The Pursuit

Hi All

Well a bit of a disapointing day for me. I rode a plan with a bit of risk in it and was hoping for that to pay off big time with a great reward but it didn't, I paid for it.

I rode the qualifying in a time of 4:10 which was about 3 seconds outside my best time set back in April in Sydney. The race plan was to go out hard and then try and hold onto the pace but unfortunately I put it all out there. At 2km of the 3km event things were looking good and then I died. The last 1km was pretty slow and the clock was ticking.

I guess at this stage it is all about looking at the positives. They are hard to see right now. I am sure in a couple of days I will be able to see them again.

I still have one event, the road race. I am sure it will be a good experience but in reality I am just making up the numbers and can't see myself being in the running at the end.

Being a competitive person it is always hard do deal with not performing up to your expectations. It is all about how you come back from these setbacks. Only time will tell on that one but at least I know I have a good history of having the mental strength to come back strong.

MM