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A big fan of yours

Posted on March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 by Gillian Backhouse

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A big fan of yours
Gillian Backhouse

Gillian Backhouse

Australian elite triathlete, 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist (MTR), 2 x World cup winner, 2014 U23 World Duathlon Champion & U23 World Triathlon Championship silver medallist, 2015 WTS Edmonton Bronze Medallist. Marine biologist, budding environmentalist, adventurer, exercise addict, amateur photographer and lover of the great outdoors. Traveling the world, chasing the dream.

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Hump day brew stop, clearly we’re all feeling awesome 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️
I’m often asked if I get much of a chance to see the places I travel to for races. The answer is often “not as much as if I was there for leisure” but I do try to soak up the experience, even if that only means looking out the taxi window on the way to the pool, or exploring while riding or running. On occasion I am lucky enough to have a late flight out the day after the race and Madrid last week was one of those times. I’d never been to Madrid before and it did not disappoint so I’ve put a collection of my favourite snaps up on my blog. Enjoy! Link in bio
You know it’s humid when: Post ride wrinkly feet 💦 #200%humidity #sweatfest #hongkong
Back to work 🚵‍♀️ #humpday #hills #hoiha
Spanish sunsets 🌇
Post race reflections... . - Great swim ✅ - Even better T1 exiting in the lead ✅✅ - strong first couple of KM on the bike ✅ - solid run for the (lack of) work I’ve done ✅ It’s not all roses though, and while I’m happy with the progress and my execution of most aspects of the race, I’m bummed I got popped out of the lead pack on the bike up the hill. I could ruminate on it, pull it to pieces, question if I could have pushed a little harder. Or I can accept that returning from injury is just darn hard and at the moment it’s all about #progress

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Hump day brew stop, clearly we’re all feeling awesome 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️
I’m often asked if I get much of a chance to see the places I travel to for races. The answer is often “not as much as if I was there for leisure” but I do try to soak up the experience, even if that only means looking out the taxi window on the way to the pool, or exploring while riding or running. On occasion I am lucky enough to have a late flight out the day after the race and Madrid last week was one of those times. I’d never been to Madrid before and it did not disappoint so I’ve put a collection of my favourite snaps up on my blog. Enjoy! Link in bio
You know it’s humid when: Post ride wrinkly feet 💦 #200%humidity #sweatfest #hongkong
Back to work 🚵‍♀️ #humpday #hills #hoiha
Spanish sunsets 🌇
Post race reflections... . - Great swim ✅ - Even better T1 exiting in the lead ✅✅ - strong first couple of KM on the bike ✅ - solid run for the (lack of) work I’ve done ✅ It’s not all roses though, and while I’m happy with the progress and my execution of most aspects of the race, I’m bummed I got popped out of the lead pack on the bike up the hill. I could ruminate on it, pull it to pieces, question if I could have pushed a little harder. Or I can accept that returning from injury is just darn hard and at the moment it’s all about #progress
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