More stories….
So, right now I’m at Frankfurt airport, half way to my final destination Croatia. (Could I just say that for such a massive airport there is bugger all places to sit, so I’ve claimed my bit of floor space right by the gate….useless bit of info I know..) Anyway, I’m so excited about seeing my family again. Its only been mid April since I last saw my little sisters, but when they’re only 3.5 and 5 years they change/grow up so quick!!(Dad and his family have come over to visit from NZ at the same time) Oh I cant wait. I was born in Croatia, so my mom, dad and my brother at the only immediate family I have in NZ and all the rest are here, so while Im in Europe I try to see them!!
Righto so by the time I’ve finished this post I’ve already arrived here at my grandparents house… yay! So as I was saying I was born in a little town called Ivanig-Grad, and just a little fact about this town, there are about 60 pubs and around 9,000 or so residents …… I don’t even quite know what to say about that…. Wow…I’m kinda glad we moved outta here…. The other thing that I am amazed about it the fact I can get free wireless! Most of the town can pick it up! Random huh!! Oh and the BEST ice cream EVER!! Apparently there’s a good wee cycling club here, I’m gonna look up a number try hook up with them for a ride!! see how its done here!! ha…maybe a bunch ride???
Anyhow, I was in Germany over the weekend racing in a 45km crit on the Saturday and the Sparkessen Giro On the Sunday which is a UCI race. Where the pro men race after us so there is shit load of people that get right into it..
Saturday was pretty fast it was more of a circuit race as 1 lap was 3 km, and pretty wide roads. Not much to tell really our team was pretty aggressive, but nothing that really stuck, the Ozzies seemed to control the bunch pretty well and they ended up with the win… bunch finish for me.
Sunday was pretty good, think I’m starting to feel better in the races, our team got a wicked start right from the gun, and again we were aggressive. 3 climbs per lap (6 laps) started to take its toll. So the race was a massive range for me today, from good/bad/bad/good… then I saw the front again about 2.5 laps to go and went with an attack and the biggest break of the day formed, and I was in it for once! That finished me off, once we got caught at the bottom of the second hill I was gone.. Boof lights out..
So then I’m riding on my own 1 lap to go, and as I mentioned it was the mens race after ours and as they always seem to have the caravans throwing out all these goodies to the crowd, I managed to somehow still be in the race but stuck behind this “caravan” throwing stuff out at the crowds, then flags with sticks started to hit me and bags and blow up sticks …. So I figured no one really cared about me, waaaaaaahh L and it was time to pull the pin and take the short cut back to the finish… and no I didn’t cross the line to get a finishing time, that’s cheating….. And they had the timing chips on anyway L
To be honest I havent had the most exciting year of racing so far, things haven’t quite gone my way, and there really isnt much to say about it so hope you guys dont mind random stuff… 
Ok that’s all, I’m tired
Bye for now. Laku noc (good night)
Marina
