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It was not the first similar challenge for Žák. He managed the 10/10/10 project last year, even setting a Czech record in it. At that time, he completed ten half triathlons in ten European countries in ten days. “After the successful project from last year, I expected to succeed again. Back then, however, I prepared differently, I had a strategy that I always found training one triathlon away. So the first weekend I managed one, the next weekend two and so on. This is how I managed to complete eighty percent of the challenges in preparation,” he describes.
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This time, however, he had to choose different methods, because preparing for an ultramarathon requires something different. “It’s a little different with running, because it’s such a monotonous movement. So once I managed a hundred kilometers in a day in training, but there was no point in running such a distance for example five days in a row, because the body would be exhausted. That’s why I usually ran about fifty to sixty kilometers a day during preparation, so that the body gets used to the longer-term load,” Žák outlines.
In order to fulfill Iceland’s request in a world record, he decided to run a hundred kilometers every day. “However, I changed coaches recently and I think that was a stumbling block, because the training sessions were lighter than I needed. So it’s a big lesson for other projects that I have to toughen up and go back to my old and good coach,” he guesses.
Although he did not reach his dream goal this year, he is not packing anything and is already planning when he will return to Iceland. “We decided with the whole team that we will go for it in 2024, next year I want a more free one, because I also have enough of my work activities. And even in my personal life, I already have slightly different plans, so two years from now is the right time to jump in,” says the ultramarathoner determinedly.
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Until then, however, he certainly has no plans to just plan, because he has been living an active life since he was young. “I’ve been playing sports since I was very young, maybe six years old. But I’d rather have a classic organized race, I won’t want to now. It’s time-consuming to arrange everything, so I’d rather do a triathlon or an Ironman. My girlfriend and I are planning a joint half-marathon in the winter and so on,”.
And what attracts him most about extreme challenges? “I enjoy testing my limits. Plus I’m alone a lot with those challenges, so I have time to think. I think of good things that I can then transfer to my work life. Overall, I’m such a creative person, so I enjoy organizing my projects and putting together plans,” smiles Žák.