Coach said “absolutely not” — so naturally I podiumed Mapua, Tasman ☀️

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There were only three of us entered, so in my head this was shaping up to be a tidy little “turn up, tick the box, stand on the podium” situation.\n\nThen, at the last minute, David Rush rolled over from the TT bike category into the open grade I was in, and suddenly this wasn’t a cruisy training spin with a number pinned on. It was a proper bike race, and I had that sinking feeling of, ah right, I may actually have to put the head down and do some work here.\n\nSo I did. Not a full send, but definitely more than the “easy opener” my coach had in mind. I got stuck in, rode a solid 13km, and came away with 3rd place. Which, after seven or eight years of turning up to Age Group Nationals, was pretty special — my first podium at last.\n\nAnd because no good cycling story is complete without a stitch-up ending, I then got so busy gasbagging, catching up with everyone, and doing the post-race social lap that I completely forgot about prizegiving. 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