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It’s been a while since the last time I wrote something. I have been busy and doing a lot of orienteering. I ran at the EOC’s in Latvia and the Swiss Selection races. During that time the US team for WOC has been selected. In addition, Marc launched his new homepage: http://www.marclauenstein.ch and he also earned his ticket to Olomouc for WOC.

The EOC week was very nice and I had a lot of good experiences. The races were technically tough for me, but I managed to have some good races. I missed the A-final in the Sprint by 7 seconds after a “not-so-great” race. This showed me that I *could* have made it and that my chances at WOC are pretty good. I ran a bad race in the long qualification; I was not calm enough and made lot of mistakes. I will have to run a lot better to have a chance to run in the Long final at WOC, which is my main goal for world champs. The middle qualification race went really well, I was able to stay calm and just run a normal, good race. No big mistakes, just constant speed and clean. To my surprise I made the A-final!! This was a great success for me, especially considering how difficult the field was at the EOC. There was an article written about me too!

After the EOC’s things continued in full swing. On the Friday afterwards was the first Swiss selection race (Middle distance). You can see the men’s course on Marc’s webpage. On Sunday we had the Sprint race and on Monday the long distance. I ran ok, but not great. My Sprint race was the best of the three races. Results are here: http://www.o-l.ch/cgi-bin/results

The US WOC team has been selected and I am very much looking forward to my experience at WOC. I have been given the opportunity to run all disciplines and I am really excited. I think it will be great to have a chance in every race to show my best and to see what happens. It will be a tough week, but I am ready for it!