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After a good 320km cycle the previous weekend and a great week of long miles, I went into this race a little flat and just aimed for a fast training day. I knew that I would have to work hard to stay in front of the young lads hot on my heels.
I had my usually strong swim exiting the water in first place but right behind was a young junior and Mark Bowsted.
Once on the bike I pushed hard from the start and I felt supper strong but struggled with speed and the top gear work.
By the end of the first lap of the bike I had opened up a minute lead over Mark Bowsted when trouble hit. I had gone over a speed hump, heard a crack and in the next instant my wheel was bent over rubbing against the frame, I stopped to fix it and began again only for the same thing to happen at the next speed hump.
I made the decision to return to transition where I had my front training wheel and in doing so lost my lead and was around a minute down when I returned to the race, I pushed hard to claw myself back into contention but full credit to Mark as once he had the lead he dug deep, hung tough and never looked
Back. I did manage to work my self back into 2nd place, although the win would be nice I was happy with how I raced and it served the purpose it needed to heading toward the 'END' goals of the MT Half and NZ Ironman.
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Calgary 70.3
My good form continued, today with a win in the Calgary 70.3. I came out of the water with a group of three who had pushed a fast pace in the swim, once onto the bike I pushed hard to open up a gap ea..
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Canada Update
We have just arrived at our base in Penticton for the next few weeks a big thanks to the team at Richmond Subaru in Vancouver for supplying us with a vehicle for the next 6 weeks and Barry and Carol m..
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70.3 Vineman
Great start to USA trip.
With an early start getting up at 4am and a big thanks to Mirinda Carfrae for the ride to and from the race and congrats on her great win and course record today.
I wok..
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USA
USA Trip
Well we are now only a couple of days out from the start of my campaign through the US and Canada. The next 8 weeks include the Vineman 70.3 this weekend, Calgary 70.3 two weeks on the 29t..
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Taupo 320km Enduro
Just a quick update.
After having a an easy 3 weeks of training to refresh before the NZ Season, I kick started my training by racing the 320km enduro part of the Lake Taupo Cycle event on Saturday..
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ITU World long distance cha..
ITU World long distance champs.
With a great build up leading into this race I had high expectations of myself knowing how good of shape I was in,unfortunately I didn't have the race I had hoped fo..
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