Well its taken me a while to get warmed up this season but at last I delivered a hint of the kind of performance I've been looking for at the Lakeside triathlon. This was my first attempt at a sprint distance triathlon and I placed 1st female and 9th overall. Although I won both Fritton and Waveney triathlons earlier this season, and placed 4th at the National Duathlon champs, Lakeside was the first time I really attacked it properly on the bike.
Blenheim had been a bit of a disappointment for me. Despite coming out of the swim in a reasonable position, I failed to make up sufficient gain on the bike to get into the leading pack. After a lap on my own I was caught by the chase group and battled it out on the run only to come in in 6th. However I took a lot of learning away from that race and got out with my bike team - Extreme Sports Therapy- to remind myself of what it feels like to properly work hard and go fast on the bike.
Lakeside was a great result for me because I had some tough competition in fellow HPU race team members Becky Hewitt and Harriet Brettle so the message was clear: I need to attack.
Eton, the European Youth Relay Qualifiers is my next race so there will be a tough line up. There's only one thing to do: attack!
