Sydney

Here is my race report from Sydney (well, it’s actually just a gloss-over as I don’t feel like reliving that race by typing out a long, drawn out report):

I came out of the water near the back of a long line of men and immediately made what turned out to be a bad assumption out of T1. I was just acting on my opinion of the cycling skills of the men right in front of me. But as Manny Huerta pointed out later: “Kevin, assumptions are the beginning of all #$%@-ups.” Or at least that’s what Brett Sutton used to tell him. My assumption was no different. This isn’t to say that I’m blaming everyone else in my small five man pack for not bridging to the front pack – of course we all share in that blame. A few minutes later the skies opened up and I spent the next hour riding around in the rain on the oil covered streets of Sydney’s central business district getting yelled at in Swiss-German to pull through. I pulled out on the run to save my foot from further injury.

I’m back in Florida now and back to training. Well, mostly: I’m on day 10 of a doctor-ordered 14 day period off running. My foot is definitely improving so that’s a good sign. Hopefully I’m back to running soon, but due to this hiatus from running I pulled out of the Monterrey World Cup next month. That kind of sucks but I would rather be healthy later in the season than race now and risk worsening my condition.

That’s all for now!