Euro Day 19 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 1

Thursday, 11 July 2019

An early blog post today as judging by the silence in this apartment, and the absence of any bodies in a vertical position, I don't think there's going to be much to tell for the rest of the day!

Today the Dolomites 3-day officially started. Race one was high up in a ski field. There were hardly any trees, and the ones that were there were marked individually on the map which was handy at times!  It was rocky though - very rocky and there were lots of little ups and downs making controls very easy to hide!  The ground was soft and energy sapping to run through. Aside from all of that it was absolutely stunning orienteering terrain.   

 I'm glad we could get the chair lift to the arena, as it would have been a long walk up from the car park!  

We all had ok runs. I am just in 3rd but its a mile to first place on my course so I won't be bothering them this event! The rest of the family are solidly midish field.   

It was quite cold up so high, so we finally wore all the winter woolies we packed for the Mont Blanc trip.

Tomorrow we will be back on the same area.  There's no shortage of control sites on this A3 sized map!