June Blog

The start of June was heavily revision  focused as the majority of my a levels exam were then, meaning my training hours were far lower than usual. The exams however finally finished on the 21st of June which was a couple of days before the Euro Champs qualifier at mallory park.

The Euro Qualifier was split into two days.Day one was an individual TT in which the top 35 in the TT would get into the A final and the rest into B. My expectation into the race were low as of the lack training due to A levels. My main aim therefore was to qualify for the A final which was going to be tough as we were racing with Seniors . Sadly i just wasn’t feeling myself on Saturday, my swim wasn’t too bad, however bike let me down and just couldn’t get into a rhythm in the run. I did however just make it into the A final which was a relief, placed 30th out of 35th and 10th Junior. The top 3 Junior finishers in the A final would qualify for Europeans therefore i was in contention as qualified for the a final, however had low expectations.

Sunday consisted of the Individual final aswell as a mixed relay at the end. The start of the A final went surprisingly well as I managed to get into the third pack with the majority of the junior athletes ,with the exception of 2 Juniors in the pack ahead .The bike was relatively easy as people weren’t really pushing the pace .Coming into transition I managed to position myself well and after having a fast transition managed to come out first in my pack. Right from the start of the run my legs felt great which was a surprise after yesterday, and also a surprise as i hadn’t really done any speed work in the past month. I managed to overtake one of the junior in the pack ahead to finish second junior of the day securing my spot onto the Euro Champ team. The relay also took place after the individual in which my team South Central regional Academy placed 3rd.

Overall I’m Looking forward to the month to come, in which i’ll try to get a good block of training in before Euros, which will take place at the start of August in Turkey.I’ve also got the super series Aquathon this weekend which will be the final race before Euros.