My race in Hamilton this weekend went terrible! I felt as flat as the track and just couldn’t get into it. I think I have just done so much racing now as a ‘build up’ that I am getting a bit over building and just can’t wait to hit up Nationals! The track was pretty crazy; a thin hard packed trail that turned and twisted every 2m around a flat bit of land with a bump chucked in here and there. With this section of land that was available the organisers did well to make a course out of it, it was real spectator friendly but far out… Hamilton needs to plant themselves a hill!!
Off the mark I didn’t have a very good start heading into the single track, since passing room was scarce Eloise managed to open up a gap from there and hold it off till the end, getting her first Pro Elite win! Katie and I were riding around together in 2nd and 3rd place for a while until I started running out of gas. It was getting pretty hot in the heat and I wasn’t concentrating enough heading into the final feed zone so I dropped my bottle pick up – that sucked! Half way round the final lap Monique stormed passed me and I just did what I could to get to the finish… where a bottle of water was waiting!
I was always planning for Hamilton to be my last round before nationals and I am going to stick with that decision not to compete this weekend in Rotorua. Nationals is only two weeks away now and that is the race that counts so I’ll head home to Wellington, rest up and dial in what I need to so I can race at my best there.
Big thanks Jane and Waiariki for some great prep/skills sessions this past week in Roto!
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