Official Miroslav Adelaide 2019 660x4002xSix weeks at the other end of the world passed like water. During the international training camp connected with the research project Supernova 4, directed by the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), pedestrian Miroslav Úradník learned about the kadeč. What's more, he takes home three personal records. He made two 10m in the oval in Canberra - first 000: 42 min, then 21,37: 40 - and one 43,73km (20:1:23) last Sunday in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge) in Adelaide. In the second tens of thousands, he even won the scalp of the reigning world champion for 46 km Colombian Aréval or the Olympic winner for 20 km from London 50 Australian Tallent.

"The training stay in Australia was just as difficult for me physically and mentally," admits a 22-year-old talented young man who was recommended to participate in the camp by the Olympic champion in the 50 km walk from Rio de Janeiro 2016 Matej Tóth. "The demanding training program in severe climatic conditions has been supplemented by a high-carbohydrate diet with a number of blood and functional tests, which has sometimes exhausted more than the training itself."

In addition to the Breznian native, a participant in the 20 km race at last year's European Championships in Berlin, 4 to 21 pedestrians from all over the world, plus domestic Australians, were preparing in the Supernova project in the Canberra camp. Experts have investigated how different diets affect sports performance.

"I have to say that the model of winter training in the Australian heat has succeeded. I have never done such large volumes of kilometers when I attacked more than 160 kilometers in the penultimate week. I managed trainings in a large group much easier than if I had to prepare myself. It pushed me further, " says Miroslav Úradník, the fourth from the junior competition at the European Cup 2015 in Murcia, and at the same time admits: "But I'm glad the camp is coming to an end. I am very much looking forward to returning to Slovakia. I experienced the longest separation from family and girlfriend. The demanding preparation multiplied those six weeks. "

Matej Tóth, a pedestrian champion from the past, also trained in a similar Australian camp. In 2011, one of the Slovaks found himself alone in it, a year later, two of the then national teammates, Anton Kučmín and Miloš Bátovský, also flew with him to the opponents.

"I evaluate Mir's training stay in Australia positively, he managed to uncover record volumes and intensity. In training, he significantly strengthened, passed a number of tests, improved his personal highs to 10 and 20 km from full training, but mainly gained new valuable experience in training the world's pedestrians, which, I believe, will benefit in the next career. " hopes the current coach of the Dukes of Banská Bystrica Matej Spišiak.

Text: GABRIEL BOGDÁNYI