Quick update of the past few months.

Hi everyone, just thought that I would give a quick update of what I have been up to over the past few months and let you know about what is coming up for me.

After getting back from Junior worlds I was given about 2 weeks off the bike to recover from all the training and racing I had been doing over the past few months, however when I was nearing the end of having this time off I got sick so I ended up having around a month off any tough training to ensure that when I started training again I was fully fit and ready to train hard.
We had the finals day of the Auckland Team Time Trial series on the 4th of September where my team (Diocesan School for Girls Senior A) finished in second place in both the finals day racing and the series. Then two weeks ago on the 8th, 9th and 10th of October it was the Secondary school national championships, where my team again got a second after a tough ride with only four riders from about 3km and that finished in 2km of up hill, head wind in the rain.
In the road race I got a 3rd placing in the bunch sprint for the finish line after what was the most typical 'school girl' race I had ridden in a while and finally in the points race on the last days of racing I got second in what was a close and tough race for first place between myself and Racquel Sheath which saw the final placings of 1st and 2nd being decided on the final sprint. I was pleased with this weekend of racing especially since it was my most successful schools nationals to date and because I had only had one weeks worth of proper training behind me.

 Dad, Mum and I after my Points race at the NZ secondary schools nationals.

My school team about 3km from the finish of the Team Time Trail (with me on the far left)

A week after the schools nationals I headed down to Invercargill to race in the track carnival that was on down there and to go to a pre Oceania camp at the end of the week. It was a good week and was great to get back onto the track and get back into the routine of track training. The elite squad was down there at the same time which was great because we were able to watch them train and see the sort of things that we can achieve if we work hard for it.

It is now time to get back into the training properly and to prepare for the Oceania champs which are in four weeks time back down in Invercargill and to study for my NCEA exams which are all throughout the month of November. At the Oceania champs I am in the NZ under19 team and at the moment I will be riding in the TP, Scratch and Points race. Then its home to do the different summer time races, like the criterium nationals in Takapuna (which I must say is my favourite race of the year) to keep the fitness up over the summer before track nationals comes up quickly again in early March.

Georgina