On Sunday, 07.09. should be found in Monaco in mid-summer temperatures one of the toughest middle distance in Europe instead. The hilly bike course should know me fairly well are. Since I started so now with the "PJ", ie the practical year, we were able to arrive until Thursday before. Of course I was excited about the bike course - which we then drove off on Friday with the car and it was amazing - to see instead of much of the route, we tested our stomach. Above all the runs it had in itself. Such sharp switchbacks I have previously seen. In addition, of course, came also the slopes: the first had the same times as the 20km. Of course against the picturesque backdrop of Monaco and the Mediterranean. This then also we tested: it was much warmer than swimming pool and absolutely clear: perfect conditions, it should have also.
rained the night before the race then - which made the bike even more treacherous, and only one had more technical skill set of the day to heal the runs to master.
start was with sunrise at 7 clock. And of course I was nervous - especially because of the mass start! Over 1000 participants were started simultaneously. I was able to convince the nice guys around me but the fact that I was fast enough and they should beat up but not me. So I had a relatively good start and was able to swim after the initial skirmishes also relatively easy and quick - a bit faster would be gone soon enough. From the water I came to a total of 28:01 minutes as a third wife. On the bike I felt good, only for the runs I was a bit too careful and lost time. In T2 I got together with a further AK-athlete at number three.
Now it was on the run course in the urban canyons of Monaco and to some extent on the Formula 1 circuit. On the last 5km I was able to secure third place and ran 5:25, 00 to the finish. Satisfaction and of course quite exhausted, I could end this season.
rained the night before the race then - which made the bike even more treacherous, and only one had more technical skill set of the day to heal the runs to master.
start was with sunrise at 7 clock. And of course I was nervous - especially because of the mass start! Over 1000 participants were started simultaneously. I was able to convince the nice guys around me but the fact that I was fast enough and they should beat up but not me. So I had a relatively good start and was able to swim after the initial skirmishes also relatively easy and quick - a bit faster would be gone soon enough. From the water I came to a total of 28:01 minutes as a third wife. On the bike I felt good, only for the runs I was a bit too careful and lost time. In T2 I got together with a further AK-athlete at number three.
Now it was on the run course in the urban canyons of Monaco and to some extent on the Formula 1 circuit. On the last 5km I was able to secure third place and ran 5:25, 00 to the finish. Satisfaction and of course quite exhausted, I could end this season. 
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