Bratislava Update

We've been in Bratislava for 3 days now and so far it's going really well. Our accommodation is good and training has been going well. The course here has changed a bit, most noticeably the bottom drop has been changed a lot. The middle rock/lump after the drop has been flattened which makes the drop much easier going than before but it's still pretty beefy and has been changing day to day.

We're keeping up our weight training whilst we're here and were a bit concerned about finding a good gym but local paddler Juraj Mincik hooked us up with a gym owned by his friend. It's really good and easy to get to from our accommodation so we're fully sorted for a couple of weeks training.

It's going to be a pretty busy weekend as the Danubia Cup is actually going to be three days of racing. On Friday it is the Cunovo Slalom and then Saturday is Qualifying for the Danubia Cup followed by the Finals on Sunday. It's a good opportunity for us to practice race pacing on the course here which is always a tricky business of balancing paddling hard but being efficient so you still have enough energy for the bottom drop move.

Online results are available from the race website below so check it out.

(Posted on the 28th Aug 2008)