Buffalo Springs 70.3

Hi Everyone,

I raced the Buffalo Springs 70.3 triathlon in Texas on the weekend. I ended up finishing 3rd which I was pretty happy with. The start of the race didn't really go to plan with Tim O'Donnell the guy that eventually finished second jumping away to a 1min lead after only a few hundred metres. I won't go into what happened but the rumour is the swim course will be fixed next year so that won't happen again and to rub salt into my wounds i cut the bottom of my foot on a rock which hurt like hell and had my shoes and socks covered in blood after the race. I ended up getting out of the water in 2nd place about 1min down on Tim and put of the water with my training buddy Steve Hackett. Set off on the bike I didn't really ride to what I know I can but it was still a huge improvement on 2 weeks ago so that's a positive. I ended up dropping back to 7th into the bike run transition about 5mins behind the chase pack of aussies, Leon Griffin, Gav Scott and Hackey. Tim was even further in front. I headed out on the run and felt really good and I ended up running through to 3rd with the fastest run split of the day. I was stoked to finally have my run legs back again!! Couple days easy then have to smash out some training to get ready for the Life Time Fitness Race in Minneapolis. On another note the dragons made it 6 out of 6 SMASHING the Titans again!!!

Go the Dragons!!

Paul/Barny