22^nd April 2008

Just when I thought a tough season couldn’t get any harder it just did, after having a nightmare two weeks and picking up two separate injuries at the same time it put me out of racing at the last round of the Gorrick series over the weekend of the 20th of April so it then meant the race was on to see if would be able to race the Southern the next weekend.

After an injury to my ankle, thankfully over the week the swelling went down, so I was able to go to the southern XC round 2.

In practice my ankle was not perfect but was ok until I had a slight moment and ended up hurting it again, with a few hours till my race it became panic and deciding if I would be able to race or not but in my mind not racing was not an option as there were national ranking points up for grabs.

At the start of the race straight away I was falling back as I my ankle was not good under pressure. Half way round the first lap it was obvious  I may be doing more damage than good so I made the tough decision to stop so I didn’t end up putting myself out for a lot longer than just two races.

I know that I could not help being ill last year and getting this injury, but the way things have gone so far this year just don’t cut it for me and need to up my game in every area of  my racing and training and keep a positive attitude.