Was a crap day on the bike for me.
started 1D, for the first time in a long time I was VERY nervous before the race. Woke up at 3am with the shakes.
I knew the moment we climbed up onto the highway that this was going to be a tough day, the legs did not want to cooperate.
At the top of the climb before heading down to hospital bend the right calve started cramping already.
I gave it everything I had to stick to the group, eventually through fishhoek I was spat out the back.
Solo’d to just before Simon’s town when another group caught me. It was actually weird, from fish hoek to Simon’s town I could see my group just up ahead edging away, but not a single other rider around until the next group caught me.
from Simon’s town I spent the rest of the race clinging for as long as possible to each group that came past. Every time we hit a rise in the road my HR would climb, my legs would moan and I’d get spat out.
left thigh started cramping heading towards misty cliffs, by the time we got out the other side of soetwater both legs were cramping.
stopped at the top of chappies, grabbed a pic, then was forced to stop on little suikerbossie with both legs in full on cramps. Rubbed them and stretched them the. Nursed my way up suikers watching everyone stream past.
luckily the wind was pushing me home from there, managed to limp over the finish line in 3h35.
21st CTCT done.
wish my body would have cooperated, it’s was great conditions to pb.
