Back to Back Wins in Dunkerque

Last year beating Erin Densham and this year beating Emma Moffatt. Both finishes down to the wire, I enjoy racing in the far North of France!

Emma really took this race out fast straight from the first stride. We weaved around the outside of where we had just swum, then reached a tailwind straight before crossing and turning into a long headwind. She was flying, so I had to be tactical. If I kept in touch through the tailwind part, I could draft behind into the headwind and that's exactly what happened. Luckily I got my breath back and had some extra energy for the last lap. With about 300 metres to go, I had an extra gear to push away from Emma Moffatt and Barbara Riveros. Emma almost came back but she was 5cm too late. The 2nd and 3rd of my team were Carole Peon in 7th and Kate Mcilroy in 8th, so overall a great day for the Poissy girls - 2 team wins in a row and leading the French Grand Prix.

First club race for Poissy Triathlon

My first French Grand Prix for Poissy Triathlon and it was a memorable one with a team win in the Nice. I felt a bit different at first wearing the blue and yellow, well I was racing with the opposition from last year. Even the spectators were a bit confused, thinking who is that for Poissy?? But it didn't take long for me to get used to. I enjoy training with Carole and Jess in Montpellier in the pool and now I get to work with them during the race. It worked out well, we had 4 team members in the lead group, so we could keep the pace up. And the final standings were left for the 5km run. Barbara is in great form at the moment and she came through to take the lead in the final 500m in Nice.

I enjoyed seeing the beach in Nice, for the few hours that I was there. My flatmate came to watch, unfortunately I didn't win but we won the drive home in record time and a speeding ticket in his name!