The Swedish road championship started today with the time trail in great conditions, sunny and almost no wind! The last weeks my training has been focused on the champs and trying to peak for now. It has been going well and it feels as I have done everything right in the preparation. So I was really on the go before start and was ready to give it all. And then nothing worked!! I could not get my heart rate up, body did not respond and I did not get that flow in my riding. So of course I am very disappointed when I feel that I have done my worst time trail of this season and it happened to be at the champs… That’s life for an athlete, we have good days and bad days. Just to forget about it now and look forward to the road race on Saturday!! Emilia Fahlin won, second year consecutively and Emma Johansson was second. I finished on a 6th place.
I am very impressed by my club mate Jenny, she just turned 16 so not a junior yet but got a dispensation from the federation to race in the junior category cause she is that good. She WON the junior TT today!!!
Photo: Åsa Annerstedt
Photo: Åsa Annerstedt