Different Perspective Sports Magazine Issue 2 - IRONMAN Wales | Page 36

How are you feeling now that the race is two days away?
Nervous and excited. I am high one moment and feel sick the next and can’t talk to
anyone. I just want to get going now, race it and enjoy it.
What are you most apprehensive about in the race?
Not finishing or not making the cut offs. That is my biggest fear. I know I can make
them as I did the Long Course weekend earlier in the year but it is stringing all of the
elements together.
Most ladies your age are out on a weekend clubbing and getting home at 06:00
which is probably when you are just leaving home for a training ride?
My closest friends have been really supportive which is great and I have not had a
drink since July. Some friends think I am really boring but most understand and will
be here on Sunday to support me. I don’t think they can believe how much time and
money I have put into it for what they consider is just a lot of pain.
Do you work or are you still a student?
I work for my parents at the moment who own a caravan park as I just left my job at a
race horse yard as i want to set up my own livery soon. It is actually right by the sea
which is why I have always swam and used to compete for my school.
How many 100 mile bike rides have you done?
I must have done 5 with the last one a month ago as I have been tapering and doing