Prague walking watch - photo gallery

Prague Walking Watch 2019 (1)      (photo by Miriam Stewart)

Prague Walking Watch 2019 (2)      (photo by Miriam Stewart)

Prague Walking Watch 2019 (3)      (photo by Miriam Stewart)

Prague Walking Watch 2018 (1)      (photo by Miriam Stewart)

Prague Walking Watch 2018 (2)      (photo by Miriam Stewart)

Prague Walking Watch 2017           (photo by Miriam Stewart)

Prague Walking Watch 2016           (photo by Miriam Stewart)

6th Prague Walking Watch 2018

Date:  20.10.2018          (leaflet in pdf)  

Place and start:

• Olymp Prague
  Ministry of Interior Sports Center
  Behind the Imperial Mill 1063/5; Prague 6
• Athletic tartan oval (400 m)

information:

Registration at:

    https://www.sportt.cz/register/721

Entry fee:

• Entry fee 150 CZK / 6 € for competitors registered via the Internet. It is possible to pay either in advance or on the spot. Participants who do not register in advance will pay the full entry fee of 300 CZK / 12 €
• Children, teenagers and juniors entry fee does not apply

Time program:

10:15 o'clock

3000 m pupils, youth
5000 m youth veterans

11:00 o'clock

Watch - Group B women and veterans

12:15 o'clock

Watch - group A

Race evaluation:

• Results announcement will be performed immediately after the race on the stadium.
• Rich caloric and non-caloric snacks will be provided free of charge throughout the day for all competitors and their entourage 
  
  

By bus No. 131 to the stop Goethe (bus runs from station metro A Hradčanská), then walk according to the map.

By car around Holešovice Exhibition Grounds to the street Behind the power plant, around park Stromovka almost to the end of the street Behind the Imperial Mill.

General information

• The event is organized with significant financial support from the company SMOLA KONSTRUKCE PRAGUE and partial financial support from the company RENTIO
• The organizer does not guarantee for the personal belongings of the participants
• Competitors of all categories start at at your own risk (with all the consequences that this entails), youth up to 18 years on responsibility parents or legal guardians. The organizers recommend all participants to enter the race in their own interest after appropriate preparation av good health and to undergo a medical examination. The organizer does not insure the starter.
• Changing rooms, toilets, showers, refreshments in the area

Facts, figures, forecasts

Start lists

Lukáš Gdula did an excellent 20:38 minutes on the 5.000m walk on the track during the extraleague in Ostrava

Nathan Bonzon champion Swiss 2018 on 10'000m

At the Arena Sportiva de Tesserete (TI), the Championships between 10'000 m men and 5'000 m women are two of the two medal athletes who will meet the conditions of the time limits, indicated by the organizer Daniele Albisetti of the SAL marcia.

Nathan Bonzon (CM Monthey) at 51:10 in the title Champion Swiss with 300m adventure on the Czech Republic Josef Smola and two adventure tours on his coach Olivier Bianchi (CM Monthey agent medal), just here of the limit of 1 hour, in 59:46. Cédric Bouele (Delémont Athlétisme) is a fifth class and third Swiss in 1h09, but has a limit on medals.

The podium in Tesserete [Stefano La Sorda]

Women from 5 meters, competing on the day of the Italian Madeleine Svae (ASD Polisportiva Olona) at 000:28, Helen Baptiste (CM Yverdon) and Birtukan Bouele (Delémont Athlétisme). 

A design marks the same. The 2nd day, on the coast, of this "Due days of the Capriaschese marriage" has been annulled by the insignia of the participants.

Complete search results on our site, all of the championships in Versoix the previous week.

