Half hearted?

Did the Auckland Half IRONMAN last weekend. went very well but punctured for the first time in a race and lost 13 minutes!

What a stuff up. Thankfully it was not Taupo IM. Why did I take THAT much time? Well, I changed the tube quickly and all was going well. I would have been on my way very quickly but for the decision to take the valve extender off. As I unscrewed it, it also unscrewed the valve! As I only had one CO2 canister I then started to pump the tyre up using a hand pump, this broke the valve extender! I then had to wait for wifey (she was racing too) to come past with another valve extender and for someone to stop who had a foot pump.

If it was not for that, I may have finished close to Scott Molina!

Oh well, all in all a good training day though and on target for Taupo.

See http://www.aucklandhalf.co.nz/ for details