⛰️ Eva Goodisson is heading to Hayden Wilde country to give altitude training a whirl for the first time, hopeful it’ll help her double down on a impressive start to 2025.
The Gold Coast-based 26-year-old produced a career-best WTCS result of 23rd in Alghero, Italy early Sunday (NZ Time), the best of the five Kiwis racing in Sardinia and a hugely encouraging opening to a European campaign designed to be short but sweet.
Goodisson’s next scheduled start is World Cup Saidia, a coastal town in northeastern Morocco known as the “The Blue Pearl”. That’s not till June 29 with the Havelock North prospect heading to Andorra and an experimental training block in the Pyrenees in the meantime.
“Next up is three weeks in Andorra trying altitude before World Triathlon Cup Saidia, then hopefully Hamburg [the duel WTCS-World Triathlon Sprint & Mixed Relay Championships] pending selection, then home,” Goodisson told SBR-Tri.com.
Goodisson’s renowned run speed is slowly coming back after a long recovery from a neural back injury. Her results in 2025 thus far have reflected that: 5th at World Cup Napier, 4th at the Oceania (standard distance) Championships in Tasmania and bronze at the continental super sprint champs at Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast before the Sardinia performance.
With the run the last discipline to come back on line, Goodisson spent much of the past 18 months bolstering her swim-bike getaway. But the key measurable metric has been her 10km splits – 36:37 in Tasmania and 36:54 in Alghero.
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Her time in Alghero was an impressive 2min 45sec faster than her 39:39 split en-route to 46th place at the September 2023 WTCS finals in Pontevedra, Spain. The result in Sardinia also eclipsed her previous WTCS best of 24th on debut at the June 2023 Montreal sprint.
Goodisson is understandably chuffed with her progress as the long road to the 2028 LA Olympics begins.
“It’s always such a privilege to race at this level. It’s only my third World Series race and being able to be in a field of pure class is an honour and also the richest and rawest form of comparison to see where I sit with the best in the world,” Goodisson said.
“Alghero is stunning and the course was beautiful and brutal but I loved it. The swim start was gutting for me as they changed it from a beach start – the nice long wade would have really suited my surf skills and long legs! So the last minute change to a deep water start wasn’t ideal but you have to make do.
“I usually try and get out of the swim chaos early but got caught right in the mix at the start so focused on swimming well to move up. I was guttered to miss the breakaway as I know that’s where I’ve been racing.
“The bike was a cool course, a couple climbs and technical so it was great practice taking good lines in a big pack. I’m happy with my run progress too – that time is three minutes (2:45) faster than my World Series start in Pontevedra so I’m exciting to keep building there too.”
Brea Roderick was 30th in Alghero. The Cantabrian has previously finished 24th at Paris Olympic Test event and 28th at WTCS Sunderland, also in 2023.
