A weekly write

It Wednesday and I’m quite sure I don’t have any Heubach-mud left on me, or on my stuff, but who knows, that mud was eveerrrryyywhere. Check this photo from the finish line. It’s been a while since I had a mud bath like this. But Heubach never disappoints - when it comes to free spa-treatments – and this year Heubach treated me well, the sweet taste of victory, was, what was up last Sunday for me.
​It wasn’t a wellness experience tho, but I’ll take it. Because it was way better. I won a Bike Race yo! It’s been a while since I could cross the finish line with both arms over my head. YEEEW. The adrenalin rush was amazing. It’s crazy how some races just come together so nicely, like I was in the zone and the race played out exactly how I wanted it to.

Is that a business idea for my post cycling carrier?

The ‘German el classico’ contains of 1 climb (read; Reeally Long climb) and 1 downhill, so it’s quite a different course profile than we are used to, but it’s still creates spectacular racing. The past weeks I had felt strong on my bike, so I came to race with an open mind – like, what can I do here? In the race I stayed near the front for the first 4 laps, sitting in 3-5th position, before attacking on the last lap and hoping that the others fast women had burned more matches than me and therefor couldn’t follow. And hehe, they had, so it worked out!
​​After the race the team packed everything down and I headed towards Stuttgart, where I had a Monday morning flight to Barcelona. The work behind the scenes is so important on days, where the conditions are crazy like these. Like the team behind is always important, don’t get me wrong, but on days with purring rain and 6 degrees, it takes real grit from the staff to get the whole circus running smooth. How about packing down after 10 hours under the rain and mud? I can tell you everything is dirty haha. For them to then pack it all out again, when they arrive at the service course, in order to clean it and let it dry... Because you know, we need to setup the circus again in one weeks’ time for – Albstadt! 

​You guessed it, world cup numero dos is around the corner. I have had a couple days at home, but for the next week I will head to Andorra and meet up with my coach and a few other riders to accompany them for a mini training camp. And hopefully get some good training in. Thinking about Albstadt makes me both excited and a little nervous. Going to be great. But now I really must go pack my car so I can get to Andorra.
​At this point I should be professional at packing, but still, I wish I had a magic spell that could do *Pliing* and the bag is ready to go, and nothing forgotten. Is that a business idea for my post cycling carrier? Maybe I need a letter from Hogwarts first tho. But one can always hope.
 


Ciao for now
Malene.

My 2 mechanics talking about how awfull I look right now, but how good it is for my skin >.<