As I mentioned in my last post I decided not to race in South America in the early season for the first time since 2007. What I didn’t mention, however, was the fact that my start positions for the first few races of the year were in imminent danger – several athletes were in range of passing me on the ITU points list, therefore taking my start spot (if they want it). My coach and I worked hard to come up with alternate race schedules so that I could still have a successful season and be racing World Cups and World Championship Series races by the time the Olympic qualifying period came around. However, I didn’t get passed so we are back to the original plan!
In other news it looks like the ITU points race in Salinas, Ecuador this past weekend didn’t disappoint in terms of South American tomfoolery. A few of my friends have race reports up. Check them out!