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Kierat came up about a year ago when I was browsing around for races. Noted it in the back off my head as a possibility but it was when my running and travel buddy Jakob found out he wanted a Western States lottery ticket and wanted to use Kierat to get it that it ended up in my calendar.<\/p>\n

The race has a different approach than most other races and are basicly a 100km orienteering race with 3500 meters of elevation on paper. What you end up with in terms of distance and elevation is up to you on the basis of route choice and your abilities to follow that route while racing. You are given a map with the checkpoints\u00a0plotted maximum 6 hours before the start, which gives you enough time to plan and mark your route before starting. You are also allowed to use a GPS and others maps if you want. To get the Western States ticket, you have 27 hours to complete the course, but 30 hours is the official time limit.<\/p>\n

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We booked our entry as soon as the entries opened and secured a room at the Hotel Ziwy Brzeg, but there are multiple options for sleeping. The price for the entry and accommodation was low, so choosing a good bed to sleep in fitted out bill perfectly. The event website and response to our questions on email was very good, and considering how few foreigners competing, the english portion of the page are extremely good. The only thing missing was a english version of the news that where posted the days leading up to the race.<\/p>\n

We flew down on thursday to Katowice and rented a car. Drove the short distance down to Krakow and spent the night there after a quick stroll getting a small glimpse of the city. Registration opened at 12:00 race day, so we had plenty of time driving down to Limanowa, just stopping to get some supplies on the way. Limanowa was a bigger city than I was expecting and everything you need is in walking distance from the race HQ should you need anything. Super easy with parking just outside the hotel and HQ. Within minutes we had checked in, registered and were busy scanning the map planning our route. A quick tip is to bring markers. The point of marking your route before the race is quite simply because your head will be in another state during the night 10 hours into the race and having taken the choice what route to take makes the job (a bit) easier.<\/p>\n

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After the route was planned, we sorted our kit and headed out for our last meal before the start at 18:00. Some pizza slices and some fluids later, we found out we probably needed something better than the thin zip-lock plastic bag we were given at registration to keep our maps in. A visit to the 4-5 sports shops in town didn’t give much result, but luckily there was a stand right next to the registration who sold map cases. After that we did our last preparations and headed to the starting point in the nearby park where there would be a briefing. If you do not understand a word polish you might aswell turn up just before the start. 2 minutter before the start people lined up, and after a short wait and a countdown we headed off.<\/p>\n

I have detailed how we navigated the whole route, but if you’re not interested and want to get to the important stuff click here<\/a> to get to it.<\/p>\n