Last Friday was the first race of the season in the UAE. As my last race of the season internationally was in China only earlier this month it is not much of a break! It has been a mentally tough 3 weeks post China. Anyone who races knows we can't always be at our peak but it’s always hard to not be disappointed when you know you could have done better.
Moving onwards and upwards I attacked the first race of the UAE triathlon season at the Aerofit triathlon with the mental and physical strengths I had hoped and worked hard for in China. It paid off! It was a close competition between fellow team mate, Didge and myself. She is the most incredible girl I have ever seen on the bike so knew I had to be on the ball. Although we came out of the water together, I managed to come out of transition ahead of her on the bike. I knew every second would count. She had an amazing bike, although mine was ok I knew I couldn’t give her too much of a lead coming onto the run, but with 1 min 40 seconds lead I thought the race was over. China, China, China......... I felt good so dug in and just chased. I had a lot to prove to myself with the race so gave it my all. I managed to catch her up with around 1 km to go, tried not to breathe too heavily on the way past (we all know it’s good to try and look fresh even if you’re shattered!). I came across in first and was totally chuffed with my performance. All I can say I never used to race like this. I have Didge to thank for this. She is a very strong athlete both mentally and physically and I feel we will both make each other stronger and faster as the season progresses.
Thank you everyone for all your support post China. This race and your support means a lot to me. The next local race is in just over 2 weeks!!!!!!
Moving onwards and upwards I attacked the first race of the UAE triathlon season at the Aerofit triathlon with the mental and physical strengths I had hoped and worked hard for in China. It paid off! It was a close competition between fellow team mate, Didge and myself. She is the most incredible girl I have ever seen on the bike so knew I had to be on the ball. Although we came out of the water together, I managed to come out of transition ahead of her on the bike. I knew every second would count. She had an amazing bike, although mine was ok I knew I couldn’t give her too much of a lead coming onto the run, but with 1 min 40 seconds lead I thought the race was over. China, China, China......... I felt good so dug in and just chased. I had a lot to prove to myself with the race so gave it my all. I managed to catch her up with around 1 km to go, tried not to breathe too heavily on the way past (we all know it’s good to try and look fresh even if you’re shattered!). I came across in first and was totally chuffed with my performance. All I can say I never used to race like this. I have Didge to thank for this. She is a very strong athlete both mentally and physically and I feel we will both make each other stronger and faster as the season progresses.
Thank you everyone for all your support post China. This race and your support means a lot to me. The next local race is in just over 2 weeks!!!!!!
