Sunday was race day again at Midmar Dam - the fourth leg of the BSG Energade Series(but only the 2nd race I’m competing in).
I was on a “high” from doing reasonably well the previous race, so I was excited for the race to take place. We drove to the venue on Saturday….a 4 and a half hour trip. When we arrived there the weather was a bit bad - the wind was pumping and it was cold. I went for a short swim and met some of my friends at the Dam. I then watched my favourite soccer team, Chelsea play and they won their game.
When I woke up the next morning…well….it was misty and raining. This means it will be a wet and dangerous race, as there was quite a number of dangerous corners on the cycle route. With my bike checked in and warm-up done it was time to race.
The swim was hard and fast, but I didn’t have the best of swims and I knew there was a lot of work to be done on the bike to make up a few places. In T1, I also struggled to get my wetsuit off…haha. The bike was hard as expected, with the rain and the hilly course making it even more hard. We caught a few athletes and formed the 2nd pack. A few athletes crashed on the bike leg on the wet corners. Unfortunately my friend and room mate, Wian was one of them.
My T2 was very fast and I felt really good during the run leg. I managed 8th position overall and 1st junior.
Untill next time
Cheers and enjoy
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