In the three intense race days spent with 200 more estonian athletes, Ašais athletes to do historical feat, thereby rewriting the history of the event. Firstly, it was the unbelievable run for Roberts Glazers. The Aim for Roberts was to correct the 11 year old record in the P14 age group. Before the race it was clear, that it will be no easy feat, because the bar was set very high. We are truly happy to announce that the summative result Roberts presented within the three race days, was not only a new record in P14 age group, but also the all time fastest result in this distance. This had been the 21st youth race. Thus Roberts has reached a new height. He now holds the record for youth distance in P6/P11/P14 age groups! Not only that, but he is also faster than the record of P16 age group! Next year Roberts will be in P16. His result in each race day - 2km=6:07/ 3,24km=10:11/ 3,2km=10:07!!! On top of all this, the total time among all three days is 26:26... Roberts birthday is on the 26th date. Another beautiful performance demonstrated Stella Paltiņa. Her pace had been so great, that she can now claim two titles - All time fastest time in T11 age group and the unofficial Queen title also in the T14 age group!!!! If last year Stella didn't have the power to last all three race days, then now her rivals stand no chance! 

Without a doubt it is clear, that motion is life. Beautiful motion is the highest aesthetic, which God has created. On thursdays' evening, SC Ašais met with running enthusiasts in the Cesis stadium to give an insight to fast running. Evening activities began with special excersises and cocluded with swedish relays. We are happy that TRX Cesis group joined the #NoskrienCēsis family. Double happiness, because the bad weather didn't discourage the motion lovers!

SC Ašais have been competing in "Smiltenes laps" for many years now, and fall wouldn't be imaginable without this established race. This year, racing passed with flying colours! Roberts Glazers had an excellent start in the 2 lap race, with an absolute victory and the fastest time of this distance in the history of the competition!!! The 6,5 km were done with an astounding result of 23:13! Average pace 3:35/km! Ašais runners secured 3 more victories in the 1 lap race. Stella Paltiņa dominated her age group with the fastest result from ALL girls! Likewise victorious were Renāte Beļājeva and Teodors Godiņš! Furthermore, Teodors had his first pedestal as an Ašais athlete. Congratulations! Second in their age groups were Ričards Špacs and Elza Niklase, third in his age group was Roberts Cercins. Teams' youngest, Annija Cercina, ended up 4th in her age group, but Luīze Rajecka and Egija Mihailova 5th and 6th respectively! Thanks you Smiltene! We will return! Photos - here!

Thank God - Fall cross was able to happen! Thus Ašais runners too took a part in Cesis region fall cross. Furthermore, the track was selected by our own coach! SC Ašais athletes most definitely demonstrated the beauty of athletics by winning 6 medals, 5 of them being absolute victories! First to set off was Stella Paltiņa with an excellent performance! Stella not only had the quickest stride in her own age group and primary school group, but also in highschool group of the 1km distance! Thus Stella had the quickest stride from all girls!

The most compelling start in the school championship came about to none other than Roberts Glazers, who managed to outrun his strongest opponent Lauris Grīniņš, therefore winning 3rd stage both in his age group and overall! Furthermore, Roberts had the fastest time from all "squirrel" distance runners! Which means that Roberts will have to run full force in the last stage in order to be the absolute winner overall. Overall and in U14 age group among girls, Stella Paltiņa 2nd, who managed to outrun, till now undefeated, estere Volfa!

Fall in the calendar of SC Ašais continues with the Latvian championship in cross. In spite of C-19, many running lovers had come to this event. Each age group had its strongest athletes participating. That made the whole event much more intriguing. We are pleased to announce, that in U14 age group with a tough battle, with an excellent dash to the finish line, Stella Paltiņa got gold! Thus Stella has concluded her first year in the U14 group with a rating of brilliant. Stella got bronze in winter and now two gold medals - 1000m(track and field) and cross! A dramatic fight for Roberts concluded with 4th place in U18 age group. Bronze in the 5km cross was only 4 seconds away, however, being the youngest in this group, the result was very good. Age group was mega tough. In girl U16 group Elza Niklase was 7th. Unfortunately, Renāte Beļājeva cocludes her season 10th. Photos - here!

