I am really enjoying the Kona aftermath at the moment!  It was an amaying day and such an awesome experience to get to compete with the best of the best out here in this mystical place.

What did you think about the race?  Any upsets or pleasant surprises?  I would be interested to hear your thoughts!

Wow- what a day! Ok- let’s start from the beginning.

Leaving Font Romeu was a batlle with all our belongings and Barrett plus bike in and around my car.

I was so happy once we arrived in Barcelona with the bike still on top- the curvy roads took a lot out of us- since we had to make up some time on the way to the airport.

The flight was good, but the travel took a long time, so we had a 12hr door2door trip until we got to our nice hotel in Prague-

Thursday’s contre-la-montre (Time Trial), 18km:

I was very excited to be part of the Cycling Championships in Luxembourg this year, even though it was during my racing break, I was still looking forward to a good performance to show the cyclists that I am a good rider. I knew the race course and I had my training partner and friend Paul Westwood behind me in the follow car; Alicia was there as well and she filmed the whole thing!

Check out the YouTube video above! Crazy, I know

What a day! I finally have my first WTC victory after racing for such a short time in the new distance.
Coming off the tiring St Croix race, I struggled to get back into my training rhythm once I got back to Tampa. Not only did my blisters make it hard to do the biking and running but also the training itself took it’s toll.

Up until the last two days before the race I did not feel completely ready. Race day proved to be quite different.

This will be one of my last blog posts before my new webpage will be uploaded. We are finally close to the launch so my next post will be from there.

I am very happy with my race in St Croix, the whole trip was a great experience. I chose to have a home stay and that turned out to be such a great experience- we met lots of super nice people and I know for sure that I will return to the island at some point.
The build up to the race was pretty good, my swim and bike sessions went really well, so I knew I would be up there with the best guys. The last three running sessions before the race were the first in a long time without having any pain in my foot- how cool is that, after having trouble since early January? The only open question for the race was which pace I would be able to hold in the run- it turned out to be quite good considering the circumstances.