Our NSW girls at JWOC felt the heat in the long distance event overnight. Debutante Nicola Blatchford (NC) came in 116th out of 148 in a time of 91.04, a good 30 minutes behind the winner Lisa Risby from Sweden. Michele Dawson (GO) was 127th in 97.14. Michele said navigation was straightforward, the terrain was good, but route choice was paramount to avoid excessive climb (450m in 7.1km in hot conditions).
In the boys section Ollie Poland was the best Australian in 52nd place in 80.34 - but only 11 minutes behind the winner, Piotr Parfianowicz from Poland.
The competition is fierce, and our team have their sights on tonight's Middle distance qualifiers, hoping we can get some runners into the A finals. Follow the action at www.jwoc2013.cz and on the team blog.
