Today was the middle distance qualification race at Kollerup. About 5km inland from the long distance map we found the forest to be much more open and runnable. This also meant visibility was better and more like what we are used to back home. The courses involved many short complex legs so full concentration was required. Angela, Matt and Scott qualified for the A final back on the other half of the map tomorrow. The rest of the team will race in the B and C finals earlier in the morning. Hopefully the forest is just as open and we will all be able to have a clean race tomorrow.
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Thank you all for another thrilling night. And thank goodness for school holidays and blood pressure pills!!!! Our very best wishes to you all for the finals. Go well. Fly, kiwis, fly!
ReplyDeleteWell done team! Great results for Scott, Matt and Angela and, as always, several not far away from the A final. From my records it seems this is the first time NZ has ever had 2 males in an A final, and in the last 10 years there have only been 3 other NZ males qualify, the most recent being Tom in 2007.
ReplyDeleteHopefully someone checks the blog when you wake in the morning, before your runs, so you can see that we are all thinking of you back here and wishing you well. Run hard.
Good luck to everyone for the Middle finals.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all of the team on your middle distance results. There have been lots of kiwis following the racing on World of O. Unfortunately the live results from the official website have been limited to periodic updates of the finish times, but the support shown on the World of O blog has been huge. The upload of maps onto World of O immediately after the last start has been great, and along with the splits browser we have all been getting a good feel for the action.
ReplyDeleteAll the best for the relay. I'm sure that you will still be proudly representing New Zealand.