiar The starting line is filling up fast, as are almost all the races this year that have already opened their registration. Over the winter I try to train in any weather, in any conditions. The girls and I go running in High Tatras and wrestle in waist-deep snow. Sure, this we might find useful on Letecka   😂. I'm tryin

Javornícka 100 2023 (106km / 4158m+), Čadca - Lysá pod Makytou, 7.10.2023

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 Yeah, it's over now, but I can breathe somehow... What goes through a person's mind, when they stand at the start of a 100km race? What goes through their mind when, at seven in the morning, together with 200 other runners, at the sound of the starting gun, they set off on a 100km route into a cold autumn morning? They are ready, determined, prepared to run 12, 15, 18, 20 hours. The story of that day can take a thousand different paths and turn out in a thousand different ways. Today, we will all die a little and be reborn again, each in our own way. Čadca is still asleep as we run up the stairs from one square to the other, muscles still cold, body not warmed up. However, in the heart, there is a flame of togetherness and common adventure that we will all experience together but all of us a little differently. They say we should have our own republic 😅 I'm all for it. The cold city stairs and an estate pavement lead to wet single-track in the dewy grass. The dawn is glo