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This year has certainly had its up’s and down’s that is for sure. I have had some bad luck this season and now I’m getting over a virus/cold after Des monies World Cup.
I decided that I needed a week completely of NO training and re-assess my season as I have raced a lot and travelled far which is finally catching up with me.
Everything went to plan at the Des Moines World Cup I exited the swim with the leaders and on the bike with 3 laps to go I was in a breakaway with Matt Read one of the strongest riders in triathlon. When Matt broke away it took me a good 3-4 minutes to catch him at maximum effort and when I got to him I found I had nothing left so I had to sit on his wheel for a while to recover, I done a couple of turns on the bike and we finished the bike with a 50 sec lead.
I felt great for the first couple of kilometres of the run and felt I could win the race but by 5k I felt like my race was over as the main pack caught me and I finished 19th which was very disappointing. Simon Whitfield won, Brad K was second and Olympic champion Jan Fredeno was third.
I should be back into full training early next week, I not going to be doing the Minneapolis triathlon but will be doing the New York City triathlon and then onto my favourite race of the year, London triathlon.
