I got third, losing 2nd with a km to go, very happy though, got a small crystal thingy. Delighted with how it went, i pushed hard on the first run, sitting in behind a guy that surely has run sub 35 mins for 10 km, i was all out to stay with him, then i got ahead of him , due to the fact i had no shoes to change, just stayed in my runners and pushed hard out the first 4 km's averaging 38 or 39 kms an hour, ward said if i had tri bar i would manage another 2 km's an hour?!
anyway the guy in 4th after the first run caught me and he was flying but i managed to stay with him, comfortably enough and came out of transition with a 15 metre lead, which i held to 1 km to go and then he caught and passed me, i stayed with him for a little but he was just a tiny bit to strong and i decided to cut it back a little instead of maybe totally blowing up, as the 4th place guy was not far back and closing, i had a good few looks back but he was never going to catch me. Very happy that i could push that hard for 43 mins and still feel strong (ish!) at the end. The guy who won it was 3 mins ahead and a really fine athlete.
Simon did super (this was his first time in his life starting a running race and i must say he ran very well with only a months running in his legs, and he caught a load of people on the bike, so obviously the 2 time trials we did in the last 2 weeks helped.
Well organised, very friendly, great tough racing at all levels, there was fancy carbon bikes at the front and a couple of bikes with baskets further back, so a race for anyone really. There was 85 in it, including cork footbaler Pierce oNeill.
Lovely evening out, thanks to my mad gang and wife and Carol for cheering us on.
And a huge thank you to simon for going back and getting my runner's (doh!) that i had forgotten!
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