Moreton Bay Draft Legal Triathlon (1st)

This race was my first race for the 2014-15 season. The Moreton Bay Draft Legal race was held to finalise the selection for the Queensland Talent Squad. The previous couple of days leading into this race I was sick and was almost to the point where I was going to pull out of the race. My goal for this race was to take out the win and I knew I had a great chance at doing this. The morning came and because the race wasn't until mid day I had the opportunity to consume my usual breakfast which was toast, cereal, protein shake, egg and a banana.

I turned up to the event still feeling ill but also feeling fit and ready to race. I racked my bike which is my S-WORKS Venge set up perfectly by Jim for the Aspley Bike shop, and set up my transition ready for the race. There was an announcement over the loud speakers telling us 30 minutes until race briefing which meant it was time for me to start my warm up.

I finished my warm up and slipped my Budgy Smugglers on which are by far the best togs getting around ( if interested in buying a pair go to this website and i highly recommend them budgysmuggler.com.au) then over the top my HUUB swim skin which was great to swim in. I started heading down to the start line for race briefing and it was great to be around some of the best in the World and in Australia (Dan Wilson, Drew Box and Luke Willian). The 16+ Males and Females started there race which meant it was time for a swim warm up, as much as I didn't want to do a swim warm up because there were jelly fish left right and centre (which is an occurrence every race at this event) I had to so I could get the arms pumping and get a feel for the water. this race was a 300m swim 6km bike and a 1.5km run which will be done twice with a 30 minute break in between.

The TO's lined us up on the start line, everyone moving around trying to get the best position for the first can. The race started I made my way straight to the front, slowly making a gap between me and second. I copped a couple of jelly fish to the shoulders which I tried not to think about. I got to the swim exit and I had formed a small gap up to 10 seconds between me and second place and I knew i could ride solo on the bike and increase the gap, the second person to come out of the water slowly faded but my competitors weren't very far behind. off the bike I increased my gap to a 30 second lead (the bike is my strongest leg). I had a great run holding them off and taking the win for the first race. now it was time to warm down and back up for the next race.

Now it was time to prove a point. My coach Josh White told me to focus on my technique in the swim even if its going to slow me down. I still had a good swim coming out 2nd and with my two main competitors. I knew I had a a faster cycle leg then them so I decided to break away after 500m of the bike ride. I formed a great gap up to 25 seconds again and knew I was going to have to have another solid run, And I did. I took the win and it was a great relief dropping the pressure off my shoulders.

Huge thanks to My sponsors, Budgy Smuggler, Compressport and Aspley bike shop for all your support, to my Parents and friends for everything, My coach Josh White, and Triathlon Queensland for putting on another excellent event.