Almost 12 months ago Emily Apolito and I sat down up at Mt Hotham at the climbing camp and had a chat about what to do next.  She'd won the JW15 500m time trial at the Vics as a junior girl in her age group and finished mid-field at the Aussies.  She was pretty keen to do better and so we drew up a plan together.

And so we're at crunch-time.  Tomorrow at around 6:15pm Emily will be racing in the Big V on her home turf in her biggest race.  This time she's not racing for experience, she's there to win it.  Come and cheer her and the other juniors along.  It's not every day you get to see elite sportspeople racing at their very best and Emily and all the other juniors will be giving it their all.  Go Emily, Go!