Well Yesterday (Saturday)’s swim was a bit bouncy on account of the swell coming in from the side. I swam the 2 laps of the 750 m worlds course, pausing half way to tread water and take in the spectacle of the sun sinking into the ocean. The moon was out way before it got dark and made up for my stroke feeling slightly ordinary.
Sunday I was up early in my role as support crew. I’d been given the task of counting places in 35-39 for Phil and giving him times from the lead. He came out of the water in 35th, 4 minutes off the lead. Coming into T2 he had closed the gap to 2:30 and was in 7th place but a 35 min run was only good enough for 5th in the age. I knew that Phil had been hoping for a higher placing but to his great credit he was as positive and sporting as he was after his recent win at the World Duathlon championships in Newcastle.
Time for a quick change and onto the bike for my last key brick session. 5 x 3 min above race pace followed by 4 x 4 min of run efforts, again above race pace. The ride felt good and yielded some excellent power / heart rate data and the run felt controlled too, despite the heat. Straight back to the hotel to refuel, pack and box my bike. Off for my 30 min easy recovery run and then off to the Australian team party to catch up with Ben, Phil and other friends.
Some provisional results:
Brit Caling 5th in 30-34 (1st Australian)
Jacqui Wrightson 15th in 30-34 (2nd Australian)
Tim Porter 6th in 20-24
Ben Wearing 21st in 25-29 (1st place for partying hard)
Phil Dove 5th in 35-39 *
John Hill 15th in 45-49 *
John Mergler 21st in 45-49 *
*denotes athletes who have also completed the Duathlon Worlds and are heading to Kona for the Ironman Worlds too!!!
Full results are at www.triathlon.org
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