Busselton Half ironman

Hi All

Well im back from my first pro race of the season.

The Busselton Half IM in Western Australia, ( Now Australia's biggest Half )

With Reigning Champion Luke Mckenzie and a list of IM /70.3 champions attending it was always going to be a tough day .

How-ever i'm happy to report that my first outing went much to plan. while i would've loved to be on the podium , I'll take the result as a step in the right direction and i'm happy with my performance.

My Swim/ Bike went mostly to plan, keeping near the front and coming off the bike in the lead pack.. I Exited T2 in 3rd place and found my rhythm quickly .

I stuck to the race plan which was to run 3:45-350 k's for the duration of the run. With very little run mileage pre race I was stoked with how it went... I can only get faster as my run milage increases over the next few months.

My finish time was 3:57:24 and 6th place overall

I know i can mix it up with some of the top guys in the sport and i have drawn alot of confidence from racing at this level.

Thanks to you all for the support over the last few months.

Next up is a 4 week training block on the Gold Coast, before heading off to the US for some mid season 70.3's and all important catch up's with the awesome teams at blueseventy, K-Swiss, Rolf Prima and nuun. ( thanks for all the support, without you guys i'd be naked and not going so fast)

RESULTS - WESTERN AUSTRALIA HALF IRONMAN, BUSSELTON, 2010  

1. Luke McKenzie (AUS) 3:47:16 

2. Tim Reed (AUS) 3:51:57 

3. Tim Berkel (AUS) 3:51:59 

4. Courtney Ogden (AUS) 3:55:35 

5. Mitchell Robins (AUS) 3:56:51 

6. Guy Crawford (NZL) 3:57:24 

7. Paul Matthews (AUS) 4:11:27 

8. Finnbar Ingram (AUS) 4:12:25 

9. Johan Borg (AUS) 4:14:20 * AG M18-24 

10. Troy Drinan (AUS) 4:14:25

Cheers

Guy