255 days…….That's how long it had been since I stepped on a start line. That's the longest I have gone without racing. I'm a racer, I like racing, and it's where you can validate your training and the work you put in. It was a long 255 days, but I tried to capitalize on the downtime. It's the first time that I hadn't trained for that long, 10 weeks after the accident in September 2018, was the complete down time that I took. I'll discuss my full recovery process and what that

The first race of the season is always a big unknown, and it is great to get it behind you. I decided to make the trip out to China as the race was on a weekend where a lot of other big races were happening. Originally thinking it may lead to a smaller field where I would have a good chance for a solid result. As the race date approached the start list started to grow and had some solid depth. Olympians, which included the likes of recent Xiamen and Hefei 70.3 Champs Tim D

I have sat on writing this race report for a little while, it has taken a while to digest. I have always thought I had confidence when it came to racing, but it hit me after this race that I have been lacking it lately. Maybe I have just had more of a "realist" perspective and have kept goals realistic, rather then over-reaching. Going into this race, the goal was to try and get into the Top 6, which would mean a pay check and a "free" trip to race, but no profit. Looking