Hey guys,
It is the end of a long day here in St. Petersburg, Florida, even though it was a shorter race than I am used to. It was an Olympic distance race, but non drafting on the bike made it a more fun playing field for me. The race was held about 30 minutes from where I won the World 70.3 Championships last November.... Kelly and I love this part of the world, the sun is always shinning.
The age group swim was cancelled due to the water conditions being really rough, I wish they cancelled our swim and made it a bike run.I lost a bit of time in the swim to the likes of Andy Potts and Matt Reed (2 x winner here) but made up good ground on the tactical and fast bike course and came off the bike in second behind Andy, about 40 seconds down.
I ran most of the run with him in my sights but couldn't seem to bridge the gap... bugger.To round off the top three was Stuart Hayes from Great Britain, also a ITU racer from way back moving into the non drafting scene.
We have had a great stay here in St. Pete's with our home stay, Lisa and Philippe and all our new friends... well actually there friends that we will now claim. They made our stay here relaxing and enjoyable.
Next stop Specialized bikes in Morgan Hill, CA for a couple days before heading down to Wildflower to get punished by the course. This year the race has one of the toughest fields in the history with almost 80 professionals lining up on the start line. Sure it will be good fun as always.
Will keep you posted on next weekends events.
TERENZO
It is the end of a long day here in St. Petersburg, Florida, even though it was a shorter race than I am used to. It was an Olympic distance race, but non drafting on the bike made it a more fun playing field for me. The race was held about 30 minutes from where I won the World 70.3 Championships last November.... Kelly and I love this part of the world, the sun is always shinning.
The age group swim was cancelled due to the water conditions being really rough, I wish they cancelled our swim and made it a bike run.I lost a bit of time in the swim to the likes of Andy Potts and Matt Reed (2 x winner here) but made up good ground on the tactical and fast bike course and came off the bike in second behind Andy, about 40 seconds down.
I ran most of the run with him in my sights but couldn't seem to bridge the gap... bugger.To round off the top three was Stuart Hayes from Great Britain, also a ITU racer from way back moving into the non drafting scene.
We have had a great stay here in St. Pete's with our home stay, Lisa and Philippe and all our new friends... well actually there friends that we will now claim. They made our stay here relaxing and enjoyable.
Next stop Specialized bikes in Morgan Hill, CA for a couple days before heading down to Wildflower to get punished by the course. This year the race has one of the toughest fields in the history with almost 80 professionals lining up on the start line. Sure it will be good fun as always.
Will keep you posted on next weekends events.
TERENZO