Despite the worldwide pandemic, summer season of 2020 has turned out to be a dense one. Light euphoria because expectation for the season were exceeded. This year, almost all Ašais athletes were in the younger year of their respective age groups, which often times is a disadvantage, but not for our athletes, because of the hard work during quarantine. This summer, athletes of Ašais won gold and bronze in Latvian championships, in addition a bronze medal in Baltic Championship for U16 too! Small note - in each age group to U18, there are two athletes. The statistics are as follow:

It is clear that this has been the all time latest season in athletics in the history of SC Ašais. Not the longest, but the latest. Never before had we finished the summer season in August 22nd, but if we can finish a season in this manner, then we can finish it even in January! Journey to Pärnu was because of the last part of a race series hosted by the Estonian Athletics federation in the excellent stadium of this city! And look how it turned out - Ašais runners went home with 5 pedestals and 4 PB's! All as one started in 800m. The fastest of Ašais runners in this distance was Roberts Glazers, who got silver medal in the U18 age group with a fresh new PB of 2:04,46! Stella Paltiņa with a super PB of 2:29,25 and a silver medal in the U14 age group!

There is bright side for everything, even the monster with the name of Covid19, but if it wasn't for Covid19, then SC Ašais wouldn't have started participating in Tartu sports club's race series! It was worth it! In the last race of the series, Ašais athletes manage to run like the Flash. Firstly, track was litu up by Roberts Glazers in the 1500m race, leaving his toughest opponent in the dust and hopeless - Kronberg from Tartu. Roberts 3rd overall, unquestionably the fastest amongst the youth and 2nd fastest in the U18 Latvian ratings this summer - 4:15,55!

First half of the day, U18 runners Roberts Glazers and Renāte Beļājeva went to Ogre, to compete in Ogre's regional athletics championship. Both participated in the 800m race. Another race to be proud of - Renāte Beļājeva is the absolute champion amongst women, and Roberts Glazers, with a new PB of 2:04,60, finishes 4th. As a reminder, Roberts and Renāte are in their first year of U18 age group. However, on the other half of the day, youngest Ašais runners set off in an Estonian stadium. The aim was to run new PB's. U14 groups' Stella Paltiņa boldly 1st in the 600m race with a new PB - 1:47,18!

Whilst Ašai runners blaze in stadiums, meanwhile both of our "foreign" members Kaspars Lapsa and Lana Lindermane, each did their distance in the traditional running event -  Cesis Eco Trail. At 6 o' clock in the morning, Kaspars Lapsa started his 85km long trail journey, despite his recent feat of running the 107 km long race from Rīga to Valmiera, which could have worried him about his energy reserves, however it didn't and Kaspars finished with a great tempo and doing it in 10 hours and 21 minutes!!! If the previous year he did a distance 5km shorter than this in 11 hours and 3 minutes, then this years' performance is excellent! Kaspars got 20th place amongst all long distance runners. However, Lana Lindermane in the 13km trail run got 2nd place in her age group. Lana has gotten her second pedestal in her last two races. Truly proud of both of them!

Summer for SC Ašais continues to be with packed to the brim with good news! This time, it was the U16 age group Baltic team championship and Elza Niklase was a part of the Latvian nacional team. In the untraditional distance of 2000m, just like in all the other disciplines, on the sstart line lined up two athletes from each Baltic state. In the 2000m run participated 7 girls. Elza, full of confidence, thrust into battle! And Elza defended the honor of SC Ašais and the Latvian team winning bronze medal! That also gave considerable points to the Latvian U16 team, who got 2nd place overall, losing to the Estonian team. Joy and happiness! Summer continues, but it is clear that the summer season of 2020 is an excellent one! Results - here!

Even though covid has cancelled many events, this summer for athletics has been quite dense. From 23rd to 24th of July, in Ventspils olympic stadium occured the 3rd youth championship in athletics in the past two weeks. This time U18 and U20 age group athletes started in this competition. And we are proud to announce that Roberts Glazers won bronze in this competition in the epic 1500m distance. In a tough race where 6 ,similarly strong, athletes fought for the 3 pedestal steps, Roberts also managed to run a new PB of 4:17,11! To furthermore affirm the tough contestents, only 0,01 second seperated the 1st place from the 2nd, however Roberts was 0,4 seconds away from gold. Not as well as planned turned out to be Renātes Beļājevas race in the 400m distance. Pretty far from her PB and 7th place (21).

