Another hard day out for the both of us, both not having spark from earlier races, the course was ment to suit both of us in different areas, with lots of climbing and some really pinchy climbs within it and some tricky decents.
Carl's Race
Another warm up thinking oh shit is that all you have got, but knowing what had to be done, I had the chance to wrap up the national series with another win, but it was far from that, first lap there were guys shooting off everywhere but I was trying to cover off Dirk and Mikey as I felt they were the biggest threat to me. I had tried to stay with them but once Dirk put the hammer down we split, Dirk had 30 odd seconds on me and I had 30 odd on Mikey, then all of a sudden Anton had caught Mikey, and Mikey had carried Antons pace as soon as Anton had finish Mikey was on a mission to the front I held him for a lap but not very well, slipping a few more seconds back on the final lap still finishing 3rd but not so stoked about it, these two boys are the ones I need to be beating.
This week Ill be resting up with my spade out ;-)
Katie's Race
After nationals I was forced off the bike with an ugly virus! It wasn't until I tried bike testing Wednesday after nationals that we realised the body was clearly fighting something. It zapped me completely headaches, glans wanting to swallow my head and a throat which I could barely drink water with, I used the first method of recovery rest however the Saturday following nationals I was worse and went into the doctor. I came out with a nice stash of drugs, the legal ones of corse- panadol, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory tablets. I slowly got back into training it was frustrating to say the least. Thursday I managed my first full session however this was short lived as after 3 days of normal I ended up exhausted again. from here I had days where I was ok and days where I was fatigued and training below my potential. Wellington was a long shot, but I loved the track. I felt flat Saturday morning but pretty good by the evening and decided it was worth while entering as Sunday could have been one of my up's. After the first feed zone on lap one I new it wasn't, I could have completed the race however if I had continued it would have set me back further in my recovery. Karen won the race in clear style with over a 9minute lead. It is back to the doctor for me today to get on top of everything and return to racing strong!
On a better note, although dispite my lack of full health I have had some really big ups over the last weeks;
- Finished summer school
- Got the best valentines day present ever... from my dentist a new front tooth!
- Jolanda Neff stayed with us in Rotorua, really enjoyed showing her around, riding with her and learning a thing or too especially in terms of technical skills and descending faster.
- Rafted down the kaituna - flipped down the waterfall... survived :)
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