Posted by JG

Origin:                                          Vision of Walking 2020 (leaflet .pdf)

Vision Walk 2020 was created on the basis of completely unsatisfactory results of the pedestrian team at the EP in Poděbrady 2017. Vision Walk 2020 wants to use the long-term support of ČAS in the excellent organization of Poděbrady at the world level and transfer this extremely successful event to the pedestrian movement to coaches and future competitors.
The vision of walking 2020 is the result of a discussion among members of the walking movement, as it has gradually evolved since the meeting in Olomouc 2017. It is a draft concept of walking until 2020 for ČAS, open to all who will want to work together to implement this vision at all levels.
After consultations with successful responsible coaches and coaches in Podebrady (Germany, Poland), we believe that there are basically two paths leading to world performance - central and so-called democratic. The first path is based on a system, the second on a random selection of a relatively large number of talented individuals. However, if this natural base is not available, we can end up in the same way as neighboring Austria, where walking has practically disappeared.

Causes of the current situation:

The reasons are internal (frustrations from the development of the Poděbrady organization, intrigues against a responsible gait coach, lack of success, slander, the creation of intentional non-cooperation, etc.)
However, if the Union adopts this concept, based on a systemic path to European and world results, internal causes are not as great an obstacle as they might seem. Quite objectively, we have no other results from anyone that can withstand comparisons with the recent situation, see below, and that would create a comparable performance alternative.
Therefore, external causes and their analysis are more important to us:

There are no competitions for youth teams in all regions

Walking, as an athletic discipline, has been undersized for a long time. Personally and competitively. At approx. 180. professional and semi-professional coaches within athletics has the walk of 1 professional coach within the kindergarten department. One person cannot ensure continuity and continuity (from talent selection to representatives) from pupils to adults.

Despite this condition and the only professional walking trainer, we have achieved the following results until recently:

¨Source: Ivo Piták and the results of the mentioned races.

Comment: We believe that in terms of efficiency per person, this is an above-average result fully comparable with other disciplines.

The credit of walking is nevertheless minimal among athletic coaches, and even the beginning of coaches is given the impression from the beginning of their work that walking does not belong to the athletic disciplines or that at least it is not a full-fledged discipline.

There are no competitions - inclusion in team competitions, especially for young people at the KAS level. As a result, walking gets completely out of the sphere of interest of athletic teams and youth groups.

The result is a small base and interest of young people. If the numbers can be increased, especially in the student categories, as in recent years, then they will still encounter the lack of interest of the divisions, because walking is not included in the competitions of youth teams. It follows that the peak is only about individuals, and when, for example, health problems occur at a narrow peak, there is no substitute.

Current state of youth competitions:

The number of participants in the category of pupils is increasing, despite the fact that the competition is included in the only Liberec region. The number of starters is reduced only for points. In 2016, there were already 79/39 pupils with pupils. Number of starters at the M-ČR in the Prague Stromovka hall.

ČAS supports high-level walking at the Poděbrady walking meeting, which is one of the most high-quality races in the world; in 2017, there was a completely successful EP in walking in terms of organization. We cannot use this potential, which also attracts young people in public competitions, because these children do not have adequate competition in the sections and cannot be an adequate support for the team. Despite the increasing number of female competitors, they have nowhere to compete and support the team adequately and to create a natural awareness that all disciplines are part of the competition. 

Competitions of youth teams in the regions 2016

The competition is in the only Liberec region (LKAS) for many years (information can be provided by Mr. František Párys). Older and younger pupils race on a 2 m walk on the track, the numbers are up to 000 starters, the laps are 10-3. Pupils and adolescents therefore take part in walking competitions in the regional adult championship, which has 4-5 laps, for the women's category 6 m on the track and for the men's category alternately 3 and 000 m. In 3, 000 pupils regularly started in KP, 5 teenagers, 000 junior and 2016 teenagers. TJ LIAZ Jablonec nad Nisou, AC Slovan Liberec, AC Rumburk, TJ Rumburk, AC SYNER Turnov, TJ Jiskra Nový Bor, AC Mladá Boleslav have various walking, youth and coaching youth in the region. The number of young pedestrians in the LKAS catchment area is 5, the most of all regions; this proves the undoubted usefulness of the competition (the second Moravian-Silesian region has 3 without the competition, but benefits from the tradition of working with youth in Frýdek-Místek, Havířov and Opava and the work of coaches in Vítkovice and Poruba).  

