india lee He will be part of a strong British team at this week’s Ironman 70.3 Bahrain as he looks to add the final touch to his best season to date.
The clear highlight of her break into the top 15 of the PTO world rankings was her victory at Challenge’s ‘The Championship’ in Samorin in May. And her last time out, she took a respectable second place behind Sky Moench at Ironman Florida, which she calls her first “proper” full-distance race.
Speaking to TRI247 ahead of Bahrain, the former WTCS athlete explained: I did Israel last year, but it was just to see if I liked it, and I was going to do it properly.
“It was really fun and I always wanted to have a proper crack at the end of the year, and Florida worked out really well with the timing.
“I was really happy with the result. I think I had the day I deserved, so I was very happy.
“It’s weird because it’s almost like a completely different sport and it’s completely different from my 70.3 score. Learning to be patient throughout the day was probably the biggest takeaway for me. I got a little excited on the first lap of the run, and then I got a little bit excited. I paid for it, but I managed to hold on.”
Return to activities
She has been growing closer in Bahrain, adding:
“After Florida, I think I was feeling a little out of sorts, so I thought it would be a good idea to do another race. And trying to actually train for a 70.3 at this time of year is a little bit The reality is that it’s difficult. But we’re closed for Christmas, so it’s okay!”
Preparing for the British winter comes with its own challenges, and she explains her training set-up: We’ll have a training camp in Loughborough for a few weeks. ”
And her good friend and sometimes training partner Cat Matthews will also be in Bahrain. There will be quite a few Brits there, it looks like a strong field.
“We’ve got Kat, we’ve got Lucy Hall, we’ve got Kate Curran. We’ve got a lot of people.”
deep strength
This season, top British female middle-distance and long-distance athletes have won successively this season, led by Lucy Charles Barkley’s victory at Kona, but her unfathomable strength is evident in her own performance this season. I asked her if she had been a driving force behind the progress of . She jumped from 41st to 15th in the PTO world rankings.
“Yeah, that’s super cool. If you look at the top 20 of the rankings, it’s amazing how many British people are in it.
Then watching Lucy win in Kona was obviously awful. It was very impressive because all day long she was only above her head and shoulders.
“I’m obviously very good friends with Kat and Ruth. [Astle]So when they do well, it’s like a real boost for me. So when I do well, I hope it will be an encouragement to them as well. It’s really nice to have good friends who understand that and understand what it means when you get good results, and it also validates it a little bit from a training perspective. Masu.
“And if you surround yourself with people who are better than you, it really helps push yourself,” she added modestly.
“I had a few races not too long ago where I had a little bit of bad luck, but I knew I was doing well in training. And I knew who I was training with, I was seeing them getting good results so I thought that should mean I could do it.
“But I always look at myself twice and think, oh, maybe I didn’t do well in the race. So, yeah, I was able to get some good results in the end and To corroborate that, that’s pretty good. It definitely boosts confidence.”
Check back next week for more interviews with India. As she looks to further her progress in 2024, she tells us why she can’t wait for the Ironman World Championships in Nice and reveals why PTO has been a game changer for the world. Her for the past few years.