In the end the result was what i expected. With a 15th place in my head i made it to Saturdays long distance final. But the race was not. I was feeling well prepared, both physically and technically for this competition. But neither my head nor my legs were working at top yesterday. While i was running down to control nr. 3 i twisted my right ankle. It was nothing bad, but i lost my concentration and i missed the control by more than one minute. Then a wrong route to nr 4. On the next few control i already started to feel tired and i had to walk every single step uphill. Only after the 9th control it started to feel a little better. From this point i think i did a solid race at quite ok speed and just a 15 sek mistake at control nr 18.

After a some analyzing and a night to think about i can say the following. I definitely expected to qualify more easily for the final with a good performance without mistakes and a stable running speed. But i think i have to see the positive things. I have the possibility to improve in the final. I still believe that the preparation is good and that it was just not the right day.

But first there will be a nice and tricky middle distance competition tomorrow, i am looking forward to. We are leaving now for the model event.