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Guess Who these Tri Identities were wearing the “NEW” Compressport Pro Racing Socks at Busselton and Win 3 Free Socks!!! Post A, B, C, D or E Correctly to Win.

Melissa Rollison has once again proved that she is the one to beat at the 70.3 distance. In very testing conditions

( flooding and heavy rain),Melissa guided her way around the slippery conditions to win the race by 13mins from her closest rival.

Here’s a quick recap of her results this year.

1st     4/12/2011  Ironman 70.3 Asia Pacific Championships, Phuket Thailand   4:17:01   (course record)
1st     13/11/2011  Nepean Triathlon (1k/30k/10k), Sydney Australia   1:38:35   (course record)
1st     30/10/2011  Noosa Triathlon (Olympic distance), Noosa, QLD Australia   2:00:25
1st      11/9/2011  Ironman 70.3 World Championships, Nevada USA   4:20.55   (course record)
1st      14/8/2011  Ironman 70.3 Steelhead, Michigan USA   3:36.02   (run course record. cancelled swim)
1st      17/7/2011  Ironman 70.3 Vineman, California USA   4:09.00  (course record)
1st       9/7/2011   Ironman 70.3 Muncie, Indiana USA   4:08.48  (course record)

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Last weekend I raced the Nepean Triathlon - Australia’s oldest triathlon race beginning back in 1982!  This year was the 30th running of the event and my 2nd time competing.  I raced it last year and won.  The race is unique in that the boys are handicapped.  This year the girls had about a 11:30min head start.  The first across the line (male or female) gets a extra prize bonus.  The 1k swim, 30k 2 lap bike, and 10k 2 lap run is held at Penrith’s Regatta Centre - a great venue mostly used for rowing.  It was going to be a tough ask to back up my win from last year, with superstar and World Champion Mel Rollison having a hit out.  Throw in the ever improving Matilda Reynolds and a bunch of speedy ITU Juniors, I was going to have to move fast if I wanted to podium!  All my races this year have been long course and 70.3 events.  This was my first short race in a very long time!  In fact, Nepean last year was my last short distance race!  I needed to grow some fast twitch fibres quickly!  Having only done Taiwan 70.3 in super hot and humid conditions 7 days prior though, I was a little worried.  I wasn’t sleeping very well, felt quite flat, and had a sore lower back thanks to sleeping overnight on the plane home from Taiwan in a rather awkward position!  I got even more of a scare when I started to feel a sore throat coming on the Friday before the race.  I even contemplated telling my parents I didn’t want to make the drive up to Sydney on Saturday morning, but I wanted to catch up with a few people at the race, so I decided to just go there and then decide.  I registered and later had a great dinner with good friend Mel.  It was so good to catch up with her and was just what I needed as for the first time the whole week, I was now fired up for the race!  Better late than never I guess!

Race morning dawned with perfect conditions and the gun went off at 7am for the entire field of females - the elites, the age groupers, the beginners - all off together!  Fortunately I got off to a good start and eventually tucked myself in behind a small group of girls swimming at a good pace.  Two junior girls though got away which I was unaware of, so I exited a bit over a minute down on the first female.  I wasn’t too concerned though as I trusted my riding ability which has improved a fair bit this year.  Out on the bike, I just hammered away. I’m sure my HR was sky rocketting, but it was only 30ks!  Not 90!  No holding back or pacing here Shell!  Mel passed me fairly early on, but I was determined to at least try to stay with her or at least keep here in sight.  I was joined by Matilda on the ride and we entered T2 together, about 40sec down from Mel.  That was the closest I would get to her for the remainder of the race as she runs off at sub 3:30 pace!  Makes everybody else’s run look like a sunday morning jog!  Gee thanks Mel!  Anyway, so it was now a battle for 2nd between Matilda and myself.

Once again, thank you all for the support!  It was tough finding my fast twitch fibres after nothing but 70.3 racing, but I loved it!  I will probably be incorporating some non-drafting shorter races next year into my calendar rather than just 70.3 events  There are plenty of choices in the USA which is fantastic.