Youth training groups and coaching staff 2016

Slezan Frýdek-Místek Josef Nejezchleba, Athletics Jižní Město (Prague) Petr Brandejský, LIAZ Jablonec Dana Jandová, Jaroslav Černý, Jiskra Nový Bor Petr Choděra, AC Slovan Liberec František Párys, AC Rumburk Jan Rein, AC TEPO Kladno pí Větrovcová + Jiří Šorm, Opava + Hodonín + VŠTJ Technika Brno Jiří Malysa senior, SSK Vítkovice Mrs. Legerská, Athletics Poruba Karel Ketner, Slavia Havířov Jan Polášek, Lokomotiva Beroun Mrs. Šafránková, Orel Vyškov Mrs. Málková, AC Mladá Boleslav Jaroslav Prückner. There has been a group of 4 girls in Athletics Chrudim since September, Ondřej Čerepušťák has started working in AC Sparta Prague, and Miroslav Fliegl at PSK Olymp Prague.

There is a lack of coordination, demonstrations of walking at youth camps, an active approach by a youth coach who will not hinder children in other disciplines, but will naturally lead them to what they have a talent for and where they can assert themselves at European level in endurance disciplines.

System design of the solution:

1. Include competitions of youth teams in the regions of 2018
2. A job for a walking youth coach at the TIME level
3. Create a Walking Council for a responsible walking coach and for ČAS as a consulting group

 Ad 1. We ask ČAS for system assistance, we have a youth base, we do not have competition and we do not have adequate performance.

Statistics and results show a strong positive correlation between the possibility to start in a team competition and the number of competitors, as well as the already traditional H-MČR and the increasing number of entries each year (see appendices) ´- We also do not oppose the non-traditional format for team competitions to make walking more attractive:

For example, mixed relays with an agreed track length on the track for:

• younger pupils
• youth
• juniors and juniors      (It is also possible to combine with running as a persevering duel for greater cohesion of young perseverers in the section).

 Ad 2. Job schedule for a youth walking coach at the TIME level:

Responsible youth walking coach:

Qualification requirements:

Class I or II coach, practice, ideally from your own racing, knowledge of the athletic environment.

Required skills:

Communication with young people, creative visions, convincing others about them, estimation of a suitable somatotype, time flexibility, ability to improvise, argumentative readiness, patience, social skills, English speaks well, ability to take responsibility for one's decision.

Tasks for a responsible youth walking coach

1. a) to build a wider base of youth walking in the Czech Republic
2. b) increase its performance
3. c) close cooperation with the national team coach

 It follows concrete job description:

1. He actively participates in the inclusion of walking in athletic competitions of youth teams. Personal intervention and conducting negotiations at KAS in all regions in order to convince the management of KAS. At the same time, it will help especially in the beginning with agitation and selection of suitable types of ml. athletes from the divisions who will be present at the competitions.
2. Incorporate walking training into existing training units. He will methodically assist in visits to training units in sections. He will show and teach how naturally walking can be included without breaking the pedestrians from the team and disrupting the training program of the youth group.
3. Weekend training events for the development of technique and performance. For young athletes who "catch" on foot will organize short weekend training sessions in cooperation with individuals of the adult national team. During the holidays and long-lasting events.
4. Demonstrations and joint tests of walking equipment at youth selections. Participation in meetings, especially cross-country youth selections. Educational work among runners and coaches. To be able to motivate functionally and mentally capable individuals without an "ankle", who on a European scale cannot apply to the top level of running, that walking is their chance to break into the international top. Do not pull these units away from existing coaches, but on the contrary create a pair cooperating with the coaches of such competitors, where the walking coach will cooperate with the selected individuals.
5. Demonstrations and joint tests of walking technique at meetings of youth selections of other endurance sports. Try to do the same agitation and educational work in other endurance sports - cross-country skiing, biathlon, cycling.
6. It will create a cooperative atmosphere and will systematically work on the cultivation of the walking environment within the framework of voluntary walking coaches.
7. It will generally acquire athletically fit individuals for walking, in whom the chances of performance growth will be comparable to those of pedestrian-developed countries. It will create test batteries of general and special prerequisites for a given discipline.
8. Working with selected running (and other endurance and non-endurance) trainers to understand and accept the fact that walking is a "cheap" discipline in which even a European can be completely competitive on a European and global scale. That there is also a real possibility of winning medals in competitions such as OH, MS. Convincing these coaches to walk is a long-term and challenging task, not just a recruitment task.
9. Coordination of the walking term / is specific / with the team competition.   

