World Cup is over and all I have to say is that was one of the hardest and fastest races I have ever done. Maybe it's beginning to be a trend. Every race I enter is the hardest and fastest but I am pretty sure they can't get much harder or faster than yesterday's World Cup.
All the team directors were predicting a break after a lap or two. The one-woman break didn't happen until 7 laps had passed. That is a huge amount of time at MAX heart rate. If the break would have gone when it was expected then the pace would have been manageable and maybe more than 40 racers out of 120 would have finished. The hills were daunting and the wind was relentless. No time to recover. The whole course was tiring but I guess that is what makes it a World Cup. I finished 15 of the 20 laps and then was pulled. A trainer who looked at my knee the day before told me I had strained my ligament in the back of my knee. I knew something wasn't right with me w
hen I starting feeling a lot of pain in the Thursday night crit. I am taking the next few days off the bike and giving the knee a rest and some icing.Today has been a great day in Wellington. It is picture perfect and I am getting the opportunity to walk around the city and do some window shopping and drink some very yummy strong coffee. This afternoon I have rugby and cricket practice with the 2 young boys I have been staying with. The family I have been staying with has been taking great care of me. The 2 boys who are 4 and 6 years old have thought that I am a whimp for not playing yet. It's hard to explain to them that I just don't want to play Rugby and Cricket after the racing a 3.5 hour World Cup but today I have to give in. Apparently President Bush was giving Cricket a try the other day. Surely I will be better than him!
More tomorrow on how it goes. Thanks for reading. Picture of the race and pictures of my trip will be posted in the upcoming days!
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