Congratulations to our incredible super athlete - Fiona Southorn!
After a year of riding for enjoyment and recovering from a nasty crash I seem to of nailed the World Masters Games with 3 Gold Medals, a Personal Best and two Bronze medals.
First race was the Road 20km Road Time Trial in Auckland along the waterfront, with great weather and the road closed for traffic it was perfect. I was hoping for a medal but never expected to win the race as I haven't completed a Time Trial for a very long time winning with an average speed of 41.6km.
I drove back home to re-pack for the three days of track racing ahead on the Avantidrome in Cambridge.
My first race on the Track was my preferred event the 2km Pursuit, I qualified with the second fastest time and was racing for Gold the same evening against a strong Australian. I rode a very strong ride doing a Personal Best and winning by 5 seconds.
With my two strongest events done and dusted anything else was now going to be a bonus although I didn't expect to win the Points race the following day.
I had no idea how the points system worked and had it explained to me prior to the race, the only think I was focusing on was not crashing during the 40 lap race.
I was so nervous I felt ill, After being last on the first sprint I decided the best thing was to attack off the front and have a go at lapping the field, it worked and no other riders joined me, so I peddled like buggery and with the lungs and legs burning after 12laps I had done it. The crowd went crazy, all I needed to do was stay ahead to the end. Not only did I win gold I was also faster than all the other age groups.
The last day on the track was going to be a long one if I qualified for the Match sprint, I managed to qualify in the top 4, this meant two more races of eliminations. In between I still had the Scratch race to do, I left my finish sprint too late but still managed a Bronze medal. Later in the evening I won the Bronze ride for the Match Sprint. A total of 5 medals from a very well run event.
I had no rest and raced the Age Group Nationals in Cambridge in the weekend and won the Time Trial also.
So that's two NZ titles this year a NZ record and 3 world titles.
I'm now chasing the Duathlon Worlds Champs title in August in Canada.
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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37.8% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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62.2% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
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