It has finally happened! After three crazy months, when life became a lot weirder, Ašais athletes have finally returned to normal racing! Unfortunately not in Latvia. But knowing our love for Estonia, we had no resistance on restarting racing there. In the city of Tartu occured local range competition in athletics, II part in a series of races, in which both 400m and 800m distances were included. Seasons' first race turned out to be rather cautious. It is clear that the non-racing period and the fact that this was the first outdoor race since the summer of 2019, has left a considerable impression on our runners. The most successful race was for Roberts Glazers, who had only 0,6 seconds to his overall PB 800m - 2:07,01 and 2nd place in the youth group. Their second 800m race experienced two youngest Ašais runners - Stella Paltiņa and Roberts Cercins.

Coach told Roberts "NO!" Roberts replied - I want to! Coach one again denied, however his heart wasn't truly happy with the descision, because coach saw, that Roberts eyes were screaming "I want to run!". Today @robertsglazers ran his first half marathon! In Cesis running enthusiast organized SUPER DUPER 1/2 marathon Roberts ran seriously fast - 1:33,22! Furthermore, completing first 7 km together with @melnaisgulbis Kaspars. That was the deal! Someone had pressed that launch buttpn, because the average speed in the 17th km was 3:45! We are truly happy about Roberts excellent debut in this distance. Both "foreign" Ašais runners - Kaspars Lapsa and Lana Lindermane - too completed 1/2 marathon. Both got a new PB, and those who have been to Cesis, know what kind of terrain is expected :) !!!

With true happiness we can announce that our oldest Ašais runner has been accepted in the university of Illinois, in Chicago. Rihards has been accepted in the graphic design study program, continuing to awaken his graphic and artistic talent, which he started in his two year studying time in Colby college. SC Ašais is proud of Rihards and wishes the best of luck in his journey.

Virtual. It seem that the word is rather popular word amongst sports enthusiasts this spring. Ašais runners have already participated in four virtual races, however Artis Rožkalns responded to a local organized virtual challange with a respectable terrain. Locals - Cesis local running and walker enthusiasts "Skrien un nūjo", more specifically - Andžejs Stepančuks. All participants must race the same Cīrulīšu track. If we thought, that not much excitement and fun we won't get out of the 9,2km race, the we were mistaken, because after the first powerful 37 minute application, it was clear, that we have to try this madness. On the morning of May 6th, Artis Rožkalns blazed through the course in 36,13 minutes, thus setting the 3rd fastest time, losing only to two hardened and expirienced men - longrunners! Much joy, because Artis is a middle distance runner, and this kind of a run is a different type of a physiological challenge! Spring is blooming!

May has arrived rather different for known reasons... Usually, by this time we would have been exploring the Alps. This spring for the humanity is quite weird, but that is no reason to be sad about the inevitable. Ašais runners celebrated the workers holiday with an athletic event. Another virtual race is behind us. VDOT Challange organized the third virtual race and this had been the largest race yet, having 447 participants from 12 different countries! Like always, Roberts Glazers had performed brilliantly, who is 27th overall, bet in his age group (13 - 18 year olds) another pedestal - 3rd place! Also another unofficial record in the one mile race, finishing the distance under 5 minutes - 4:58 (VDOT 59,85)! At the time of writing(monday morning), these are the unofficial results.

Sadly, the pandemic continues and who even knows when it will end. But that doesn't mean life has also stopped. Hopefully the government will soon let us train together. However, another virtual race is past us. This time Ašais runners chose a different distance, but that didn't diminish the excitement, because VDOT equation lets runners compete with one another in all distances. Once again, roberts Glazers performed excellently, who unofficially set a new PB, finishing a 3k under 10 minutes for the first time! From 301 runner, Roberts 20th overall and 3rd from the 3k runners (24) and 2nd place in the 13-18 age group!