Sprint African Cup, Cape Town

My first ITU race of the year was the Sprint African Cup in Cape Town. After my satisfying race at the Joburg City Tri,  I was feeling confident for another good race. Last year I had a very bad swim in this race and I wanted to clear that bad experience and focus only on the positives.

I did a long swim warm up to get accustomed to the icy cold sea, to avoid this being a shock to my system when I start the race. As the gun went off I sprinted and settled in with a good rhythm. The swim was done in a flash and before I knew it we were going back to the beach. I had no idea where I was in the race, but when I came into T1 I saw that I was in the top 5 and I knew then the race was on - not like last year.

 We formed a big bike bunch and caught the athletes that had a gap on the swim within 3km. It was then playing cat and mouse before we were organised again and worked well. During the last lap it was playing cat and mouse again, everyone wanted to rest a bit before the run. The transition was frantic with all the athletes trying to get out first. I started the run a bit slower than what I was supposed to. But I knew if I go out to fast I blow up so I was bit to cautious. In the end it cost me2 positions, but I still achieved my goal of top 10 in the race. This year has already been much better than last year and it only started now.

 The next race will be the fast tri in Brazil, this is going to be a new experience

Until then

Cheers