I came in to the race with an overloaded hamstring, but it really
only affected running and I had still done some good work in the build on a Lanzarote
camp. I experienced the usual race nerves but had a ½ decent swim, the course was accurate for a
change. Out on the bike I felt ok, but 30mins in someone overtook me and pulled
across quickly, I seen it too late and hit the road at about 40kph. I lost a
fair bit of skin but my hip took most of the impact and it didn’t want to move
after that. It clicked and made it difficult to focus on the race. I was
bleeding a lot on the arm/elbow and it was sticking to the tribar, I struggled
mentally and it became a very tough day.
I pushed on as much as the body would
let me but I lost a lot of time. At the start of the run the hip was very stiff
and it became a slow process, but I tried to keep positive and aim for staying
under 10hrs. I thought I was moving ok until I seen other people passing me :-)
I made it to the finish line but missed 10hrs by 1 minute, the first time I’ve
slipped over 10! but still I was happy that I finished when many times during
the day I thought I couldn’t. Kona never fails to
challenge! :-)
Swim: 1:02
Bike: 5:25
Run: 3:25
Total: 10:01
