Tough day

WOW! As my tweets may have indicated that was bloody fast. I wrote down three goals before I left the house at 6am this morning:

1. 10k in 35mins
2. Bike at 290w avg (~60mins)
3. 5k in ~18mins

I hit all of these except the last one (where I was about a minute off) and with transitions came in about 1:57. Still waiting on the full results when a fuller report will go up. Based on the results from 2009 and 2007 (2008 was on a different course) I would have broken the top 10, today I'm not sure I made the top 20!

On my way to Ironman racing I spent about a 12 month block where I would have classified myself as a duathlete, as the front pack sped off at 30-32 minute 10k pace it became startlingly (and painfully) obvious that I can no longer cling to that title. The racing was just too quick for me today and I take my hat off to those who came inside the top 10, blisteringly quick!