Photo Jorge Dias
Traditionally the international orienteering season has started in Denmark at the Spring Cup, but in the last few years, the Portugal Orienteering Meeting has become the place to be. Held every February/March, it has started to attract many of the best runners in the world, and this year was no different. By one count, 70 of the world's best 100 ranked runners were in attendance, some looking for escape from the cold and snow, others getting in some quality technical training in the intricate sand dunes near Figuera da Foz.
For me, it was a chance to get away from the UK for some early season race practise with a group of other British athletes. Unfortunately, the cold winter seems to have affected Portugal too, so it wasn't really warm weather training at all.
Daniel Hubmann, Swiss inov-8 athlete took victory in 2 of the 4 days.
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