PanAm Championships USA

Ogden, Utah 16th September 2017

Jacqui finished in second-place whilst Ben had a hard fought battle for 5th.

Jacqui; “I felt really, really good, like I got past this altitude stuff,” said Allen. “I was pretty confident going into the race actually. I was on the course the other day and felt good and I probably rode it faster in practice than I did in the race a few years ago. Today I had a really good swim. It took a bit of time on the bike to get going and Julie passed me early on and then Lesley came past and after that I got into my groove and passed Julie back and towards the end I could push on a lot more, I was out of the saddle, really ripping it. I love the downhill here, and then on the run I said in my prerace thing that as soon as I got off the first hill I’d smile, so I just kept reminding myself of that. But that’s the longest, hardest downhill I’ve ever done I think. But it was amazing. I felt awesome.”

Ben; “Had a great swim exited out of the water in front, but just didn’t have the cycling legs today to hang with the boys up front. You have days like that and that’s racing! I really put the hammer down on the run and was happy to finish strong and in the top five.”