Yesterday I competed in my first race
for 2013 at Caloundra. I had been very excited for a number of weeks now and
was keen to get out and compete after a long base block over the Christmas/New
Year period. The race was only 400m/15km/4km so I was using it as a hit out for
the Geelong Continental Cup next weekend and to blow out the cobwebs ahead of a
long season.
I came out of the water in 2nd
position, but immediately took the lead within the first 100m of the cycle. I
put a fair amount of time into the other girls on the bike, jumping off with a
substantial margin. I have been practicing surge running a great deal in
training lately and was keen to execute this. I went out onto the run and laid
down a number of short, sharp surges. I was reasonably happy with my run
however, I think I still had more to give and failed to access that. I still
did enough to hold onto the lead though, and only have a week until I can have
another crack at giving everything of myself. Congratulations to Anna and Kirra
who rounded out the podium yesterday.
Ellie xx
