Raced at the European Age Group Championships in Lisbon on Sunday and had a brilliant race, winning my age group (25-29) by almost 10 minutes and also posting the fastest female age group time overall. A very good day at the office! I thought I was on for a good one in the swim when I knew I was swimming strongly yet everything felt quite easy and as I looked at my watch at the swim exit my thoughts were confirmed: a 19.51 1500m swim split was just the way to kick off the race. Out on the bike (over cobbles in the rain - not pleasant!) I soon found my riding legs and just destroyed it, opening up a five-minute lead by the halfway 20k mark. The Focus Izalco Chrono was nothing short of superb. I just love riding this bike and racing it is even better. As I ran out of T2 the Team GB support crew were out in force and it really pushed me to turn it up to top speed and see what was in the legs. I knew I was running well but was v chuffed to clock a 37.53 and a total finish time of 2:14.55. All in all it was a great weekend, the legs are starting to recover and I’m really looking forward to racing at the Worlds in Vancouver in less than four weeks’ time - bring it on!
Catch up with you soon
EK

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