I had a strong start to the race, never really knowing my actual positioning (which I quite like) but I knew I was around the top 5, I felt powerful and was running fast. The first lap adrenaline wore off and I dropped back a few places but was starting to settle into a rhythm more now and holding the gaps. In my racing career so far there have only been a few times that I have felt so truly focused within the race, so much so that you take no notice of crowds or other racers, you just ...race. You are in a zone and making moves. This race was one of those, I hit that 'flow state' that athletes dream of (google it!). I hit lap 3 hard, in the hope to bridge back the gap to those in front but then.. I dropped a chain. Not a big deal I thought as I put it back on… dropped again and again and again. I stood for a good 30s attempting to get it to stay on the front ring, finally it latched and I got going only having lost one position. I wasn't panicking and managed to gap back then past the rider- riding now on pure adrenaline. Headed onto the last lap, comfortably back where I was and then, it happened again in the same place as the previous lap, my chain dropped. This time I stood for what felt like hours fiddling, as rider by rider I dropped further down the ranks until once again it went on and stayed on. I'll be honest at this point I was grateful to not know my position, I just knew I needed to fight until the finish and hope that as a team we had done enough for the team prize. And we did :))) Bittersweet: only finding out after the finish that we won gold for the team but simultaneously I had lost out on a podium for 3rd U23 in the last half a lap. But hey, that's racing though and dealing with the frustration that comes with sh*tluck and the pride that comes with winning is all part of being an athlete.. you win some, you lose some. In reflection, if you had told me at the start of the season that i'd be racing for a podium at champs I wouldn't believe you! 6th U23 and 11th elite in the end. I sit writing this now on the eurotunnel as myself and pit crew (thanks dad;) ) drive out to Belgium for my last two races of the season. I really wanted to extend my CX season right to the end this year. Firstly, because I feel like I've only just hit some good form, so I may as well keep the ball rolling and secondly, I don't feel 'satisfied' with my season yet. As many of you know, I've felt as though this whole season I have just been trying to build back some form ,whilst still racing and not actually being super competitive in the races. On reflection, I think I should have started my cx season later in the year around the end of oct/nov after I had rebuilt my form on the road but... the eagerness to race got the better of me and it was likely that no one could have persuaded me otherwise. Lots more reflections to come from 2021 but for now all eyes are on: Maldegem (Ethias Cross) and Lille (X2O badkamers), two fast, technical and super sandy courses ...lets goooo!
I want to say a special thank you to RideForCharlie for supporting me this season, I wouldn't be able to go aboard to race these final two events without their support. Thank you to everyone who has donated to the RideForCharlie fund for creating experiences like these and most importantly helping to keep Charlies memory alive 💛 Thanks for reading Amy :) x
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