Since arriving home after Israel my body has been fighting a stomach bug of some kind. I have managed to eat one proper meal in 3 days and I feel rather weak. Nationals starts tomorrow with a time trial and then the XC on Saturday. I hope to be recovered enough to race well despite a big energy loss at the moment.
For info about Swedish champs you can visit the link – mtbsm.se
Edit: I will most probably not race tomorrow. I tried the course for tomorrows timetrial today and I had to stop after 40min to make a ”pit stop” at closest toilet… Shit! I will do my best to recover some energy and be ready soon again. I have just heard that others from the national team has the same symptom.
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I had a very bad day in the heat in Israel. My body totally get blocked and I can´t get any power out in the pedals. I am very disappointed about the feeling and the result… I am now travelling home to Sweden for a few days witch includes National champs.
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We didn´t repeat the 1st place from last years Team Relay at the European Champs. I was racing the first lap and had a good race. I got tangled up behind Germanys rider and lost contact with Switzerland and Italy. I was riding about 5-10sek behind them for the rest of the race.
I had a rather hard crash in training yesterday and I am looking forward to a relaxed day tomorrow to try to recover a sore leg.
The course is super fun, but really slippery, I guess most guys have been crashing in training. The heat is huge and we have about 98% of sun during the lap. The organizers have put up special showers along the course to be able to chill yourself during the race.
It will be a hard one on friday!
Cheers/ E
