Preparing for the travel

and Polish Horseback Archery National Championships

This week is tough.

We came back from Naturalne Siedlisko last Friday evening, so we even had 3 days off last week, but the vision of going for the main horseback archery championship this week all while hitting the new low in my form is not something I look forward to.

Two competitions ago, I absolutely crushed it. 3Out of tracks, I made a personal record on 2. And then the next competition, with 2 Hunt (Polish) tracks my favorite, was supposed to be a continuation of the form.

The only good thing during the competition was the cake I made. It’s a play on the words Tor Polski (Polish track) and Tort Polski (Polish cake). Photo by me.

During the first round, my horse felt sick (she’s fine) and I needed to switch horses. It was a very hot day, and Granda doesn’t like it when it’s too warm. The next round with another horse, Boston, was horrible — I was completely lost and couldn’t shoot where I wanted to — but the next one was nice.

Little did I know that the 2nd track in the evening would be so horrible. Boston seemed tired and I struggled to ask him to canter, and by the rules, you cannot shoot when trotting on this track. So I scored an absolute nightmare of 10 points. For comparison, during the last competition, I scored 110 points.