Hungarian Junior Championships - Part Two

Although it is called a 'Junior' Championship, there was a senior age category, too.
And it was too tempting not to enter :)

We spend too much time beside the skate track each week just looking at our kids doing the hard work so it is quite logical to turn that time into something useful - like skating. And with speed increasing, stability growing, our aimes get higher and higher each week :)
So another dad (Feri) and myself decided to enter - in fact we were three originally but then the third one played football a week before the event - and of course injured his knee. I've always known football was a bad sport :D

Feri on the left, me on the right

So we were two then but luckily a mum (Szilvi) jumped in so we could even enter the relays... wohooo. Well we practiced some relays the day before the race, I've fell right at the first one but nothing serious, just a little road rash on my right knee.

And then came the big day. In the senior men, there were 4 starting. We had 500m and 1600m to cover. I finished... erm... 4th :) but enjoyed it a lot. Then the relays started soon after, and there were 2 teams only - a sure silver \o/ as the other team had an ex-iceskater so it was no question who would win. But all our relays went nice, we all had 3 laps to go. The other team chose another strategy, 1 lap each for 2 of them and the rest was covered by Robes, the ex-iceskater.


Nevertheless, it was fun, and the kids were so supportive. It was good to race and I think it is something I'd like to do some more in the future. So.. better learn skating :D