�I raced the second of the triballistic triathlon series�yesterday morning�finishing second to American Olympic team member Doug Friedman over the�750 swim 20k non drafting bike and 6km run course held�at the Sheraton Hotel in Krabi.

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�I broke away in the swim with French athlete Ben Sanson to exit the water 100m up on the chase group. Ben attacked hard on the bike and I fell back to ride�neck and neck with Doug. Ben struggled on the run with a�tight calf and�decided to pull out saving himself for next weekends race in Mekong. Doug who heads to the World Cup in Moloolaba Australia tomorrow ran very strong to finish around a minute up on me.

I have been planning to write a travel update for a couple of weeks, I had been meaning to talk about the gibbon rehabilitation centre,�the�monks who walk through the town each morning and the�interval sessions taking a draft behind the mopeds and logging trucks. As is always the case as I�come towards the end of a camp I haven’t been getting much done at all. Training has been great and�i’m confident the heavy run focous will pay off come the season, but it hasnt left alot of energy for anything else. �I have sat down on a number of occasions to try and write�something coherent, but�bed, food�or another training session always manages to get in the way.

I have 2 weeks left in Thailand i’m travelling to Mekong for the Asian Aquathlon champs on Thursday and then the ITU�points race on the Sunday. I will stay in the North�West�of the country for the week and then travel back to Bangkok for the first running of the Bangkok Olympic distance triathlon on the 1st of April. From there I will head back to the U.K

I will try and take some pictures as I travel and should even get a spare minute in a hotel room somewhere to write a proper travel�update. In the mean time i’ve posted a couple of shots from the TBB team launch. The Elephant is called Tum Tum,�she took�the squad swimming and I reckon she might have given Ben and I a run for our money given half the chance. ���

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