now more than ever

Last weekend, there were two test-races counting for the selection for the Nordic Orienteering Tour (NORT) in June.

Saturday, middle distance, solid race, place 6. Sunday, some bad route choices and one mistake of about 10 seconds, place 9. The NORT is still reachable, I thought. But the coaches found that it makes more sense to give me the possibility to attend the training camp in Finnland in may, instead of the NORT. I was completely disappointed, but tried to see all the positive things out of this decision. For example the Strongmanrun june the 1st. And maybe there will be a family-team at the 100km race june the 7th, like last year. But it's hard, when I think about what I will miss, and how much experience in orienteering competitions I could have gained.

Now I realize that I have difficulty accepting the "No" of the coaches. I think it would be much easier if my results would have been clearly too bad. Or if another one could take my place. Unfortunately it were some seconds that made the decision.

So, the only thing I can do, is to say: NOW MORE THAN EVER! ...and keep smiling :-)