What`s up?

To be healthy and in good shape is not what I experience in these days. Looking back on a fantastic season last year It`s hard to except that things are not working well for me his year. Where did it go wrong?

I started well in America this spring, my shape was improving in evey race and everything was looking good for the upcomming worldcups. Returning to Europe I got ill but I just continued racing and things just got worse. I had to make a brake from the bike in May and since my comeback on the bike my results have been up and down the last month. One day feeling okey and then the next day really bad!

After my last worldcup in Champery I got the final signs that my body don`t want to race or train anymore, I realized that I`ve tried too hard and that my head want`s more than my body. It`s hard to describe what`s wrong with me but in general I have continuesly musclepain, get ill all the time and I don`t recover from races and training. Looking back a few months I believe it all whent wrong when I pushed my body to hard while I was ill, I also didn`t give my body enough time to rest before I started racing again. It was soo hard to see the other girls continue racing and that just made me train more and harder than I should have done. I like to be honest about things and I`m the first one to admit that this Is my fault and that I`ve done a couple of mistakes I can only blame my self for the situation I am in now. I wanted to believe that my shape was comming soon and hitting the wall was not even something that would ever happen to me... Now that I realize that enough is enough I`m not sure what will happen with me the next monhts, racing the worlds or not? Toughts are running through my head, no decission will be made before I`m able to ride my bike again and that I feel I can get a top teten WC-result again.

Trying to look on the positive side of life I`m not having any pain, I have a great life, the best family and friends in the world and not to mention the best support from my team Specialized. All these things make me belive that even if I`m not back this season on my bike I belive I`m able to be back on a top level for next year.

LB