The race I did yesterday was held in Linden, only 13km from where I'm staying. My legs were feeling good after a good week of training in strong winds and rain. And the fact that there were climbs n the race made it even more exciting. On the first lap the pace was on... But with strong winds it was almost impossible for them to get away from the main field.

Come lap 3, I was getting small twitches in my right thigh, but I thought nothing of it - But the problem became more serious when I hit a power climb on lap 5. There was an attack, so I put down more power and all I heard was "pop" - there goes my back! My lower vertebrae had popped out of line and I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe the lack of core work played a part?

Whatever the cause, today I'll be missing a race to go get it sorted out. It isn't too serious but it's not worth risking more injury, just to race. I'll keep you posted!