3rd in Los Angeles

Hi Guys, I finally cracked it this morning finishing 3rd in the Los Angeles triathlon. I'm on foxsports-http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24310516-23218,00.html and on insidetri-http://www.insidetri.com/article/71964/bennett-lavelle-dominate-la-tri Everything finally went to plan. I came out of the water about 5th and was on the bike in 4th and rode real hard the first few km and caught the leader Andy Potts who is probably the best swim/biker in the sport now that Craig Walton has retired but Andy can run real good as well. Andy actually dropped me but then got back on at about 10km and I rode with him until about 25km. I was on the rivet the whole time trying to stay with Andy then Greg Bennett went flying passed both of us. GB got to transition 25secs in front of Andy and I was about 10-15secs behind Andy. I managed to run pretty strong and hung on for 3rd place ahead to Stuey Hayes who won in Chicago 2 weeks ago. I'm happy i've finally had a good race and put my good form to use. Staying in LA this week and racing Malibu on saturday then back home to boulder for my last three weeks. Go the dragons against the sea eagles!! Paul/barny Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 7, 2008 1.5km S/40km B/10km R Elite Men's Results 1. Greg Bennett (AUS) 1:46:04 2. Andy Potts (USA) 1:46:47 3. Paul Matthews (AUS) 1:48:09 4. Stuart Hayes (GBR) 1:49:01 5. Brent McMahon (CAN) 1:49:17