{"id":247578,"date":"2025-10-29T01:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247578\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T01:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:34:09","slug":"this-years-worlds-time-trial-cost-me-seven-lives-marlen-reusser-feels-the-lasting-effects-of-kigali-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247578\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThis year\u2019s Worlds time trial cost me seven lives\u201d \u2013 Marlen Reusser feels the lasting effects of Kigali success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt was a super cool season,\u201d Reusser said, though she was quick to acknowledge that not everything went to plan. Illness interrupted her year on multiple occasions, sparking reports she felt were unfair. \u201cIt was said that I was constantly ill or had chronic problems. That wasn\u2019t true,\u201d she explained. \u201cAt the Giro I had a stomach infection, before the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/tour-de-france\" title=\"Tour de France\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour de France<\/a> I ate something bad, and later I caught the flu. These are things that can happen to anyone, but they made it sound like I had an ongoing issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her world title in Kigali came at a cost, and even for one of the sport\u2019s strongest time triallists, it proved almost overwhelming. \u201cA good time trial means pushing yourself right to the limit,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a battle with yourself \u2014 that\u2019s what makes it special, but it\u2019s not necessarily pleasant. This year\u2019s Worlds time trial cost me seven lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After conquering almost everything in 2025, Reusser admits she now wants to be more selective with her race programme. \u201cI can imagine skipping a time trial at some point. I enjoy the challenge, but I don\u2019t want to do it another 25 times in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic Games remain the one major title missing from her glittering palmar\u00e8s. Having missed Paris 2024 through illness, she would be 37 by the time Los Angeles 2028 arrives \u2014 and her participation is uncertain. \u201cOf course it\u2019s in the back of my mind,\u201d she said. \u201cBut honestly, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll still be racing then. It would be an incredible challenge, but I still need to decide whether I want to take it on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, Reusser is content to rest and reflect before gradually returning to training in November. \u201cI like to stay active, but I can also switch off easily. I don\u2019t take holidays in the traditional sense, but a few days off the bike do me good,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m motivated, but I also know I won\u2019t be doing this forever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt was a super cool season,\u201d Reusser said, though she was quick to acknowledge that not everything went&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-247578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}