Patrick Hofmeister

The first international highlight of the season is coming closer. On Sunday, the European Orienteering Championship kicks off with both Sprint Qualification and Final. This year’s venue is Primorsko, a small town located at the Black Sea in Bulgaria. Due to my last exam on Friday, I will join the team a little bit later on Saturday. Despite the very tight schedule, I am very confident before the competitions. The feedback of the last weeks of training was very good and I believe I have improved considerably here in Sweden. Unfortunately, I got sick prior to the Swedish Sprint Championships and the Elitserien competitions in Arvika two weeks ago which were supposed to be the last serious test before the EOC. Nevertheless, I managed to get back on track in time and had some very good training sessions last week. Control picking, Orienteering Intervals, Long runs, 6×1000m (3:10-3:15 with 2min break), Fartlek just to mention a few of them. Now it’s time to charge the batteries. The program is tough for me with Sprint, Long and hopefully relay.

Program:

30.05.2010 Sun Sprint Qual + Sprint-Final
31.05.2010 Mon Long - Qualification
01.06.2010 Tue Middle - Qualification
02.06.2010 Wen Relay
03.06.2010 Thu Model Long and Middle - Finals
04.06.2010 Fri Middle Final
05.06.2010 Sat Long Final
06.06.2010 Sun Closing of the Event Centre