Gatorade Tri Series Race #2- 1st Place Elite Female

Yesterday saw the running of Race #2 of the 2013/14 Gatorade Triathlon Series. The Olympic Distance race was held for the first time in St Kilda. It was a great venue to host such an event, with a sheltered 1500m swim in the marina, 3 lap 40km bike course along Beach Rd and 2 lap 10km run along the Esplanade.

I have just come off a solid three weeks of training, involving many bike miles through the hills in Tassie, followed by some time up at Falls Creek. I have been feeling fitter and stronger each week, so I was keen to build on last month's 2nd at Canberra 70.3 and get in a solid hit-out before Challenge Melbourne which is in three weeks time.

My race went pretty much to plan. I was a little further down on the swim than I would've like, however with some solid bike km's in my legs and my new Avanti Corsa road bike, I managed to peg back the leaders within the first 5km of the cycle. From there we worked well together as a group of three and put some time into the chase girls. I had a quick bike to run transition and exited T2 in 1st place. I managed to build on my lead throughout the run, putting a little over three minutes into the chase girls, and crossed the finish line in 1st place Elite Female.

Congratulations to all of the other competitors and thank you to SuperSprint and the volunteers for putting on such a great event. 

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*Photo courtesy of Steve Lingard