Everything in my body feels tender and tired at this point; I have never pushed myself this hard, I'm broken - arms, legs, neck, back, core- sometimes I feel like my ear is tired also - true story haha.
Well the past few weeks have been nothing but work work work work - as Rihanna would say. But hey, they say “you reap what you sow". It generally doesn't help when it's Olympics month- the motivation comes in big black bags because you want to see yourself there, so you feel like you need to start working for the next one NOW!
Back to the business of the day- the last Momentum Health Oatwell Dual Cross of the year in Buffelspoort this past weekend. To be honest I didn't have any expectations for this one; I was tired and didn’t even practice my running, but I still wanted to compete. At the start I was lined up right at the back of the batch, but something in me said creep yourself a bit closer the front so I negotiated my way through.
Off we go on our first run. I was running very comfortably and then a km in surprisingly I felt really good, so I accelerated to the front- Brand was already gone by the way! I kicked another acceleration and now I was second place. In the transition zone I waited a bit for Nico and Charl-Stephan as I was not going to ride this course by myself. So the three of us were hurting for Brand who was already a minute ahead.
Half way in a small mechanical set me back a few minutes and the pair rode away, so then I was chasing Brand and the two of them. About 5km away from the second transition I started seeing the pair and I was getting closer, so I decided to spin my legs and get ready for the last run. I was 4th into the last transition; it was my quickest change ever- running shoes on, cap on, “run, Willy, run” I heard someone say. I accelerated out and within meters I was 2nd again. And that's how the story ends, happily 2nd.
I'm still focusing more on next year and I’m really improving all thanks to my coach Devlin "Batman" and HPC for the support and motivation when I needed it the most, and Kargo Pro Cycling Team for keeping my dream alive every day.
#MissionSkinnyHulk
Image Credits: Daniel Coetzee for www.zcmc.co.za
Well the past few weeks have been nothing but work work work work - as Rihanna would say. But hey, they say “you reap what you sow". It generally doesn't help when it's Olympics month- the motivation comes in big black bags because you want to see yourself there, so you feel like you need to start working for the next one NOW!
Back to the business of the day- the last Momentum Health Oatwell Dual Cross of the year in Buffelspoort this past weekend. To be honest I didn't have any expectations for this one; I was tired and didn’t even practice my running, but I still wanted to compete. At the start I was lined up right at the back of the batch, but something in me said creep yourself a bit closer the front so I negotiated my way through.
Off we go on our first run. I was running very comfortably and then a km in surprisingly I felt really good, so I accelerated to the front- Brand was already gone by the way! I kicked another acceleration and now I was second place. In the transition zone I waited a bit for Nico and Charl-Stephan as I was not going to ride this course by myself. So the three of us were hurting for Brand who was already a minute ahead.
Half way in a small mechanical set me back a few minutes and the pair rode away, so then I was chasing Brand and the two of them. About 5km away from the second transition I started seeing the pair and I was getting closer, so I decided to spin my legs and get ready for the last run. I was 4th into the last transition; it was my quickest change ever- running shoes on, cap on, “run, Willy, run” I heard someone say. I accelerated out and within meters I was 2nd again. And that's how the story ends, happily 2nd.
I'm still focusing more on next year and I’m really improving all thanks to my coach Devlin "Batman" and HPC for the support and motivation when I needed it the most, and Kargo Pro Cycling Team for keeping my dream alive every day.
#MissionSkinnyHulk
Image Credits: Daniel Coetzee for www.zcmc.co.za