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Worth it

Last Tuesday, 8th April, I sat in tears in a corner of Madrid airport. After having just about left behind the previous weekend’s disappointment, disaster had struck again when the bad luck of a cashpoint eating up my debit card collided with my own organisational failure at the check-in desk.…
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“Ms Taylor, there’s a problem. You fly on 9th April. Tomorrow.” With no card to pay the rebooking fee, nowhere to stay and nothing left to eat, I once again needed the help of my unfailing heroes, mum and dad, who this time saved the day by booking a later flight that evening with their own money as I asked despairingly down the phone, “Is this really worth it?”So I arrived a bit later than intended in Portugal for the European Championships (all info, results, maps here). My schedule was tough, with Long and Sprint distances before stepping up as…

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