After 6 years of participating in Race around Slovenia in solo division and I believe it is time for some change. I will do this year's RAS as a part of 2-person team with one of my longtime friends Iztok Melansek. This decision was in fact made a pretty long time ago, but we kind of kept it secret so the competition wouldn't find out about the threat they are facing... ;)
With Iztok at a short weekend preparation camp:
To help raise the needed budget for RAAM 2013, we are selling Marko's Fan Club RAAM 2013 T-shirts. During RAAM you can show your support for Marko by wearing one. The price is 20 EUR + shipping cost. Orders here or on Marko's e-mail marko.baloh(at)gmail.com.
The first plan of preparation for assault on victory at RAAM 2013 included the preparation race in Florida, the Sebring 24h Cycling race, which I had to cancel due to budget limitations.
I am looking for TIME STATION SPONSORS to help me with RAAM expenses. If you have no time to do RAAM, you can become involved with "buying" yourself a Time Station and helping me achieve my goal.
You can become a part of my Team with making a donation and picking for yourself a Time Station you want to sponsor. When I pass your TS, we will send you an e-mail letting you know where I am and how fast I am progressing.
The price of the Time Station is as follows:
- normal TS: 100EUR or 130$,
- Start, Finish and half-way (Pratt, Kansas): 500EUR or 650$.
You can find the details and the list of available Time Stations here:
TS SPONSORS
Za nami je prelep spinning maraton "Spin across America". Najlepša hvala vsem udeležencem! Sploh ne veste, kako prijetno ste me presenetili z množično udeležbo in verjemite, da se bom večkrat spomnil na vas, ko bom sam vrtel pedala po Ameriki.
Naslednji sponzor, ki se je odločil, da nas podpre pri projektu RAAM 2013, je BANEM d.o.o. Z direktorjem Banetom Miloševičem sva tako podaljšala sodelovanje, ki traja že od leta 2010 in tudi na vseh dirkah v letu 2013, vključno z RAAM-om, bom tekmoval v njihovi kolesarski opremi.
BTC d.d. has become the first Golden Sponsor of my RAAM 2013 project. A big thank you to CEO Mr. Mermal and his team!
Here is the new website. A little different, more colorful...
Please, let us know what do you think and if you have any suggestions for my new site.
Na prednovoletni rundi v soboto 29.12.2012 se nas je v Sežani zbralo nekaj preko 40 kolesarjev, od katerih se nas je 18 podalo na daljšo razdaljo (165km), ostali pa so se odločili za kratko (90km) ali srednjo (120km) razdaljo. Tu je skupinska fotografija s štarta:
Pridružite se mi na prednovoletnem kolesarjenju in hkrati prispevajte v proračun Markove ekipe RAAM 2013. Zaključite leto 2012 in se motivirajte za nove podvige v letu 2013 skupaj z ostalimi ljubitelji kolesarstva.
Priporočena donacija za podporo Markovi ekipi RAAM 2013 je 10€.
Runda bo 29. decembra 2012, dolžina lepih in pretežno ravninskih 166km (in krajša varianta za manj pripravljene = 90km).
A season without RAAM
Even without RAAM, I had a very challenging season – with a 100 mile World Record on the Road and the 24h TT World Championships as the major goals. I can say with confidence that my season was successful with only one second place and all the rest were victories.