15. julij 2009
Gran Canaria after 5 days
It is still very windy and I have not used anything bigger than 5.4 Challenger Aero + and the RRD X-fire 90. Day 4 and 5 saw a lot of racing action, as there were not much waves. We finished 7 races in two days; the first one we had a course with 4 jibes and today a course of 6 jibes. Because of the conditions the racing here is very intense. I measured my heart rate on the course and could not believe it, in 17 minutes I was on the water for the heat I had an average HR of 141 and the maximum on the course was impressively 176. I hardly get this HR running uphill.
Over the two days I was fighting a lot and most of the time I am fighting with the main group for the semifinal, but small mistakes make me not qualify. I had two serious chances to enter the top 20. One time I was 5th before the last mark and Buzianis jibe inside me and made me go 6th, the second one was when I had a good start and came to the first mark in third, out of the jibe I was still third and on the second jibe Ross stopped in front of me unexpected so I crashed and my chance was gone. I feel it coming so I hope in the next three days I will make it!!!
Pic. : PWA /JC
1. fighting
2. the roommates (from left Daniel Aeberli, Tom Malina and me)
3. I missed the semi for a bit
