I have to be pleased with another podium performance at the IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Champs in Cairns.
Of course, I would have liked to have been on top of the podium, but firstly credit to Braden who was phenomenal today. It was a pretty good day for the Kiwis and I am so proud of Teresa Adams in winning the women’s race. I’ve known her for a long time and always encouraged her to move to the longer distance and just look at how she has gone.
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I came off a pretty good block of training in Hawaii, where we mixed some good training with testing in the heat. I was probably carrying a little more fatigue than would have been ideal going into this weekend but I am playing the long game with all sights set on Kona and this was the perfect time to get the hard work in.
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It was an unusual race because we caught the lead group around the 70km mark and from that point we had a big group and no-one could get clear. I really wanted to push it on the bike but every time I made a push, it would be closed down.
I did manage to edge away late in the race to give me a small break on to the run. I had a bad patch in the middle part of the run – not quite sure why – but Javier, Braden and then Tim O’Donnell went past. But I came right late in the race which was a good signal of my strength and I managed to run back past Tim for third.
Now I get a decent break after a really busy first half of the year. It will be good to get home to spend time with the family before I plot my course towards Hawaii in October where we will have a good group of Kiwis now racing. It has seen me have three IRONMAN races in seven months for two wins in under eight-hours and third in eight hours flat. I can’t sneeze at that.
Photos thanks to Talbot Cox
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