This week’s blog is coming from downtown Launceston…a little different to where I was this time last week in downtown New York! After racing Syracuse 70.3 Mum and I headed to NYC for a few days of seeing the sights. One word to describe…amazing! It was the highlight of my trip and I definitely want to get back there again one day. So much to do, so much to see.
After New York I headed back to Boulder for a few final days. I’m on a break from training at the moment so it was a little strange being there and just relaxing…but certainly very nice. After packing up and saying our final adios Sam and I made the trek back to the land of Oz. We spent the afternoon in Santa Monica on Sunday before getting on the plane to Melbourne on Sunday night. After what seemed forever we finally made it Melb where I said another adios, this time to Sam, and then jumped on a plane to Launceston.
It’s so good to be home and just chill out for a while. My first meal back home was a meat pie and coke…not the most athlete friendly meal, but as I said it’s break time and that means one thing - doing not much and eating whatever takes my fancy! If I end up as an oompa loompa in the next few weeks you’ll know why!
I’m going to spend the next few weeks at home studying for my exams at Uni and evaluating the season I have just had. It is one thing to do all these races and training, but it is so important to learn from each and every experience. It would all be a waste of time if I didn’t take anything away from it, so I will go through what I have learnt and what I need to do to keep on improving. I will also come up with a racing plan for the upcoming Aussie tri season and also just a plan for life in general…
It has been a massive season. I have had some great results as well as some that I would rather forget. The biggest lesson I have learnt is this journey is not an easy one. People don’t lie when they say if it were easy then everyone would be doing it. It is tough, but making it as a professional athlete is my goal and has been for as long as I can remember. If I can continue to show improvement each year, continue to learn and continue to receive the support that I do, then I know that I will one day make it and it will all pay off.
Until next time, thank you to everyone who has continued to support me over the past few months while overseas. It is great to know there is support coming from home.
For now it’s time to adapt to driving on the left, cafes with no free Wi-Fi , and endless amounts of vegemite and good coffee!
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