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Head Down & Training Hard

Haven’t had much to say over the last couple of weeks. Just been putting my head down and training hard.
I raced my first running race of the season at the weekend. It was the Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre 5k. I won the race in a time of 15.04 which was a 5 sec PB on last years time. I was pleased with this time as it was very windy and I ran the whole way on my own and a PB is always nice. This winter I have been doing more swimming so my upper body is a little bigger which I feel when I run but the good thing is I’m doing PB’s so it can only better my overall triathlon race.

I’v have started to wind training down for my first race of the season the Mooloolaba triathlon. I am going into each race this season with a more relaxed approach. In the past I was always worried about how outside influence would react to a bad performance for example Federations. Now I am back racing for myself so It will be interesting to see if this works for me. Some people work well off pressure but most people struggle and i think I am one of them.

I went for a swim the other day in the sea to help me prepare for the swim at the Mooloolaba triathlon. It was just like spending 30 minutes in a washing machine. I lost my hat and goggles as did Jodie and Bex. We are all strong swimmers but we were no match against the monster swell. After our swim we had a chat with the life guards and they told us what we were doing wrong . I will certainly take there information and use it at the weekend.

Michelle (coach) did her first bike race of the year on Sunday the DCRR Dutton open and was an incredible 3rd which was a shock to her and to all the other girls she was racing. So I would just like to say well done to her and I’m looking forward to seeing what she can do in the UK road race season on the bike.