Karin Thurig is the world TT champ again…awesome!
Anyone know if she is doing Hawaii as planned?
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Thürig repeats, Ironman beckons Elite women’s TT winner Karin Thurig
Photo ©: Shane Stokes 
Swiss rider Karen Thürig had the pressure of being the defending champion for the Elite women’s time trial but she dealt with that well, racing to victory ahead of Spanish favourite Joane Somarriba and the USA’s Kristin Armstrong. She admitted afterwards that she was a little worried about the parcours beforehand.
“I think that every victory is special. Right now, I don’t have time to think much, but I feel that I am satisfied and I am happy with my race. When I looked at the course it was totally different from last year. I liked the roads then, you can see everything and for me this course was a little hard because of that. Especially with the downhills, there were no big curves and you don’t have much space at all. So I was not sure if I would do well in it.”
As if cycling isn’t hard enough, Thürig still somehow finds the time to do some triathlons. “Yes, I’m still doing them,” she smiled at the post-race press conference. "This year was special because I have to do the qualification for Hawaii. So in the middle of July I raced in the Ironman in Zurich. After that, I took a few days off and went to do high altitude training in Switzerland for three weeks. It was my first time to do that, I wanted to try it and see how I got on. I felt very strong afterwards, but that is four and a half weeks ago and perhaps this effect has already gone. But I know now that this is a very good thing to do next year.
“In Hawaii I will just try to finish in the top 10 as it will give me the qualification for the next one. If I have to do an Ironman in the middle of the season, it is really not easy because it is such a long race and after this race you are almost dead for a few weeks. Besides, to do a good time trial you need speed!”
Thürig was a little worried about her preparation, but glad that she came out on top. “I am lucky it went this way, because I don’t have a trainer for this year. I didn’t think that I could find somebody for all these disciplines, so I did it on my own! Okay, I have some people to ask about these things, but when you are on your own sometimes you are not sure if you are doing the right thing or not. I always want to do my best, so sometimes it was not easy.”
Found it…supa kool.