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    MARLEN REUSSER

    Oct 29, 2021 7 minutes
    Interview Adam Becket
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    Are you feeling good now?

    I’m just so tired. I’m not ready to lie about this. It has been such a long season, I have been travelling and racing the whole time.

    How do you feel about your year?

    I am more than happy with it. At the start of the year I had some trouble with my back, so it was difficult then, but in spring I felt it was going really well. I have not been in cycling for long, and I am progressing a lot. I feel that my progression curve is still going upwards. It was difficult to go to the Olympics, but I got that silver medal, and from then on everything went better and better, but I was already feeling exhausted by August. The World Championship TT was my biggest goal because it was my 30th birthday and it was a course that really suited me. I put so much pressure on myself for this race, and I feel like my morale went a bit after that.

    How do you deal with that, your legs on their way down

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