Husky Long Course/ NSW Pro Tour

What a jammed pack weekend the weekend was... I was half expecting a relaxing time in a sea side town. NOT

Saturday was awesome watching the team in the Sprint race. Tils and Laura showed again how fabulous they were coming 1st and 2nd overall in the females - they both looked awesome! Go Girls...

Saturday afternoon - I left my comfortable state of denial and raced the NSW Pro Tour... My first race in the mix with some great female athletes left me BEYOND nervous! With the eliminator format - I needed to make the final 8 to make the final. I did and it took a lot to do that. I learnt how to hurt on the bike (and believe me I was hurting) I had a great time racing this crit style format, and walking away from the 2 races I learnt more than I thought imaginable. The best part of the race was the crew from Bondi Fit cheering the ENTIRE race. I am so lucky to have such amazing friends.

Sunday saw most of us take part in the Australian Long Course Championships. There were plenty of stories with Paul breaking Rita's wetsuit, with Top Midget bolting home to get her wetsuit (and she thought she wouldn't get to run??) It was a great day of racing, and even better that Spot's Chicks won the female teams - I got the glory run leg, but the other 2 set me up to have a very comfortable 20km run.

Looking forward to the next weekend of racing - next stop Swansea Belmont...

Surf Life Sydney Branch Championships

Sometimes there is nothing better than doing something you love - just for the hell of it.

This weekend I decided to race the Sydney Branch Championships 2km Sand Run. Despite my inner demons from last year's Australian Championships - I was really excited to throw the bike, goggles and best of all the joggers to dig my toes into the sand.

The weather was a little overcast and light rain, which meant we were able to run without melting. but most of all - the torrential rain the night made the sand incredibly firm. This always makes for some quick running across the 2 lap course.

I rode from home to Cronulla which is about 35km, and despite it being cruisy I was not sure how the legs were going to hold up. As the gun went and we all headed up, the quads felt great, and was happy to settle into a comfortable pace with a few of the girls. After about 300m I knew the pace was a little slow so I decided to run with a group of boys and use their foot steps to make it a little easier. I continued to edge away from the girls, and slowly started to pick off the boys.

It felt like a quick 2km (not sure how accurate the course was) and I was third including the men and first in the women. It felt good racing on the sand , and forgot how much fun racing that race is. But the best bit of the day, has to be hanging in the North Bondi SLSC tent listening to the the banter of the boys go back and forth.

Can't wait for State and the Nationals

As per Anna's Request

Anna has requested a special mention on here...
Anna sits in an office near me, and is my regular coffee buddy. Last Friday I helped her out by sticking labels on her friend's wedding invitations. And despite common belief that I would have preferred to be in Centennial park doing flat laps, it was too hot and therefore completely happy to help out... :D