Saturday the 15^th of May I had a time trial race in Schenkon, Switzerland. After arriving on Friday, the weather wasn’t looking good at all so I knew that Saturday would be rainy day.

Our race started at 16:30. For the time trial, each person starts alone with a 30 second gap in between so I had to race all the way alone. My starting time was at 17:35. After having a good warming up, I had to wait under the heavy cold rain for more than 20 minutes. I wasn’t feeling well as I was freezing waiting for my start time.

I took off eventually with cold muscles which did not help at all… but I was very decisive that I’d give it my best. I kept pushing under the rain for several kilometers but my body wasn’t responding effectively because my muscles were cold. I tried to keep the high speed but then I realised that this wasn’t my day. I crossed the end line aware that I did not perform well although I did not know my final position.

I left directly to take a hot shower and get out of my wet clothes. I came back for the results and found out that I came at the 10^th place which I wasn’t pleased about. However, I trust that I gave my b est taking into consideration the race conditions and now I am focusing on the World Championships in Canada.