Challenge Almere-Amsterdam 2013

Posted by Dylan on 16 April 2014

So my season is over and it ended with the wrong kind of boom! But family and friends, that was not all of me out there today.
Being sick and having to sleep all week actually helped the start of the ride, as I felt really fresh and I rode pretty aggressively, but by 110km I was struggling and the wind was taking its toll. We had a rear NW here today, which meant almost no fast tail wind sections that come with the usual Southerly and a lot of cross and head wind grovelling instead. It was tough.
I was happy to get off the bike and start running, but knew straight away that things weren't the way they usually are, which is actually being able to run!
I was more exhausted at 22km in to the marathon today than I was at the 40km mark in Wanaka (which was border line tripping over myself) and I really didn't think I would make the finish line. I got my 'ironman shuffle' on though and managed to get there in the end.
I had so many questions coming to Europe this year, many have been answered, but I will also be coming home with many more and will be looking to answer them also.
All in all I have been super happy with my year and I can't complain with my 2 wins. Next year is already on my mind and I will be lining up at Challenge Wanaka come January and will get this roller coaster ride back underway.
As always thanks to everyone for the support. It has been awesome this year hearing from so many.
Next up is a we trip to the OC and Mexico for some surf and some corona's and I'll be home on 1st October for some flat whites and probably a few more corona's.
Thanks again
Dylan