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21. 04. 2008
Horrible April we could call this period. In last 14 days mappers had only 2 days without any rain. Nevertheless, "Foldi & Nagy mapping band", managed
to map some new sq meters (not kilometers, unfortunately) of very interesting terrain. In the southern part of the map we even had some surprises in form of
very stony ground and dense ground forms. So the last stage might not be so fast as initially expected, afterall. As it seems right now, in Men Elite
class the winning speed on 4th stage will be around 6min/km and on the last stage probably around 7.5min/km ...
The really nice point of this map is that it will be very white. There are practically
no green or yellow areas and the visibility in most places is simply superb. The
path network is of medium density, but it is important for ambitious runners to
be aware of the fact that many of the footpaths are rather hard to see and sometimes
even difficult to follow at high speed.
Then, there is still another good point of this area - it is full of Bear's garlic..
So, we eat this plant constantly and that might be the reason we're still healthy
in these rainy days. Perhaps our breath is so bad that even bacteria
won't come close to us ...
Perhaps a bit slower than initially expected. But still fast for a Slovenian karst area.
On 27th the 3 Czech mappers are coming again to Mala Lazna and then we will write more about that terrain.
20. 03. 2008
So, the 1st deadline is behind us. We are, of course, happy with the number of competitors and especially with the fact that many runners who came last year are also coming this year! This must be a good sign :)!
All competiors/clubs who entered the race before the first deadline have received the bank transfer information by email. In case you haven't received this message and you think you should have, contact us! As written in
the email, all the runners entered in first deadline should make payments before 31st March, otherwise they will have to be regarded as second deadline entrants!
The next deadline is on 1st of June. Competitors entering in the next deadline can pay the fees either in advance or at the event on their arrival.
The hostel at the event center is fully booked. No more bookings are possible until further notice.
Lately, the weather in Slovenia has been strange, to say at least. Sun, warmth, snow, cold, rain, wind, sun, fog, snow, sun ... just about all you can imagine.
BTW, did you know that almost 60% of Slovenia is covered with forests? Two shots taken these days ...
And during these strange days we
hosted the French national team on training camp, with all their best runners, Gueorgiou, Renard, Gonon, Dodin etc. They have tried quite a few different areas, amongst others
they also trained on some OO.cup terrain! Unfortunately, this also means they will not be here in summer ...
14. 02. 2008
The first deadline is approaching fast (1st March). Regarding the frequent question that we receive by email - all runners/clubs enrolled within the 1st deadline will be invoiced by email
in March.
We realized that users of Microsoft Internet Explorer were unable to see the main banner of this page. This is now corrected. Sorry, you had to watch the big black square for so long :) ...
Terrain of stages 4 & 5. For sure one of the fastest mapped karst areas in Slovenia.
22. 01. 2008
We updated the Accommodation and
Side Activities sections! Click on the left menu. Note that we have 30 rooms in the student dormitory right at
the Competition Center in Ajdovscina. Details are here..
Branik castle - some 15km from Ajdovscina
15. 01. 2008
Online entries
You can now use online entries.
13. 12. 2007
Mapping in December!
Tempo of updating this page has ceased a little bit in the last weeks, but that doesn't mean nothing is happening with OO.cup. On contrary,
our main mapper, Istvan Foldi, has arrived recently to Slovenia and is now working on the Blatnice map. He enjoys the work quite a lot,
partly due to very nice open forest and partly because of good speed of work that we have. FINALLY, we are really lucky with the
base map and the work goes unbelievably fast comparing to what we were doing for 2007 edition of OO.cup. So, a map sample and a snapshot
from terrain ...
Blatnice
Blatnice
04. 10. 2007
Orgasmic-O!
Martin has finished the first round of mapping. When asked about his 10 days experience in Mala Lazna terrain, he
said: "The terrain is really beautiful and mapping there is like ...I don't know ... Like some kind of orgasmic mapping!"
Well, if a mapper enjoys it so much, we're quite confident that you will like it as well! Here are some samples of our brand new area:
Mala Lazna
A little more of Mala Lazna ...
In the next round a group of Czech mappers is coming and almost at the same time we expect our main mapper, the one and the only Istvan Foldi!
Hopefully the snow comes as late as possible in Primorska region.
28. 09. 2007
As you can see the last link on the left menu, we have opened the OO.cup forum. Feel free to use it!
24. 09. 2007
Martin Lejsek has arrived to
Slovenia and started with mapping of Mala Lazna area. Weather forecast is not the most favorable for the next days,
but still we hope that Martin will be able to work well. As soon as we get some new map samples we will publish them for you to see.
Martin has lots of experience with karst terrains, as he has made quite some square kilometers in Slovenia and was one of the mappers on the
legendary map Stonah (used for OO.cup in 2002, 2003 and 2006), which was one of the most difficult maps mapped in our country. He has
also helped with last years' OO.cup.
21. 09. 2007
Costella sponsors OO.cup in 2008!
Costella
14. 09. 2007
Hello!
Some information for OO.cup/08 is added to the subpages! You can now get a picture about the terrain (link stages) and the area where the races will be held (link whereabouts).We
will update the page regularly adding new map samples, pictures and some interesting information about the race and things more
or less connected with it.
We have started with mapping in August. A little part was done and the rest will be mapped this autumn and next spring. The mappers' team
is the same as last year: Istvan Foldi, Martin Lejsek, Zdenek Sokolar, Honza Drbal, Roman Horky and Ivan Nagy.
So stay tuned for more and see you next year in Slovenia!
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