{"id":17863,"date":"2015-05-31T17:26:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T17:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=17863"},"modified":"2015-05-31T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T17:26:11","slug":"trondelagsrunden-2015-pyranha-beths-take-1-and-2-racing-on-the-ena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/trondelagsrunden-2015-pyranha-beths-take-1-and-2-racing-on-the-ena\/","title":{"rendered":"Tr\u00f8ndelagsrunden 2015 – Pyranha Beths take 1 and 2 racing on the Ena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend the second race in the Norwegian Whitewater Cup took place at Tr\u00f8ndelagsrunden, a small kayaking festival in the wild valleys of S\u00f8r Trondelag.<\/p>\n

Due to low lying snow remaining far down into the Ena valley, this year the race course had to be moved. \u00a0This meant the morning started with competitors learning the new course,\u00a0trying to find the fastest lines and avoid the many holes along the way.<\/p>\n

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Beth H watching Beth M on the first rapid of the racecourse – Photo: Maddy Goadby<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nicole styling her race lines – Photo: Maddy Goadby<\/p><\/div>\n

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Beth M halfway through the race – Photo Maddy Goadby<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite the varying weather (sun, rain, snow, wind and rainbows) it was a great event on the challenging, technical course. \u00a0Beth Morgan (who travelled over from the UK for the event) and I finished in the lead in the womens event, split by only 0.3 seconds!<\/p>\n

Following the race, we headed off to paddle the local classic; the Bua Canyon: \u00a0Paddling doesnt get much better – 11km of continuous fun in a spectacular gorge – the sort of run where\u00a0you catch yourself giggling without even thinking!<\/p>\n

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Beth M and Eveliina Kallioniemi deep in the Bua Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n

Back at the campsite the Tr\u00f8ndelagsrunden party lived up to its reputation: \u00a0BBQing, dancing, kayaking games, fire poi, and of course the all important moustache competition (a local requirement in the Tr\u00f8ndelag area). \u00a0At this time of year it doesn’t get dark \u00a0so why would you want to sleep?<\/p>\n

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Rainbows over camp<\/p><\/div>\n

Kristoffer Vansvik made a great film of the event:<\/p>\n