Auckland Half Ironman - April the 5th 2008

My training had been going pretty well and I was starting to feel good again and went to the race with a bit of confidence that I could win.

 

My main competition would come from Duncan Milne who placed 8th at Ironman NZ. I went hard from the gun the sea was like glass and made for fast swim times. I lead out of the water and put the pedal to the metal I was riding well then at 20 my aerobar pad snapped off I had to laugh but could rest my arm on the base bar and stay as smooth as I could.

 

My plan was to hold Duncan off to the Turn around at least but when he caught me a couple of k from the turn I knew it was going to be hard to stay with him he was riding very smooth. I hoped that he would only get a minute or two tops, but when I got back to T2 and heard that it was over 3mins I knew the race was for 2nd then.

 

I ran well for how much I had done since my crash and Duncan continued to extend his lead.
I was very pleased with my 2nd place finish in 4h.14mins and knew there was a lot of hard work ahead and was very focused and pumped up for the season ahead.