Just back from an exhausting week in Primorsko, Bulgaria (Black Sea coast) with a top 10 in the Sprint race!
All in all a great trip with some notable moments....10th spot for both GG (Graham Gristwood, Team Inov8 too) and myseld in the Sprint race and 6th spot (on the podium) for the men's relay team. It is possible that GG will fail to point out just how great his last leg in the relay team was. He went out in a pack of guys, not much time between them. At the first spectator control he was there with them. At the second and last spectator control he was leading that pack...and he was just metres in front of a Russian past World Champion. He then went on to blow that Russian away in an awesome display of confidence and racing. I think it is the most impressed I have been and really shows that GG is heading for more great things (he has a World Champs Gold medal in the Relay 2008) in Orienteering in the future.
I was really pleased with my 10th spot in the Sprint Race. I have chosen to specialise in Sprint Orienteering this year and have my sights set on the World Champs Sprint race in August in Trondheim, Norway. 10th spot at theEuropeans may well mean higher at WOC because at EOC each team can enter 6 runners, whislt at WOC each team can only enter 3...... so training is on track...
The top photo shows my X-talons on the lovely sand of Primorsko beach where the Sprint race finished after a sapping run over the sand dunes - not the easiest thing to run on!
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