I began my racing down there with the 800m heat. I had not expectations of making the final, all I was out to achieve was a PB. From the gun it was all go! I have never sprinted so far in my life. It was amazingly quick and I was able to come away with a time of 2:03:15 smashing my personal best by 4 seconds.
A day later I was on the start line for the 1500m heat and again there was no pressure on making the final. All my coach wanted from me was a PB. I don't remember to much from that race except the pace felt comfortable. I remember crossing that line and seeing the clock, not sure whether or not to believe the time that I saw. I wanted anxiously at the finish line to see my time and when it came up on the board I saw my name and next to it was a time of 4:23:54. I absolutely annihilated my old PB by 9 seconds. I knew it was a good time and well to my surprise I had made the final. I was absolutely over the moon because it was the first state final I had ever made. I knew now that I couldn't finish any lower than 12th in QLD.
Well the day of the final came and I think I put to much pressure on myself and maybe my expectations were to high, but at the time I thought they were very much achievable. I did not run to my potential because I ran 4:26:31. I finished 11th in the state and that is nothing to be ashamed of. It took me a while to realise that I did achieve a great result and I should be really happy.
I have had an easy last week and now it's time to refocus and reassess my goals for regional triathlon this month.
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| I am in about 6th position in my 1500m heat |
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