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Z urednikom sem kar preko spleta naredil krajši intervju, katerega si lahko ogledate na originalni spletni strani runandtravel.pl/runners-family-anze-ze-slowenii/ – original
Name, surname (or nick) ANŻE ČESEN
Country: SLOVENIA
Since when you run: 2006
Your favorite distance: LONG RUNS ( MORE THAN 50KM )
What kind of running do you like? (street, trail, mountain…?) ASPHALT
Five best races in your country (in your opinion)?
- MARATHON LJUBLJANA,
- MARATHON TREH SRC ( MARATHON THREE HEARTS),
- ISTRIAN MARATHON,
- ULTRAMARATHON LOGARSKA DOLINA (LOGARSKA VALLEY),
- BRAJNIKOV MEMORIAL,
- 1st. WINGS FOR LIFE
What places, regions in your country you recommend runners who come on holiday? Which regions are the runners-friendly?
Ljubljana city trail. It’s a runners path or trail which goes by tivoli park (which is known of several jogging paths, statues, fountains and other botanic attractions. The path continues through jakopič avenue, where is an outdoor picture exhibition, then the path leads us to the city center and slovenian most known poet france prešeren dedicated square, and quick and short distance away there is the town house of ljubljana. Very near there is a start of a hill trail to castle of ljubljana, where we can look at relatively small but historical town of ljubljana. After that we continue our run down the hill to bunder known as špica (point/spike-it depends on content of words how to pronounce it). From there we continue the run back towards the center of ljubljana and tivoli park, and run a few kilometers up celovška street, which is known as one of the longest streets in ljubljana. After a few asphalt miles the trail continues under rožnik hill, this is a hill which is known of it’s countless walking and running paths. After that the trail leads us on a macadam path, which is called pot spominov in tovarištva (path of memories and comradeship). This path leads us where there was a barbwire in time of 2nd world war and it was separating town and the outside world(for information-path goes around and through ljubljana and it’s 33 kilometers long). After few kilometers on this path we continue on tržaška street and back to starting point. Overall this running trail i just described is about 20km long.
Your favorite places for training and running in your country?
I like to run in cities because there is a lot of asphalt trails. Afterall i also love contact with the nature so i also like to run through the villages, because the never ending peti-urban kilometers are paradise for long runs.
What is your running dream? In what places on the world you want to run? In what races?
Every ultramarathoner has a wish to go on a trail of filipid, that’s why my current dreams are to participate on spartathlon.
I wish and hope to continue running in the future with pleasure and discovering new places and people to run with. I have a big desire to run in other countries and big marathons, but we all know that is a big financial expense. I also like to participate in humanitarian runs and military competitions as a team with my co-workers and friends. At the end of the year i will afford “special dreams”. I will compete against myself in solo match. The plan is to run 24 hours on a circular stadion runway in my hometown. After this is completed i will turn my dreams back to spartathlon.
Ime, priimek ANŻE ČESEN
Država: SLOVENIJA
Od kdaj se ukvarjaš s tekom: 2006
Tvoja najljubša razdalja: DOLGI TEKI VEČ KOT 50 km
Kje najraje tečeš? (street, trail, mountain…?) ASFALT
Pet najboljših tekaških tekem v Sloveniji?
- MARATON LJUBLJANA,
- MARATON TREH SRC,
- ISTRSKI MARATON,
- ULTRAMARATON LOGARSKA DOLINA ,
- BRAJNIKOV MEMORIAL,
- 1. WINGS FOR LIFE
Tekaške poti katere bi priporočal tekačem, kateri pridejo na počitnice v Slovenijo?
City trail preizkušnja oziroma tekaška pot katera pelje najprej mimo tivolskega parka, kateri je znan po številnih poteh, kipih, fontanah in drugih botaničnih znamenitostih. Nato se pot nadaljuje preko Jakopičevega drevoreda, kjer je velika zunanja razstava fotografij. Nato nas pot popelje vse do središča Ljubljane točno do Prešernovega trga, nato hitro pot nadaljujemo do mestne hiše. Kaj kmalu se začne vzpon na Ljubljanski grad, kjer lahko opazujemo majhno a hkrati zelo zgodovinsko zanimivo Ljubljano z okolico. Po vzponu sledi spust do nabrežja, ki se imenuje špica. Od tu nadaljujemo pot nazaj do središča Ljubljane. Kjer pot nadaljujemo mimo parka Tivoli. Nato naredimo nekaj kilometrov po Celovški cesti, ki je znana po tem da je ena izmed daljših cest v Ljubljani. Po nekaj asfaltnih kilometrih se pot nadaljuje pod Rožnikom, to je grič kateri je predvsem znan po številnih sprehajalnih poteh. Kmalu nas pot popelje po makadamski poti, ki se imenuje Pot spominov in tovarištva. Ta pot je speljana po trasi, ki je bila obdana z bodečo zico v času 2 svetovne vojne in je tako ločevala mesto. Po delu pretečene poti nadaljujemo po tržaški cesti, katera nas vodi nazaj do izhodiščne točke. Celotna trasa je dolga približno 20km.
Tvoje najljubša trasa oziroma tekaške poti?
Najboljše mi je teci po mestih kjer je veliko asfaltne površine. Ker mi stik z naravo veliko pomeni imam rad tudi teke po vaseh in obmestnih poti.
Tekaške sanje? Kje na svetu bi rad tekel in na kateri tekmi?
Vsak ultramaratonec ima željo, da bi šel po sledeh Filipida, zato so trenutno sanje da bi se nekoč udeležila ultramaratona – Spartathlon. Upam in predvsem si želim, da bi še naprej tekel z užitkom in spoznaval nove kraje predvsem imam veliko želj teči v tujin. Vendar vemo, da je za takšne tekaške podvige potrebno imeti veliko finančnega zalogaja.
Konec leta si bom pa ‘privoščil’ posebne sanje saj se bom v solo različici in sam s seboj pomeril v 24 urnem teku na stadionu v domačem kraju. Po tej dogodivščini bom zopet sanje zavrtel v grčijo.