Suzie "World Champion" Richards...Seriously?!

Sunday 1^st June 2014, I won the World Age Group Duathlon Championships, and I hadn’t had a cup of tea for 4 whole days!

Nice new addition to hang from the book case. 

Gold in the 25-29 age group at the World Duathlon championships, Pontevedra, Spain. Fastest Female overall in the first female wave, everyone under 50 years of age.

Suzie ‘World Champion’ Richards, seriously?! So here is how it happened…

A smooth, non complicated journey to Pontevedra, seamless and no stress, the ideal athlete preparation for a World Championship race. Sounds great, way too ‘sensible’ for me…

The Suzie way to get to the World Duathlon Championships:

     If the start is bad, it can only get better! On Wednesday morning I had cycled to and from the pool in a torrential downpour, I don’t even know why I bothered trying to dry my clothes out under the hand dryer for the cycle home! Quick change of clothes and I was off to spain....

- 1^st leg, Leeds to Manchester on the train, bugger, the bike box broke and one of the two wheels fell off while exiting the lift at Manchester airport.