Re 3.  Establish a Walking Council for a responsible walking coach and for ČAS as a consulting group

- CHR is the board of the responsible gait coach and comments on professional and organizational issues related to the preparation of competitors, competitions and issues related to walking and addressed in the relevant bodies of ČAS.

- It is not a registered association organizing competitions. It is appointed in the number of min. 3 max. 7 members by responsible walking coach or TIME authorities.

- It meets as an absolute majority once a year in traditional walking competitions and this meeting is open and accessible to all active people from the walking movement.

Timetable:

Restarting and rescuing "performance" walking in the Czech Republic would not be a year's job. Of course, the first performance and organizational steps could be evaluated in a year. Someone must be responsible for these steps and must be motivated to do so. First of all, he has to start touring cross-country races and other endurance-speed sports races, and then also youth cross-country training events and to find, convince and motivate usable runners and possibly their coaches to walk. He must be able to explain and show the technique and concentrate pedestrians around himself. They must select usable people from the current walking youth and convince them of purposeful, clearly focused walking training.

The youth coach must gradually start organizing special training camps for these people and, in cooperation with the adult coach, start running these people. Arrange and allow them to start in walking races that have some level. Teaching them to race in running and other disciplines as well - walking in the Czech Republic (with the exception of, for example, Poděbrady) is a loss of contact with the sports reality. Walking must incorporate walking into the team race system so that divisions are pushed by pedestrians to have. The combination of competition and coach can lead to the goal.

We see no other way than to include walking in youth competitions, where we ask for systemic help from TIME.

Goals for 2 years:

Hassle-free and successful management of MU by competitive pedestrians. At least 3-5 pedestrians (pupils, pupils, teenagers, adolescents, juniors, juniors) in each category can reach the decent level of SCM limits. Reach the selected individuals to a successful representation at MEJ, MSJ and subsequently at ME23. In the area of ​​performance and recreational sports racing walking, there must be an increase in the number of youth participants. Increase the number of athletics coaches who will walk in practice.

Goals for 4 years:

In accordance with the Vision of Walking 2020, there should also be new competitive representatives in adult categories. In the youth categories, achieve regular fulfillment of nomination criteria for European and world competitions, including MEJ and MSJ. Individuals must be able to attack the top ten of the overall standings. When moving from youth categories to adult categories, reduce the loss of successful youth. Stabilize the coaching background and the number of athletic coaches dedicated to walking, as a sport.

Relationship between walking and running:

Although these are naturally complementary disciplines in their persevering form, there are many misunderstandings and paradoxes:

Walking as an athletic discipline has long fallen out of the youth work system. Almost all of its more successful youth and adult representatives went through a completely non-standard process. However, it is not possible to continue in this non-system way within the system changes and set limits. Precisely because the youth coaches of the system set aside only children and young people who are completely unusable for another discipline, people who are "athletically useless" get to walk in the system. At the same time, the measure of applicability is often success at the regional, at most Czech level.

Because not a single departmental coach (Ivo Piták) could select "usable" pedestrians from the youth system, he decided on a non-standard selection policy. He began to select physically and morally suitable types for top walking in running disciplines or other endurance sports purely subjectively, and after testing these athletes he "dragged" them for walking. The efficiency of this selection was very high towards representation and classification into departments, roughly 1: 3-4. This is how Dibelková "exported" Holpuchová's money, Schindlerová Dibelková's options, Drahot's Schindler's sisters, etc. Only Chaloupka and Pařízek came finished from Jiří Šorm's workshop. (It must be stated that this non-standard system brought quite decent results and from the point of view of the number of athletes (pedestrians) passed through this system it was also extremely effective - see the results of pedestrians from 2000 onwards.

