This weekend I raced downhill in Slovenia. The 5th World cup was running in Maribor and I decided to race just downhill this time to keep my power for the downhill. First I regret that I didn’t race 4x but finally I think it was a good desicion and I felt all right with it.

Friday: It was very nice. The sun was shining and the track was perfect. I enjoyed it a lot and i felt all good.

Saturday: It rained the whole night and so the track was soaked in the morning. The qualification got quanceled because of the storm and lightening. The gondola didn’t run so the riders weren’t able to get to the start. The track was actually pretty good and all right to ride. But so the qualifying was on Sunday morning.

It was super stressy. Wake up at 5:30. Get in the line at 6:30 to reduce the waiting time at the gondola. And then I did one run- washed my bike and already went up to my quali run at 9:38. This time I had a mechanic with me. Martin was his name and he is working for the bikeshop CICLOPIA. They helping me always out.  So I was very pleased for his help. I have also to thank Lukas another mechanic who helped me too.

Anyway in my quali run I crashed at the third corner hard and I lost so many seconds…. To sum it up I didn’t make it to the final again (25 th place). I was really upset about me and about my crash….

I take a break now of racing for 2 weeks and see how i feel after this timeout. I will race for sure the national champs at Leogang. But until there NO Racing for me. I have to find my smile ….

see you LENE

Fort williams is over for me. I raced today the downhill qualification. I didn’t make it to the final -again it is so frustrating. 24th position and 20 seconds behind the 20th place. This time I didn’t crash it was more that I didn’t find my rythm from the top to the bottom. I was everywhere on the brakes couldn’t make good turns, missed out some lines, maybe want to be safe. I was so focused on not crashing that I forgot about let it go. I don’t know what i should say. i have to get my mind free to race good again.

In 4 cross I did better. My training was good. I jumped all the jumps I wanted to and enjoyed it. Qualifying run was still not good messed up one line really bad and my gears get stucked for 3 pedal stroks and I finished 15th. I was glad to make it in the 16th heats. Today race day, I raced against Anneke Beerten, Anita Molcik and Rachel Saydeux. I had the outside line and didn’t pass anyone. so out in the first round.

Tomorrow I will watch the race and will sleep looooooong in.
I know my blog sounds quite sad but yes that’s excactly how I feel at the moment.

Caroline did much better she got second. So at least one of us had a good fort william weekend.

cu LENE

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After Andorra I went home for 2 weeks. Caroline Buchanan, an australian 4cross/BMX girl is staying with me at the moment and we had a good time. The weather was brilliant in Austria and so we did heaps of riding, swimming in a lake, sight seeing, shooping….

Pump track Vösendorf

BMX track Wr. Neustadt

Cycling Track in Vienna, with these rental bikes.

Lunch with my parents at home

Sight Seeing with Markus and Caroline (Schönbrunn/Vienna)

I also used the time to find a worker for my appartment or I should say my dad found him. I don’t know if i have already mention it but I will move out from home. I don’t know when because i have so much work to do in the appartment and I am hardly at home in Austria. But I am really excited about moving out and have my own space.

We also celebrated my father’s birthday. Caroline and I baked a chocolate cake with 10 eggs, sugar and butter and no flower. So for those who are baking sometimes it was a very fatty cake but very good and it’s my dads’ favourite.
Apart from this I had the 4x national champs and a austrian cup race going on. The race super good organised thanks to Sabine by the way and all the organisers. I got 3rd in both races. It was a good track but we had sh… weather. it Rained and hailed.

Markus and Caroline. (A typical good looking austrian man)

Photo by Tom Hauke: Training

Snow on Carolines shoulder

Austrian Cup race: Caroline/Anita/Me/Angelika (left to the right)

National champs 4x 09

So that’s was pretty much it what happened the last two weeks. I think I found a good mix between, relax and still train a lot.

Stay posing. Bye LENE