Just checking in with a quick race report after the Victor Tri last weekend. I rolled up to the race ready to defend my title for the last 4 years and was pretty confident, even with Lukey Bell racing I was really looking forward to some solid racing and fast times especially rolling out with a new TT bike. The last 3 weeks I have been putting in some huge miles with training, hitting about 120km a week running but I still felt ready to race. I came out the swim with front group andafter a slow transition found myself meandering up the first hill, I managed to drop my chain halfway due to not being familiar with the new shifting on my TT bike. I started to get frustrated and on the descent something didnt feel right at all, I just couldn’t apply any power on my pedal strokes and was losing time quickly. I quickly realised that my seat post was dropping and there was nothing I could do about it. The seat post dropped about 2 inches causing my quads to do 99% of the pedal stroke. This was my fault as I had not had a chance to ride the new bike until race morning as I only received it late Friday night, so let that be a lesson to young players ALWAYS CHECK and RECHECK! anyway I went in to complete damage control coming off the bike in 4th spot leaving me in the unfamiliar territory of having to chase down off the bike. I managed to run into 2nd after the 1st 5km lap andalso run time into Luke crossing the line just over a minute behind and clocking a run time of 32.50 for the 10km. I was a little disappointed relinquishing my Victor Title as I really wanted 5 in a row, but to get beaten by Luke Bell who is world class is something I have to respect! The main positive about the race was knowing that my run is where it needs to be….I was really looking forward to riding the new bike hard but it was like driving a Ferrari in 3rd gear so I hope to dial it in and wind the beast up for next weekends race.
I am racing Luke again at Murrayman this weekend and I am hoping to defend my title there as its such a great race.
I have dropped some photos on from Victor, thanks for all your support and see you at Murray Bridge next weekend!
