No rest for the
wicked. A long drive home, throw on a wash, cook up some lunch and I’m back on
the road. Next stop Cardiff. It was a little strange getting back into a Slalom
boat after spending some time in a plastic river runner in Austria but it a
quick warm up and it was show time.
I took a calm approach to my first run paddling smooth and clean placing in 7th.
The course had some tricky parts which had caught a few people out so it was
again a case of all or nothing on second runs. I hit one of the plastic bollards
that create the waves and features of the artificial river, and put a nice big
crack in my boat. With the impact I got push onto the right of pole of gate 2
giving me a 2 second penalty to add to a mostly tidy run with a little line
chasing towards the bottom losing a few vital seconds. I dropped to 11th
in the final result.
My Next race will be
in London for the last race of the season Premier Race 11 and British
Open. My aim for the event will be to
break into the top 10 and gain a wild card for GBR Senior Team Selection in
2014
