ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderMihai de Media\u015f \u00ee\u015fi plimb\u0103 b\u0103tr\u00e2na biciclet\u0103 pe la mai toate competi\u0163iile de mountainbiking din Rom\u00e2nia. Eternele probleme tehnice – num\u0103r record de pene, lan\u0163uri uzate, schimb\u0103toare obosite, etc. – nu-l \u00eencetinesc niciodat\u0103. Merge a\u015fa repede c\u0103 nici nu po\u0163i s\u0103-l prinzi \u00een poz\u0103 a\u015fa cum trebuie.<\/p>\n
Goana dup\u0103 adrenalin\u0103 \u015fi vitez\u0103 l-au dus \u00een Bucure\u015fti, la startul Primei Evad\u0103ri, de unde ne trimite acum ve\u015fti proaspete. Mihai, ai leg\u0103tura.<\/p>\n
Cu c\u00e2teva zile \u00eenainte de start m\u0103 sim\u0163eam destul de \u00een form\u0103 \u015fi motivat, \u00een ciuda temperaturilor \u015fi a noroaielor de afar\u0103. O scurt\u0103 vizit\u0103 la un atelier de biciclete \u00een Media\u015f a \u00eenceput s\u0103-mi mai taie din elan. Verdictul? Dac\u0103 termin cursa cu lan\u0163ul \u00eentreg pot fi foaaaaaaaarte fericit. Hmm… asta \u00eenseamn\u0103 c\u0103 nu m\u0103 mai duc la nici o recunoa\u015ftere, de team\u0103 s\u0103 nu r\u0103m\u00e2n f\u0103r\u0103 biciclet\u0103 \u00eenainte de start. Astfel c\u0103 ajung s\u0103 plec din Media\u015f abia s\u00e2mb\u0103t\u0103 diminea\u0163\u0103, cu \u00eenc\u0103 doi amici \u00een ale biciclitului (Puiu Paul, Vali Seicean).<\/span><\/p>\n
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So I only got to Bucharest on Saturday and found nice weather and a lot of merrying. Lots of people were gathered at the registration, taking photos, filming and generally having a great time. But in the afternoon the clouds started to gather, and by night fall it was raining cats and dogs. Interesting, I said to myself, as I took what for me was an unusual decision \u2013 which was to relax and enjoy the next day competition no matter what. There was still one thought that kept bothering me: what if I had to run to the finish line, or abandon? None of that happened, fortunately.<\/span><\/p>\n
Come Sunday, the weather is cold and ugly. Still, a lot of people. I chat a bit with my friend Laura and then decide to warm up and bike around the contestants. I talk with Tudi and then meet other friends who had finished the Moeciu marathon, in the snow, the day before…. This people are something else, I tell you…<\/span><\/p>\n
I meet up with Daniela Dumitru and we go for a proper warm up on the national road. The rain means we are quickly used to the wetness, but not to the mud and all the other trouble we\u2019re about to face. Still, we get a decent warm up and get back to the start line minutes before it begins. I try to get a place in the front, not only because it saves time, but also because the trail goes much more sour with more bikes that pass.<\/span><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n
3… 2… 1… Start! Pornim \u00eencet, dar dep\u0103\u015fesc c\u00e2\u0163iva \u015fi \u00eemi g\u0103sesc ritmul de start. Repede. Foarte repede. Totu\u015fi, nu reu\u015fesc s\u0103 dep\u0103\u015fesc cum a\u015f vrea. Intr\u0103m \u00een p\u0103dure \u015fi… \u00eencepe distrac\u0163ia. \u00cen c\u00e2teva minute trebuie s\u0103 dau jos ochelarii aburi\u0163i \u015fi plini de noroi ca s\u0103 pot vedea \u015fi eu ceva… Noroi , vitez\u0103, b\u0103l\u0163i, c\u0103z\u0103turi (\u00een acelea\u015fi b\u0103l\u0163i). Nimic nu lipse\u015fte. Dar e fain… e tare fain. M\u0103 bucur c\u0103 noroiul e ud \u015fi nu se lipe\u015fte cum m\u0103 a\u015fteptam.<\/span><\/p>\n
