When the brown stuff hits the fan: Feeling terrible. What an opportunity here in Bahrain and what a crap day for me personally. I had a solid swim start and sat in the main pack around the first turning buoy when I got into something that felt like a boxing match..the sharp turn was difficult and I swallowed a bunch of water. I lost the first group here but tried to get back to the pack on the way back. I probably lost 45 sec but still saw the tail of the group in T1. I cramped a bit on my sprint through T1 and then tried to charge my way back to the group on the bike, but it seemed like no chance. I didnt even get closer. I pushed the first 20k hard but nobody in sight. I threw up some of the saltwater I swallowed but that wasnt too bad. I tried to make up time but even after 35k I had no info and didnt see anyone. Hip was fine for the first fsection but then I felt some pain in the same spot again. It wasnt too bad so I tried the best I could to stay on the gas. After 40k the pain got more and more and I chose to reduce the pace a bit to see if it gets better...man. Shortly after that I had to call it a day. The pain just got worse. I tried my best but that was clearly not enough. I am pretty upset and pissed about that. But what can I do. I tried but failed. Those kinda races dont come too often and thats what annoys me the most. ( apart from hoping that my hip is ok). Just wanted to share that. Instead of hiding in my room now, I will go back out and cheer for the other guys out there. That might help a bit. Sorry again. I know I will be back soon, but this might have been too soon. Thanks for your support, thanks Challenge Bahrain and my team Uplace BMC for the opportunity.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 06:56:38 +0000