I could say that Day 2 of Karlstadscrossen was pretty much the same as Day 1 and the track did have the same characteristics in the reverse direction. The only difference was the freakin' metre of rain that had fallen since yesterday's race which left the track so wet that I immediately took out my paddling gloves and prepared to swim. I have never had a race this wet...and yet it was okay.

My 2 laps of 'warming up' was mostly to avoid getting completely soaked but also to see where I was going. Check. Start time. Check. Standing in the line and the starter says '15 sekunder'. FUCK! No warning at all, just KÖR and I actually had a decent start today but it would have been better if I had been awake. So by the slippery grus corner and the first löphinder I was back to last and holding on all I could. I was with the group for awhile again because of my direct path straight through the water while others tried to avoid. Coming off the short straight section I hit one "puddle", or should I say Lake Vänern, with speed and made a massive splashy splashy which covered my entire body with ice cold water. Aj. After this was the forest section which was tricky in this direction and none of the banked curves worked. It was just slide along and try not to mess up. But every puddle was killing my body temperature and I was cold as hell.

Out to the pit area and the grass and I could push along nicely and have a great rhythm. The tires were perfect and I was getting warm and also could start to see what was happening in front of me. I had caught up to someone temporarily but that was, as I said, temporary. Then the second time into the forest I could see someone from Västerås CK but, again, they took off because I was having trouble in the mud corners.

I think it was only 4 laps today because my next time passed the line I got the '2 laps to go' sign and at that point I had two of the P15-16s and Lars E in my sight so now it was time to give it everything. Somehow I managed to catch up and by the next time across the line I was together with one from OK Tyr and Vallentuna CK. I took a chance at the löphinder and it kept me within reach but I didn't attack yet because it was took soon in the lap. It was funny because we all took completely different lines, mine being the most splashy.

I had lost a bit of ground but in the slippery entrance part of the forest they slowed down a bit so I could catch up again. I messed up the hairpin corner but was still within reach and the next part I just went straight through every bit of water I could find and I was back with them again. Vallentuna was ahead of OK Tyr at this point and out on the pit section with the long muddy straight I made my first attack and passed OK Tyr and even tried for Vallentuna before the corner to the bridge but I didn't succeed there. I was behind a bit again but caught back up because the grass was my friend. I tried to be smart in the corners and that was smart because at the far end near the fence I was almost beside. Quick glance ahead and it was a long watery bit before the sharp left corner towards the sand. Hmm...now or never. So I attacked again and passed and was well above max at this stage. Could I hold on?

My acceleration towards the sand was perfection and I glided through nicely and now just had the stadium part left. Now I could also see that Lars E was quite close and looking tired so I kept on pushing in the longest sprint possible. I thought I was fairly comfortable but OK Tyr and Vallentuna were together and fighting.

So I rolled across the line just 11 seconds after Lars and just 1 and 3 seconds behind me were the other two. Wow! What excitement we had at the back of the pack today! And so much mud! To perform this well on a day like this is beyond my understanding. But it was wonderful!