Day 2 of nationals came like a slap in the face, not too kindly. After finishing up late and going out to get food my eight hours of sleep seemed insufficient preparation for the kilometer time trial and team sprint.
Along with Clark and Matt I had the most apathetic warm up for the kilo. All year I have had problems with the kilo, mostly from falling off the rollers during warm up. My race started off well, first lap good, second lap-controlled chaos, third lap-carnage. The lights went out in in turn 2 on my final lap, I started drifting up track and it took all my strength to get across the finish line.
While cooling down and prepping for the team sprint my Usada chaperone cam by to inform me of a random doping test, meaning my day just got even longer. Before I went to fill a cup I had a job to do, get my team sprint team through the first lap. This one lap is what I had been working on since the beginning of the year, and i came through, with Sam and Aaron absolutely blasting past me as we crossed the start line to take me us to the top step of the podium 2 laps later.
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