World Cup Round 2, Norway/Sweden is behind us. Some random thoughts ...
1) Jan Kocbach has some great articles on
worldofo.com.
2) Some really good route choice challenges on the Long. I had fun planning routes before watching the "GPS tracks". But, a bit disappointing that the road route (particularly Men's 1 to 2) yielded such an advantage over going straight. I was surprised the top runners didn't use more road running on 5 to 6 (Men's race).
3) Surprised that control 5 on the Women's race was so difficult. Doesn't look any harder than anything else out there to me.
4) Swedes and Swiss sure are strong. Surprised the Norwegians didn't do better - must be a bit of a disappointment for them.
5) Today's Middle looked really challenging. Good technical test. Impressive win by Jansson and Gueorgiou is still the master.
6) Solid results for Emily, especially 25th place today. Still quite a ways down to the rest of the North Americans. Hopefully we can continue bridging the gap.
7) A big experience for a couple of our juniors (Michael and Matej). Hope they find their experience to be motivating for their continued training.