Another 6th place finish. I had a great race yesterday but I couldn't finish it off properly. I swum well to exit with in the front bunch but found it frustrating that everyone wouldn't take their share of the workload to keep away from the chasers. Although we finished in a group of 8 going into the run, I was still disappointed because it wasn't enough time to stay in front and it could have been. I felt really good during the bike and going onto the run, so I did what I could and ran out strong with Emma Moffatt (AUS). I actually ran 3min 13sec for the first km, so fast and strong. I dropped off the lead pace in the 2nd lap and the next 5km when I was running by myself, I just had that feeling like my body was shutting down and I was too tired to push. My leg turnover slowed and I slowed considerabily. It was humid and hot and windy, all together made it the toughest race conditions. At the 8km Emma Snowsill ran by and then the others. I finished with a 38.18 run, 2min 40 behind Emma Moffatt who won the $200000 US prize.
In the mens race, it came down to an exciting sprint finish with Simon Whitfield crossing the line first in front of Brad Kahlefeldt, Jan Frodeno and Kris Gemmell. SO close, it was epic!
Today is the Triathlon World Team Championships, a new event which we hope will be included to the London Olympic Games. I am in the NZ team with Kris Gemmell, Sam Warriner and Bevan Docherty. The distances are 250m swim, 7km bike and 1.8km run. I am going off first and I will be tagging Kris. The water is about 29deg, warmer than a pool and blue sky out.. more sun burn to add to yesterday's.Another 6th place finish. I had a great race yesterday but I couldn't finish it off properly. I swum well to exit with in the front bunch but found it frustrating that
everyone wouldn't take their share of the workload to keep away from the chasers. Although we finished in a group of 8 going into the run, I was still disappointed because it wasn't enough time to stay in front and it could have been. I felt really good during the bike and going onto the run, so I did what I could and ran out strong with Emma Moffatt (AUS). I actually ran 3min 13sec for the first km, so fast and strong. I dropped off the lead pace in the 2nd lap and the next 5km when I was running by myself, I just had that feeling like my body was shutting down and I was too tired to push. My leg turnover slowed and I slowed considerabily. It was humid and hot and windy, all together made it the toughest race conditions. At the 8km Emma Snowsill ran by and then the others. I finished with a 38.18 run, 2min 40 behind Emma Moffatt who won the $200000 US prize.In the mens race, it came down to an exciting sprint finish with Simon Whitfield crossing the line first in front of Brad Kahlefeldt, Jan Frodeno and Kris Gemmell. SO close, it was epic!
Today is the Triathlon World Team Championships, a new event which we hope will be included to the London Olympic Games. I am in the NZ team with Kris Gemmell, Sam Warriner and Bevan Docherty. The distances are 250m swim, 7km bike and 1.8km run. I am going off first and I will be tagging Kris. The water is about 29deg, warmer than a pool and blue sky out.. more sun burn to add to yesterday's.
