Gold Coast Half Ironman
Posted on 01. Oct, 2006 by Tim in Half Ironman, Race Report
The week leading into the Cannibal Gold Coast Half Ironman I spent with my coach Gilesy and his family at Lennox Heads. It was a relaxing week with plenty of surfing, training and a few brews along the way.
Tim Prowse and I headed up to the Gold Coast on Friday and the weather was perfect.
I woke up race day feeling very nervous with such a strong pro field to compete against. We headed down to Coomera Waters to get ready for the race.
In the swim I tucked myself into a group and I swam 24:06 {pb}. I mounted the bike feeling pretty strong and I mixed it up with some strong riders, I came in off the bike{2:20:30} feeling pretty smashed but pumped and ready for the 21km run.
It took me a bit to find my legs, but running with Craig McKenzie for a few km´s kept me motivated, Craig pulled away from me and I dug deep to get a good result. I ran myself into 3rd place with Prowsie 12 seconds behind me finishing 4th.
Running down the finishing line I was lapping it up and it was awesome to have competed in such a good race with such a strong field and especially finishing with Prowsie after all the hard work we have been doing over the couple of months.
Gold Coast Top Ten
- Chris Mccormack 3:53:05
- Craig Mckenzie 4:00:27
- Tim Berkel 4:03:25
- Tim Prowse 4:03:37
- Gareth Halverson 4:07:07
- Peter Schokman 4:07:49
- Clayton Fettell 4:07:52
- Charlie Low 4:09:52
- Klayten Smith 4:10:03
- Stephen Hemy 4:11:03
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