O.K. here it is…
Do not look at my spelling!! 
And first of all: I decided to stay until September!
Well, I met some people from Fairfield and they told me about this race.
I knew that my swim conditions (because of the Sunday class) are good.
But I also was aware that I miss the last murdering power on the bike and that my run is out of questions in the moment.
The 5 month brake from September to almost February was the longest brake I ever had to take. And my knee is still not doing very well..
Anyway,…I thought it was better to drive to NY as to do the Duathlon on Sunday.
(Not with the actual run performance..)
Because everybody hate to swim without a wetsuit they dropped the water temperature down to 54F !
The first swimmer for the 9am half-iron distance race needed 33min for the 2 loop course. At that time I knew that the swim course was to long.
At 10am they had 3 start waves for the Olympic distance.
With a 3min gap between the waves. I was in the 2nd wave.
The first buoy was only about 100yard from the beach so I thought I get killed when everybody is trying to get around it.
But when they started our wave there was only one guy who was with me in front. And he swam away with a 40sec lead. I came out second after a bid more then 16min (It was longer…!). No idea that that was the second fastest time of the day. The bike course was really not easy. It was windy and the first 9miles was a rolling up and down. Following by a very nice and fast 3mile downhill.
At the end of each of the 2 loop course there was a 2mile climb back to the start and finish area. I looked at the race numbers when I passed other bikers but after a while I could not see any numbers from the first start wave any more.
After entering the transition and running out on the run course I could not see any other runner. And the street was really straight with the same rolling hills (the run course was part of the bike course) I biked on before. Well, at least I was first from my wave I thought. Then,… at the first aid station at mile 1 I was wondering that the street was totally dry !!? (Normally triathletes don't drink the water at the aid station, they pour that over their head.. why ever..)
After another biker was telling me that I have a ½ mile lead it was the first time I noticed that I'm in the lead of the race.
After I reached another aid station I ask when the turnaround was coming..
"keep going…keep going" ….."OH you are doing olympic distance?....NO, it's right here!"
So I turned around and looked at my watch… AND RUN!
I calculated a 2.5min gap to the second runner when I met him on my way back.
And still 4.5km to go…
Well,.. I made it! With a 1min lead. Totally surprised from my second win in an Olympic distance race.
If it was not the beginning of the season I would stop racing right away
And it was soooo relaxing to watch the others at the duathlon next day, with a coffee and my camera in my hands… nice job guys !
