“I hadn’t been main in any respect and on the final spherical – I needed to win the race and the lady that was main needed to place eighth or worse [for me to win].

“She ended up eighth in order that’s how I gained my first title.

“You by no means understand how you are going to go which is frightening and nerve-racking however when all of it comes collectively it is such a aid.”

This season, nonetheless, the hunter is now the hunted.

“It’s extremely, very totally different to be main the collection and coming in [to the final] on prime of the leaderboard. So, fingers crossed that does not occur to me – what I did 4 years in the past.”

Successful three of the 4 rounds to this point, Miller has dominated the sector this summer season.

“The job’s not achieved but but it surely’s been an excellent collection and it is also been nice being part of such a tremendous group of women racing,” she mentioned.

“The purpose rating is so tight it is received to come back right down to the final race on Sunday. So it is superior to be part of and hopefully, I can get the job achieved.”

Miller mentioned going into the finale main the pack brings with it “a distinct feeling”, however one she insists is not a hinderance.

“Some would say the strain is on me, however I see it in a in a different way,” she mentioned.

“I see it as I am not the one chasing down the outcomes anymore, I’ve simply received to go on the market, stick with my race plan and simply do what I have been doing the previous couple of weeks as a result of it appears to be working.

“So that is what I will be doing on the weekend, I will be going on the market to win the races and never get too far forward of myself excited about the general outcomes – it is simply one other weekend that I get to do one thing that I like.”

Heading into rounds 5 and 6, the title remains to be anybody’s recreation. Solely six factors separate Miller from good mate Lizzie Welborn in second after which one other 10 factors to coaching companion Danielle McKenzie in third.

Remarkably, anybody in prime 5 is inside placing distance.

“It is nice to be in a subject that’s so tight and racing so nicely and so quick. It is a privilege to be a part of that – after which to be main that group is actually cool,” she mentioned.

The 26-year-old has been concerned in surf life saving most of her life – beginning in under-six nippers at Freshwater SLSC – and couldn’t be a prouder ambassador for the game.

Coming nearly full circle, Miller now works for Northcliffe SLSC the place she runs their nippers program.

With the life-style forming such a central a part of her identification, Miller defined how particular it’s to be across the future technology of IronMen and Ladies and to have the ability to present them first-hand what they’ll obtain within the sport.

“I simply inform the nippers, ‘I am a giant nipper on the finish of the day’. I run round and do what they do.

”It’s extremely eye-opening to observe them having fun with themselves and it makes me very, very glad.

“I hope I can encourage that subsequent technology to maintain at surf life saving – it is such an excellent sport, such an excellent neighborhood and we even have the chance to offer again by patrolling the seashores, which is one thing that no different sport does.”

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