Triathlon Internationale Villacidro, 7th June

Only one week after the Xterra European Champs, the athletes met in Villacidro and got the chance to again compete against each other. I entered the race with a lot of confidence and excitement. I was in the leading group out of the water and led the bike for an hour until Carina
Wasle passed me on the major climb. She had gotten 3rd the week before. I chased her and unfortunately took it a bit too fast on the downhill. I flew over the handlebars and was fortunate that neither me nor the bike was broken. However, I cut and bruised my left quads pretty severely and it took a lot to go through the pain for the rest of the race. The run was even steeper than Temecula. Brutal! But this was to my advantage, because I am a good runner and climber and I was able to run to my full potential. Despite the pain in my left leg, I managed to keep my position, came in Second and even leave Renata Bucher (2nd at European Champs) 6 minutes behind me! I am very happy with this result!