Cursa a fost rapid\u0103 \u015fi nu a fost timp de medita\u0163ie \u015fi de visare prea mult…. mai ales c\u00e2nd \u00eei sim\u0163i pe ceilal\u0163i sufl\u00e2ndu-\u0163i mereu \u00een ceaf\u0103. C\u00e2teva imagini, momente care mi-au r\u0103mas puternic \u00eentip\u0103rite \u00een memorie: \u00cen fiecare CP m\u0103 sim\u0163eam motivat c\u00e2nd \u00eei vedeam pe cei ce st\u0103teau \u00een ploaie \u015fi ne \u00eencurajau;<\/span><\/p>\n
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- Nu\u015fu (venit \u015fi el de la Maratonul Moeciu) venind din spate cu al lui \u201dF\u0103r\u0103 fr\u00e2ne! F\u0103r\u0103 fr\u00e2ne!\u201d;<\/span><\/li>\n
- Trenule\u0163ul condus de Daniela \u015fuier\u00e2nd pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 mine pe segmentul de asfalt pe care mi se p\u0103rea c\u0103 merg foarte repede… \u00een trena c\u0103ruia am \u00eencercat s\u0103 stau, de\u015fi sim\u0163eam pulsul prea sus;<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fe\u0163e de pescari care, probabil, meritau la fel de mult s\u0103 fie fotografiate;<\/span><\/li>\n
- Bicicleta de vreo 22-25 kile (exagerez, dar a\u015fa mi se p\u0103rea) \u00eenc\u0103rcat\u0103 cu noroi – curat\u0103 ar avea vreo 14 – pe care am dus-o \u00een spate c\u00e2teva sute de metri;<\/span><\/li>\n
- Noroi . Noroi cu frunze. Noroi \u015fi crengi. Noroi \u015fi b\u0103l\u0163i . Noroi \u00een \u015fan\u0163uri. Noroi pe potec\u0103 , noroi pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 potec\u0103. Aaa, s\u0103 nu uit\u0103m… nori, mult noroi pe cicli\u015fti \u015fi pe biciclete…<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Spre sf\u00e2r\u015fit, a se citi ultima treime a cursei, parc\u0103 e tot mai greu \u015fi apar ni\u015fte drumuri pe care bicicleta nu vrea sa ruleze. Ultimii 5 km sunt cei mai grei pe care i-am f\u0103cut la vreo competi\u0163ie. Ultimii 3 merg cu DFlorianu \u015fi e ok a\u015fa, oricum nu mai am putere s\u0103 trag. Ajung la sosire… S-a terminat, \u00eentreg \u015fi eu, \u00eentreg \u015fi lan\u0163ul… iuhuuu!<\/span><\/p>\n
Per total un concurs foarte reu\u015fit, \u00een ciuda vremii. Organizatorii s-au dat peste cap s\u0103 ne fie bine. \u015etiu ca vor fi \u015fi nemul\u0163umi\u0163i, dar asta e via\u0163a. R\u0103m\u00e2n \u00eenc\u00e2ntat de c\u00e2teva lucruri:<\/span><\/p>\n
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- Au fost oameni care s-au angrenat \u00een aceast\u0103 ma\u015fin\u0103rie infernal\u0103, \u00een ciuda tuturor condi\u0163iilor, oameni care s-au bucurat de ce le-a fost dat \u015fi cum le-a fost dat, f\u0103r\u0103 comentarii. Tot f\u0103r\u0103 comentarii, \u201dJos p\u0103l\u0103ria\u201d pentru ei!<\/span><\/li>\n
- Citind de tandemul lui Jeno cu nev\u0103z\u0103tor \u00een spate, ma g\u00e2ndeam la monumente , statui \u015fi modele (autentice) de oameni;<\/span><\/li>\n
- B\u0103ie\u0163ii \u015fi fetele care au alergat cu o zi \u00eenainte la Moeciu Maraton (\u015ftiu c\u0103 m\u0103 repet, dar asta e, a\u015fa simt \u015fi punct);<\/span><\/li>\n
- Statul la coada la sp\u0103lat bicicleta \u015fi pove\u015ftile aferente… pastele, cortul cald, Mihai \u015fi Christi venind cu ma\u015fina dup\u0103 mine…<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Cum spunea Hora\u0163iu C\u00e2mpian: \u201dUn concurs memorabil. Pentru finisheri v\u0103 asigur c\u0103, dac\u0103 era uscat tot, era doar o tura prin p\u0103dure. A\u015fa o s\u0103 fie o amintire pentru ani de zile!\u201d. Pentru o via\u0163\u0103, a\u015f ad\u0103uga eu.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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