For the last couple weeks after I came back from Switzerland I had done quiet few races and several trips. Back in Swiss, straight after high altitude camp I did Olympic triathlon. I finished 3d on that one after Nicola Spirig and Sibile Matter. I had pretty long warm up before the competition, I couldn’t find location of the race site, it took me 25 km around the lake, so I didn’t have enough time to be nervous: just got my number, checked in the bike and swim had started.
My next race was the Ironman Austria, I was preparing for this race really hard and I expect a good result, which I think I got. But few not very nice situations had happened to me one week before, like I twisted the ankle at Sunday during an easy run and next day the official from Kiev called me and told that I have some problems with visa, which means I don’t have a visa (usual situation for me this yearJ). After several conversations on the phone with Ironman Austria organizers and some of kind magic I finally got a visa and I even bought another ticket on the train. From that moment everything else went very well: my trip to Klagenfurt, a home stay up there, good rest few days before the race and new personal record for me 9 hours 6 minutes. I even ran few km on the 3d position, but I guess I started run too fast, so I paid back for that on a second half of marathon. It’s really amazing how fast girls are now in Ironman; three first girls broke 9 hours and 9.06 was just 4th place. But I am happy with my result.
Unfortunately I had leave right after banquet, of course because my visa. I had to cross border next night (at midnight, like CinderellaJ).
I also had few more small races during next week back in Ukraine: super sprint team relay and Olympic distance triathlon at Sunday, a week after the Ironman. I felt pretty good, but an immunity system wasn’t that strong and I caught cold and I had rested all next week.
Right now I am in Bulgaria for another training camp with part of Ukrainian national team, with youngest part of the teamJ and my training partner and good friend, Viktor Zyemtsev.
