The fightback began along the shoreline of Dueodde with my Wells clubmate Ben Tickner taking second place after a very close race with stage 1 winner Jussi Utrainen.
With 2km along the beach (left by Jens-Erik Larsen), a short loop through the village and another stretch of beach before the final climb through the dunes todays stage is almost certainly one of the hardest of the week.
The early pace was red hot with a cash prize at the sprint prime after 1.5km and i was well off the pace and struggling early on while Ben tracked Jussi a few metres behing the glory hunters. A bit further back Martin was hanging on gamely to protect his overall position on his least favourite surface.
With the sprint out of the way the sharp ended turned into. Head to head between Ben and Jussi while i picked my way through those who went out to hard and martin was limiting his losses against the other leaders. A brutal final kilometre through the dunes in deep soft sand was a real strength sapper. Martin held on for 9th and i was a few places behind in 12th place (finish left by Jens-Erik Larsen).
Roll on tomorrow and the undulating 8k forest race which should be our kind of course.
Writing this on the bus back to base there is stunning sunset over the baltic and the prospect of freshly smoked makerel for dinner courtesy of Martin and Bens foraging skills this morning.
Full results at
http://results.ultimate.dk/events/2011/run/etapebornholm/front/index.php
2 comments:
Hi, this is Kates mum, can you tell Martin "well done" I am following the races on TV2.Sounds like your all having a good time.Hope you all recover well for your next race tomorrow. Thanks Gill Hollis
Sounds like something out of the marines' training camp, dude. Good luck in the forest! Loz :-)
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