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MEETING

TrimaX-magazine : Eimear, we haven’t seen you much on the start line of a race over the
past few months. What happened?

I have been injured for a long time.
I’ve actually had the injury since
May 2015. Thankfully it’s really im-
proving now and I’ve had my most
consistent 5 weeks of training since
April 2015.

TrimaX-magazine : What keep you motivated to come back at your level and pursue in the
sport?

Eimear: It’s the love of the sport and the desire
to keep following my dreams that has kept me Ritchie: We didn’t see the injury as a major pro-
motivated through the tough times. It hasn’t been blem to start with, as we thought it would go away
easy and many times over the past 1.5 years I have pretty quickly but now it is taking a long time. It
been very close to quitting altogether and going is more of a worry but we are still hopeful she will
back to the real world and a normal job but I’m be back racing soon.
quite stubborn so I’ve kept getting back up after
the many set backs. I think it will make me ap-
preciate racing and training much more when I’m
back at it.

TrimaX-magazine : What are your advices to our readers who are struggling with injuries?

Eimear: If you think or know something is wrong Ritchie: I think it important to get the injury fixed
do not train through it, stop and seek advice as early and forget about fitness. It’s much easier to
soon as you can. Focus on the things you can still get fit when your body is ready.
do when you are injured. Once it’s healing take
your time and come back slowly.

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