Unlikely - Race Day 1

When receiving our instructions for the O show the organizers said it was unlikely we would qualify for the quarter finals so he didn’t need to give us that information. He was right! But we had fun in the maze of controls spread out on the lawns of Anncey. The lake and the mountains our beautiful backdrop. The O show took place between our middle distance event and our evening sprint.

A lack of English instructions got us to the mornings middle event way to early (as the sun was rising) with the organizers still putting controls out. In fact he gave us directions to the start area, put his headlamp on and rushed off into the dark forests. The 220 m , 1.5 km walk to the start mean much of the course was downhill. This was the first really fast runable forest we’ve been on since our training began. It felt like any other forest, with no real surprises. Although spikes were still an advantage for contouring along the steep slopes, which frustrated Nico no end. The fear of elephant also tracks failed to materialize as the forest had dried out from the previous days rain and it made for a pleasant morning for all.

Cindy after the Middle Race

Tania and Nico around the O-Show course

And now we sign out for our Sprint-race (some of us in the dark) ...