It is an end to the outdated approach that a pedestrian is one who cannot run properly and a runner cannot learn to walk. On the part of pedestrians, this talent versatility is demonstrable (see the overview in the appendix): Drahotovy A and E., Půčková, Schindlerová, Dibelková. Triathletes and cyclists represented at the walking cups - Vítová, Škrášková, Šimánková (she combined Dibelková until she was a junior). For runners and their coaches, the opposite approach is still beyond their thinking.

Unfortunately, it is still easier in coaches' thinking to make a result on "hills" than in walking. For them, there are more and more hills than walking.

The current unfavorable phenomenon of world as well as European athletics, especially in running (especially in endurance running), is the dominance of runners of African descent. Thanks to their number, it is incredibly difficult (if not impossible) to compete with them at the top world level. This is, of course, a fact in our country as well. The association's interest, if it is interested in the final placements at the Olympics and World Championships, should be to show the perspective to our runners as much as possible in walking, because walking is a discipline where the world can really compete. And a diligent and hard-working runner can be competitive, who is average from the point of view of Europe, a decent runner in the Czech Republic, and at the same time he could be excellent in walking even in the world. However, with the current system and the relationship of running coaches to walking, they will never try to walk.

In terms of economic efficiency of funds spent in top training, this system, which allows a good runner at the level of the Czech Republic to educate European or world pedestrians very effectively measured by final participation in the European Championships, World Championships and Olympics.

Requirements for organizational support:

External from ČAS: We would like to ask ČAS (presidency) - to use its tools in the management of athletics towards KAS, so that competitions of individuals and youth teams must include all disciplines, including walking. If walking (especially for young people) finds itself outside the common bikes, most sections on pedestrians are not interested. And it will be a non-systemic and random search for individuals.

We would like to ask ČAS to hire a responsible walking coach (with the above-mentioned scope of work), who would, as another task, help in practice to implement the adoption of this decision by sections and especially youth coaches. It is a key task if we want walking to become a truly full-fledged athletic discipline, completely fitting into the time system of ČAS. The engagement of this employee and the official entrustment of tasks by the management of TIME is a necessary precondition for this person to have the authority, authority and opportunity to be "heard" in the athletics management system.

Internal from the side of the walking movement - Support group PITCH OF WALKING. If this Vision of Walking 2020 is adopted by TIME, PITCH WALKING will help with the organization and share in the financing of this concept, depending on how the whole system fits. The aim is that even solid youth runners have the motivation and interest to learn to walk and start in it. In order to stop the effort to recruit anyone even useless for performance sports, but to gradually get to the targeted selection. In the first phase, we need to create training opportunities that will be motivating and interesting for competitors. So that the interest in participating in this project (this preparation) comes from the competitors. A national team coach would take part in the organization and selection, together with a responsible federal coach for walking.

Personnel security requirements:

Proposed personnel structure:

1 part-time National Walking Coach - employee of VSC MŠMTČR. 1 part-time Responsible coach for walking, especially young people in a professional (or at least semi-professional) regime within the TIME.

Grounds for the proposal: This TIME commitment will have two effects - for coaches and for competitors:

For trainers: More effective use of the existing personnel structure: Establish close cooperation with running coaches (including those responsible federal) and convince them of the mutual benefits of cooperation and the possibility of combined preparation for walking x running (at least until a certain age).

Motivation of existing walking coaches to cooperate and submit to the system. In the first phase, put pressure on them just by "quick" re-education and training of pedestrians, from "usable" runners.

For competitors: Support group PITCH WALKING. The "PITCH OF WALKING" conditions will be provided in full co-operation with the central preparation along the TIME line, no one will be able to enforce them outside the central preparation.

In Prague, June 12, 6

Miloslav Lapka, Ivo Pitak, Josef Smola

Born 17.7. 1964 in Prague,
active competitor, sponsor, race organizer Pražská chodecká hodinovka, founder of the association SMOLA CHŮZE zs

The goal is medals at the Veteran World and European Championships, breaking personal records and thus yourself and sports philosophy is given: "It is not important to participate, but to win."

