I arrived in France only 2 and 1/2 weeks ago but it feels like a lot longer. Settling in was really easy. We are living in the South of France, near Montpellier, where the sun is shining everyday.I trained relatively easy for the first 2 weeks after Seoul and raced the first French Grand Prix for my club - Beauvais Triathlon, 8 days ago. I won which the team was really happy about, although my team finished in 3rd place. I was in the front group of 7 with my 4 team mates chasing in the the groups behind during the bike leg. Poissy triathlon had 3 in the front group, so I was told to wait for the run. This is tactically how it works in club style racing, as the 3 best positions of the team are calculated for the overall team result of the race.
What was different for me was during the run. I know I can match it and run up front but that's usually from running the pace up front. In Dunkerque, I felt like I ran a lot at my pace, which felt a lot more controlled. At some stages I didn't know who I was running with because of the tight turns it was single file most of the run. We finished with a sprint - surprise surprise! this time with Erin Densham AUS, it was very tight down the finsh chute. Erin overtook me going onto the carpet, then I managed to come back to cross in first!
| 1 | Andrea HEWITT | 00:58:17 | 00:09:31 | 00:05:59 | 00:17:44 |
| 2 | Erin DENSHAM | 00:58:17 | 00:09:24 | 00:06:05 | 00:17:43 |
| 3 | Kathy TREMBLAY | 00:58:38 | 00:09:23 | 00:06:06 | 00:18:06 |
| 4 | Carole PEON | 00:58:43 | 00:09:22 | 00:06:07 | 00:18:07 |
| 5 | Magali DI MARCO | 00:58:47 | 00:09:21 | 00:05:58 | 00:18:12 |
| 6 | Jessica HARRISON | 00:59:03 | 00:09:19 | 00:06:06 | 00:18:27 |
| 7 | Anna Maria MAZZETTI | 00:59:10 | 00:09:34 | 00:06:00 | 00:18:35 |
| 8 | Barbara RIVEROS | 00:59:39 | 00:09:46 | 00:06:00 | 00:18:01 |
| 9 | Ainhoa MURUA | 00:59:46 | 00:09:23 | 00:06:13 | 00:18:04 |
| 10 | Maria Katarzyna CZESNIK | 00:59:51 | 00:09:30 | 00:06:09 | 00:18:06 |
