The trip to “Tizi” as it is more commonly known started with a trip from Joburg to Frankfurt and then an onward flight to Budapest. I was then collected by the LOC and after a few stops in Budapest to collect two other athletes we were on our way to “Tizi”- a two hour drive. After arriving at the Garden Panzio BnB, I was joined by Abrahm Louw (NAM) about an hour later. We shared a room for the four nights I had in Hungary.

After two ‘warm up’ days, race day was upon me. The ...