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Hey Team

Has been an interesting week, with mixed results, but an amazing experience to come and see the new velodrome and perform in front of the insanely patriotic British crowd. We were disappointed with our Teams Pursuit ride to finish 6th and in a time that we could bang out in training any day of the week. We came to London under a lot of training load with the results not a major focus of this World Cup, but whenever you step up onto the startlne on the world stage you want to win, so mentally it was a challenging competition when the mind is willing but the body a little tired. We have assessed the ride in great detail and with the World Record being broken twice at the meet, first by the Aussies and then the Brits in the finals we have some challenges ahead of us over the next few weeks and months. Exciting challenges though that the team is ready to step to.

I came away with the Silver in the Individual Pursuit. I was pretty happy with my ride, again always gutted to miss the gold, but under the training load it was still a solid performance. The atmosphere I experienced in the final when racing against Joanna Rowsell the Bristish girl was next level! 6000 screaming Brits, and the noise was just deafening. It was amazing to be a part of that and see the enthusiasm there is towards track cycling over there.

London is certainly looking ready for the Olympics and it will be another level of intensity when we arrive back in July.

Before then though there is plenty more training to be done and seconds to be found. Right now I'm making my way home (currently in LA 'holding pen') to NZ with the rest of the team. There will be a few days catching up on some sleep and then I'm heading to Auckland for Sat morning Breakfast TV with Toni Street and then the North Shore Weet-Bix Try event on Sunday.

See ya

Ali