Indoor slalom 13/2
Last weekend was a busy one. Saturday was the day we held our indoor slalom competition, on a course set up with 12 gates in an Olympic size pool at Lögarängen. 2 loops for 14 and above, 1 loop for youngsters.
Competition went on rather well, albeit less trained paddlers found the course too long, meaning full-size course on flat water just pumped out everything out of them. One of the less trained paddlers would be me too! Its just sucked every ounce of power out of me, perhaps not to bright considering the fact that Engelbrektsloppet was day after. But I figured that 2 min of work, that ended up with 137 sec, would cost too much, since my carb depots would deplete completely, or even start to get depleted. But the agony after crossing the finishing line was just enough to make me regret my decision to compete. Although I trained hard up to the competition, I trained xc-skiing, and not so much kayaking/canoeing, so it felt rather strange to hit the slalom course.
I also took part in the C1 category, mainly to promote it amongst younger kayakers but also due to the fact that I will try and only do C1 in the races held on easier courses, and try and do C1 on Swedish champs in Lissfors. Though it be fun to challenge myself. And it was challenging, took my 187sec to finish the course.
Needles to say, I didn’t win, placed pretty much last in nearly everything but the competition was a blast so it was a good enough for me.
Some pics: http://vkf-fors.blogspot.com/
courtesy of our team photographer Lisa Almén
Fun part was the following xc race on sunday.