Videos from Judo competitions in Tel Aviv, March 3

Michael has won this time and all three fights are on-line: the first fight, the second fight and the final.

Winter in Israel

Winter in Israel is very close to Spring/Summer in Europe: we have rains, cool mornings, plenty of flowers and beautiful sunrises (well, this we have all year round).
I have uploaded few pictures, most of them taken near my place, on Carmel Mountain on December and January mornings.

Best of climbing 2011

This video was published by Outside.
Sasha DiGiulian's Pure Imagination 9A route was rated #3 in top 10 climbs of 2011.
I just loved this video:

Images from morning walk

Today I made almost regular weekend trip to Muhraka and was treated not only to a beautiful sunrise scene, but also plenty of flowers showing up after the week of rains. Morning was a cold one (3 deg.) and with crisp clear views.

Few snapshots are at KodakGallery.

Judo Competition in Yokneam

It was really nice competition inside the club, so most of the competitors new each other and were used to work together.

Michael took second this time, loosing one fight to Rotem, and winning another two fights: see the first and second videos. Few pictures are at KodakGallery.

Sovev Emek 2011, 92km

This was the second year of the race, which combines the range of trail running 

events from 10km to 92km and several off-road bicycle routes from 22km to 62km.

I've done the 92km run and it was definitely the best ultra running event in Israel. It was perfectly organized (BIG "thank you" to Shai Hazan and Kibbuts HaZorea) with great atmosphere, nice route -- not boring and not too hard, full moon, and runners with right attitude!

My run was not without some surprises, I guess water/fuel was a bit off as well as my knees that scared me, so I went slower than I planned, but actually the legs feel almost fresh just two days after it, so I am happy with the run the way it was.

As always, the statistics from the run are at Garmin site, pictures are on-line at KodakGallery and there is also

a finisher clip this time...

More pictures from the trip...

The pictures from walks around Chamonix and Zermatt are on-line.
Here are the kids pictures from family visit in Moscow and the walks.

Few pictures from the race and surroundings...

I've uploaded some race related pictures and the landscapes from the trip to the KodakGallery site.

The short route of Ultra Trail Du Mont-Blanc: CCC race

So, we are back from vacation and the first post reflecting on the past two weeks is dedicated to the CCC race  (Courmayeur, Champex, Chamonix).
The report is going to be long, thus read on if you wish...

Short Summary from the Live Trail UTMB:

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CCC®6109 - Tatiana SURAZHSKY CCC : perturbation orageuse. Parcours modifié : montée directe à Bertone. Champex-Chamonix, parcours de repli évitant Bovine, Catogne, Tete aux Vents. 93km, 5100mD CCC : important storm. Change track: directly to Bertone. Champex-Chamonix, alternative route avoiding Bovine, Catogne, Tete aux Vents. 93km, 5100mD Classement actuel : 933 Classement par catégorie : 53 Dernier point : Temps de course : S-06:30 Chamonix 20:17:57 Finisher Catégorie : SE F (23 à 39 ans) Club : Nationalité : Israël Ville : 20692 YOKNEAM Antécédents (indicatifs et non exhaustifs) : SWISS ALPINE MARATHON (DAVOS) 2010

Tableau des passages Pts Heure pass. Tps course Classt. Départ V-10:12 00:00:00 - Refuge Bertone V-11:21 01:09:31 938 Refuge Bonatti V-12:39 02:27:34 1180 Arnuva V-13:39 03:27:19 1335 Grand Col Ferret V-15:02 04:50:23 1254 La Fouly V-16:38 V-16:43 06:26:13 1109 Champex-Lac V-18:48 08:36:48 996 Martigny V-21:48 11:36:19 830 Trient S-00:08 S-00:11 13:56:41 878 Les Jeurs S-00:47 14:34:53 792 Vallorcine S-02:18 S-03:03 16:06:46 812 Argentière S-04:21 18:09:06 868 Les Tines S-05:21 19:09:01 890 Chamonix S-06:30 20:17:57 933

This is the vacation plan...

We are leaving for vacation on 22nd of August, and the big part of the plan is the CCC part
of the UTMB race...
It's the shortest race and I am going to run just the last 98km of the UTMB route,
but it should be just as beautiful... tell you more after I am done...
BTW, my bib number is 6109 ;-)
here are a couple of trailers (from NF and DailyMotion)





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