He started walking at the age of fifteen in AC Prague (1979-1988) with the legendary coach Josef Průcha, then moved to Red Star Prague (today's Olymp Prague), where he worked in 1988-1995 at the Center for Top Sports as a sports instructor and achieved the following results :
Champion of the Czech Republic: 1988 and 1989 in walking at 50km, 1990 in walking at 20km.
Champion of Switzerland: 1990 in walking on 100km 9: 40.16h
Represented in 3 international matches
He ended his career as a top athlete in 1995 at the Walking World Cup in Beijing, China, on a 50km walk.

In the years 1996 - 2009 he only sporadically engaged in walking and only occasionally took part in walking races with essentially no training. This corresponds to the weight achieved at that time, well over 100 kg ………
In 2009, however, he meets the very active and successful veteran pedestrian Czech-American Zdenek Gonsiorovský (born 1941), who reawakens his appetite and will for a hard and systematic walking training.
Only such training based on the limit of self-sacrifice and great will can bring great results and performances, and these really come naturally, but only after almost nine years of this hard and unreal hard work.

In 2010, he participates in the first major veteran races on the 20km European Championships in Nyiregyhaze, Hungary
and veteran World or European Championships follow every year and sometimes a bonus in the form of a medal comes!

Since 2017, he has been deciding to bother his body with the group of Ivoš Piták, who thus naturally becomes his coach.
This cooperation brings personal veteran records on all tracks (except 2017 km) in 30 and in addition to successes in veteran categories, 5th place at the Czech Championships 20km walks at 1: 41.30 in the Czech Republic at the international walking meeting Poděbrady walking at the legendary walking circuit and the largest walking race organized in the Czech Republic.

Absolute personal walking records:

Veteran personal records in walking: 

Placement at veteran European Championships and World Championships 2010 - 2018:

RESULTS YEAR 2018:

LUGANO TROPHY - Albisetti Memorial March 11, 2018
18th place 20km ch - 1: 45: 44h

European Veterans Championship - MADRID March 19-24, 2018
4th place 3km hall - 14: 19min
5th place 5km ch - 24: 44min

OLOMOUC walking pedestrian March 29, 2018
17th place 10km ch - 50: 17min

PODĚBRADY - meeting of EAA, M-CR for 20km and interstate multi-match April 7, 2018
5th place M-CR, overall ranking: 43rd place 20km ch- 1: 47: 17h

European Road Veterans Championship - ALICANTE May 19, 2018
3rd place 30km ch - 2: 49: 32h - Czech Republic record M50 +

ZELENEČ - June 10, 2018 1st place (over 40 years) 10km ch - 54: 11min                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Born 7.3. 1943 in Olomouc, lives in Ascona, Switzerland.

Former active competitor, sponsor. He has long-term contacts with pedestrians from Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. He is one of the biggest promoters of walking sports in Olomouc, where since the mid-XNUMXs, together with Alois Lajčík and Václav Dostalík, they have created a team that has fought for a leading position in championship and national competitions.

In the mid-sixties he transferred to TJ Lokomotiva Olomouc, which created better conditions for his preparation and for racing throughout Czechoslovakia, but also for organizing his own walking race "Olomoucká dvacítka", which he has held and co-organized since 1967.

On July 3.7.1968, 1, he placed 45rd in the Olomoucká dvacetka at 03:20:3 a.m. (XNUMX km).

October 26.10.1967, 1 also participated in the 50st year of the XNUMXkm race on the track in Olomouc

He now continues to co-organize the "Olomoucká dvacítka" race and assists in the "Pražská chodecká hodinovka" race.

He also often accompanies Pep Sola to walking races.

6th place Anežka Drahotová - 1:28:40 in the 20km race at this year's largest competition in the walking world calendar

ANEŽKA IS BACK AGAIN, LUKÁŠ TAKES

Chinese Taicang (a suburb of Shanghai) has become the organizer of the World Walking Team Championships (former IAAF World Cup). This competition, which takes place in a two-year interval, is, in addition to the Olympic Games and the World Championships, included in the highest A category of IAAF walking races. It is the race with the best level, as it can nominate up to 5 pedestrians from each country for each track. (For OH and MS only 3). A mini-team of 2 competitors started from the Czech Republic. Unfortunately, this corresponds to the performance reality of Czech pedestrians of all categories.

