You know it’s been a tough year when you have a small but persistent season long injury, get hit by a car, and have to deal with an unprecedented amount of things affecting your career yet simultaneously are out of your control. Needless to say it’s been a rocky season, but it has also been amazing and now that our time in Europe has come to the end I can reflect on all the good things. Here’s an overview of the places I’ve raced and trained and how I rate them (out of 10)…
Training locations:
| GIRONA, Spain (Winter, Spring & Autumn) | ||
| Swimming (pools/open water) | 10 | |
| Biking | 9 | |
| Running | 8 | |
| Gym | 8 | |
| Physiotherapy/Massage/Sports Medicine | 7 | |
| Vegetarian Eating | 2 | |
| Healthy Shopping | 9 | |
| Non Triathlon Activities | 7 | |
| Coffee | 8 | |
| Bakeries | 7 | |
| Charm | 10 | |
| HEIDELBERG, Germany (Summer) | ||
| Swimming (pools/open water) | 8 (Lots of 50m pools just not great for training as they don’t believe in lane ropes!) | |
| Biking | 8 | |
| Running | 7 | |
| Gym | 9 | |
| Physiotherapy/Massage/Sports Medicine | 8 | |
| Vegetarian Eating | 9 | |
| Healthy Shopping | 9 | |
| Non Triathlon Activities | 9 | |
| Coffee | 9 | |
| Bakeries | 9 | |
| Charm | 10 | |
Racing locations:
| Aix en Provence 70.3 – France (DNF) | ||
| Swim course | 7 | |
| Biking course | 9 | |
| Run course | 6 | |
| Crowd | 8 | |
| Getting around race week | 4 | |
| Vegetarian Eating | 6 | |
| Healthy Shopping | 8 | |
| Pre race distractions | 8 | |
| Coffee | 9 | |
| Bakeries | 10 | |
| Charm | 10 | |
| Challenge Salou – Spain (1st) | ||
| Swim course | 10 | |
| Bike course | 7 | |
| Run course | 7 | |
| Crowd | 7 | |
| Getting around race week | 9 | |
| Vegetarian Eating | 4 | |
| Healthy Shopping | 4 | |
| Pre race distractions | 7 | |
| Coffee | 5 | |
| Bakeries | 5 | |
| Charm | 7 | |
| ITU World Long Course Championships – Motala, Sweden (7th) | ||
| Swim course | 7 | |
| Bike course | 8 | |
| Run course | 8 | |
| Crowd | 8 | |
| Getting around race week | 8 | |
| Vegetarian Eating | 6 | |
| Healthy Shopping | 7 | |
| Pre race distractions | 7 | |
| Coffee | 6 | |
| Bakeries | 7 | |
| Charm | 8 | |
| Zurich 5150 – Switzerland (3rd) | ||
| Swim course | 7 | |
| Bike course | 7 | |
| Run course | 7 | |
| Crowd | 7 | |
| Getting around race week | 8 | |
| Vegetarian Eating | 9 | |
| Healthy Shopping | 8 | |
| Pre race distractions | 8 | |
| Coffee | 8 | |
| Bakeries | 8 | |
| Charm | 10 | |
| 70.3 World Championships – Zell am See, Austria (16th) | ||
| Swim course | 9 | |
| Bike course | 9 | |
| Run course | 8 | |
| Crowd | 9 | |
| Getting around race week | 7 | |
| Vegetarian Eating | 7 | |
| Healthy Shopping | 6 | |
| Pre race distractions | 7 | |
| Coffee | 5 | |
| Bakeries | 6 | |
| Charm | 9 | |
| Triathlon de Gerardmer – France (2nd) | ||
| Swim course | 9 | |
| Bike course | 9 | |
| Run course | 7 | |
| Crowd | 7 | |
| Getting around race week | 10 | |
| Vegetarian Eating | 6 | |
| Healthy Shopping | 5 | |
| Pre race distractions | 7 | |
| Coffee | 6 | |
| Bakeries | 8 | |
| Charm | 7 | |
| Challenge Sardinia – Italy (DNF) | ||
| Swim course | 9 | |
| Bike course | 9 | |
| Run course | 7 | |
| Crowd | 7 | |
| Getting around race week | 10 | |
| Vegetarian Eating | 7 | |
| Healthy Shopping | 5 | |
| Pre race distractions | 7 | |
| Coffee | 6 | |
| Bakeries | 6 | |
| Charm | 9 | |
See you back in Boulder!