G’day fellow Triathlon Geeks,
This time I’ve just returned from
a fantastic week in Noosa
J. I stayed with Brooke, her
flat mate Heather, Jason and Craig. It was a prime location right in the centre
of it all at
We knew it was going to be a big
race before we even left home but wow- it was huge with 3500 competitors – 3rd
biggest race in the world! Transition was hectic with 13 long rows of age group
plus open and elite, and they were so close together I
was worried about getting the bike through! Despite the temperature being in
the 30’s and the water feeling great it was made a wetsuit swim! (??!) Luckily
we had all brought wetsuits except for Craig who doesn’t actually own one (but
for good reasons haha – you’ve gotta
ask him about that one) but he ended up having a killer swim without it anyway
;)
Brooke and I were off at 0755
which was 16-19, 20-24 and two older age gps. We were
a bit behind the guys. We had an awesome swim- which evened out slowly if not
at all because of all the competitors that were in the water from the other
waves. I was really happy with the swim actually I was swimming next to 2 girls
for a bit before taking the lead. I felt quite strong and although I couldn’t
see them I was pretty sure there were girls on my feet. After
the probably slightly long swim was 1st out of the water with
another girl behind me and Brooke behind her. Wet suit off- not so
quickly unfortunately but I’ll work on it- and straight onto the bike.
I just wanted to smash it… so I
did. I was off right from the word go. I passed quite a few people which just
motivated me even more I felt good
J. I knew Noosa was a draft
fest and I was ready to play the game but for the first half there just weren’t
any packs and I was riding strong passing people anyway so I went on solo up
the big hill- which really wasn’t too steep at all, I was able to sit in my big
chain ring the whole way, but It was long. It wasn’t until a bit over half way
that a massive pack caught me- which I guess was a good thing- but sure enough
there was Brooke! (You smashed it girl!) It did get to me a bit that I had been
killing it for the first half by myself then along came the pack but oh well
you get that.. We got to the huge decent (where I reached 91km/hr in the pre
race ride!!) And I had to give the boys
a bit of a talking to (or should I say yelling at) after I almost got knocked
off from some careless riding in the race which resulted in having to use the
brakes and only making 87km/h in the race but thankfully there were no stacks
and it was ok… anyway, the pace and carelessness was annoying me quite a bit so
I decided that was enough and tried to break away- without much luck the pack
just drafted off the back. That went on for the rest of the ride- me and a few
others just wanted to get away and we would for a bit but the pack would just
form again on the back. Despite this I was delighted with the ride because I
had worked hard and we came in on 1.05! Very happy.
Brooke and I went through
transition together and took off for the run. I desperately wanted to have a
good run because I had done a lot of training and I just wanted to make up for
In Elite- Felicity Abram 1st, Luxford 2nd, Snowsill 3rd
.In the men Craig Walton smashed it, Bevan
Docherty 2nd, Gemmel
3rd. Azza Farlow
came in 7th which was awesome.
Partied and soaked up the sun on
Sunday and Monday & back to
Kat