In the morning men's 50km race, Lukáš Gdula parted his race in a large group for a time of about 3: 56-8. He looked good for more than an hour, but then he probably decided not to leave the exercise "to have nerves on the twine" and showed me a successful etude on the topic of Agnes - MS London. Stomach and intestinal problems completely threw him off, and even though I offered him to pack the race, he returned to the track and "reached" 48. at 4:25:47 The penultimate of those who pushed the race to the finish line. But he said clearly - it is the world and I have not taken such a path to give up. Despite the fact that he was completely scrapped and could barely stand, in the early evening he came to cheer on Agnes for a woman in his 20s.

Among the 84 names at the start, there was no name from the current women's top pedestrian. I hid my worries from the start. I knew that Anežka was doing very well, but I was aware of her "eroded" self-confidence from last year's weak season. And this year's 3 races - yes, a very good standard, but not among the absolute top.

It was good that the start of the race was marked by the knocking of favorites and Ana calmed down very quickly. First km 4:45, 5km 22:35. There was more than a 20-member group in front. I also saw a light, "combed" step with my racer and suddenly the old, good, well-known Anežka was on the track! She checked the front of the race somewhere between the 4th and 10th figures, concentrated, regularly refreshing in high humidity. After 8 km, she accelerated, took care of the pace, and the train behind her began to tear. The top 10 remained in the front group (almost identical composition as at the Olympic Games in Rio). 10.km 44:42 (second five 22:07).

But then things started to happen. As expected, the remaining 2 Chinese women took the initiative and accelerated. González, a Mexican woman, could not resist the rise. With an attack after 13 km and the subsequent absolutely machine pace, it started to increase the lead (second 10 km 41:58, last km 4:06). The tearing calendar was suddenly used from the leading group. From the 14th km, each of the rivals fought not only with rivals, but also with himself and fatigue. The order, especially between 5th and 9th place, was different. The Mexican certainly made it to victory in 1:26:38. The fate of the remaining 2 medals was held firmly in the hands of the Chinese. Silver was won by Quiyang and bronze by favorite Yang. Behind them there was a fierce battle for 4th to 8th place. The place behind the medals was won by Brazilian De Sena. Anežka twice withstood the attack of her well-known rival Italian Giorgi (winner of this year's Poděbrady), after the blockbuster she caught up with her again, but for the third time she lost in the fight for the best European woman. 2th place (6nd from European women) in the time of 2:1:28 and the active way of racing were a beautiful point behind her return to the top. (Agnes's second 40 - 10:43).

She herself was satisfied with her performance: “Even if there was a million euros, I was no longer able to speed up. Too bad it's an unnecessarily slow start, but I left everything in the second half and the ending. "

The quality of the race is underlined by several numbers. 14 competitors under 1:30, 27 under 1:33, 44 under 1:35, 70 under 1:40. This is only on the sidelines, when there are too many difficult limits to be discussed in the Czech meadows and groves. You can fight the world and Europe in endurance racing. It is not just possible to get to this by the most practiced domestic way of selecting suitable types and preparation.

Born 25.4. 1954 in Česká Brod

former active competitor, raced for Slavoj Stará Boleslav, University (now USK) Prague and Pozemní stavby Prague.

In 1979, he became the Champion of Prague in a marathon run with a time of 3: 03: 20.

Now, as a member of SMOLA CHŮZE zs, he helps organize the "Pražská chodecká hodinovka" race and provides very service and support with service and support at trainings and competitions.

Personal walking records:

20km 1:37:49 
50km 5:08:10
5km 23:39 min   

Personal running records:

Marathon 2:48:30 
20km 1:12:33
15km 52:48 min 
10km 34:29 min
  5km 16:00 min
  3km 9:06 min