Tiomila 2008 tiende etappe

Tiende etappe:
Daniel Hubmann løper sikkert og godt hele etappen, men ingen av tetlagene klarer å rive seg løs på den ugaflede etappen. Tre løpere kommer så og si samlet ut av skogen. Tiomila 2008 avgjøres omtrent 200 meter før mål opp den lille bakken inn på plena foran Rosersbergs slott. Daniel har flere gir ekstra i forhold til konkurrentene og kan løpe i mål med armene høyt hevet. Han avslutter stafetten for KOK først, 0:03 foran neste lag og har 3. beste etappetid.




Daniel Hubmann runs safe and well the whole leg, but none of the leading teams manage to tear themselves free on the ungafled leg. Three runners come out of the forest togeather. Tiomila 2008 is decided about 200 meters before the finish up the small hill leading up to the lawn in front of Rosersbergs castle. Daniel has more speed than the competitors and can cross the finish line with his arms raised high. He concludes the relay for KOK first, 0:03 ahead of the next team and has the 3rd best legtime.


My race
Because all my team mates did a very good job I had the rewarding task of starting in a pack together with two other teams in the lead. I was really nervous before my race, but was informed that we had a gap of more than 6 minutes to the next teams. That took some pressure off my shoulders, because I just had to do a solid performance to reach our goal. The first part of the race went really well. Emil pushed quite hard form the start. Therefore I saw no reason to take the lead.

After running past the spectator control I still felt very good. To the 19th control I realized that we weren't heading in the right direction, checked the compass 3 times, but wasn’t brave enough to go my own direction. Anyway I punched control 19 first and lead to the next three controls. Luckily Emil and Michal followed me to the 22th control – the route choice to the left around the hill would have been at least 15 seconds faster. Thus we were still running together on the very last controls.

Daniel leaves Emil Wingstedt standing
up the hill 200m before the finish.

I made a small mistake to number 27, witch brought me into a defensive position and I had to push hard not to loose contact to the second last and to the last control. Right at the last control I punched together with Smola and maybe 3 seconds behind Wingstedt. Then the only goal was to close the gap to Wingstedt as soon as possible and wait for the right point to attack. I had no clear plan in my head for that, I just took it as it came. At the corner 200 meters before the finish the point came and I thought: now or never. I pushed as hard as possible and my legs were able to run even faster. It was a fantastic feeling to cross the finish line first.

Winning Tiomila
During the last years I have realized what a big and important event Tiomila is and of course I started dreaming of winning this relay. Now it happened already in my the first season running for KOK – what a feeling! It’s really good to be a part of this winning team.