KEY POINTS:
New Zealand triathlete Joanna Lawn continued her build up for Hawaii with a third finish at a half Ironman event in Lubbock, Texas.
The goal for Lawn was to race well in the conditions that will be a similar to the world championships at Kona, Hawaii, in October.
"Lubbock was a lot harder than I had expected, but I was still able to get my bike speed were it needs to be right now, even though my running is not where I would like it to be," she said.
"But I have to be patient and leave something else to work on for Kona. I have to focus on different parts of my race, each build up at a time and this weekend it was all about the bike."
Lawn will now head to France where she will spend time at the Tri NZ European training base for her next training block, one that will see her focus on her running.
"I am super excited about doing my next big block of training and focusing on the run in France with the rest of the NZ Triathlon squad," she said
"Right now I am also reading a lot of running literature to get my running brain in the right space. These books are written by some of the greatest runners of all time, with the likes of Moller, Prefontaine, Snell, and Gebrselassie, the greatest. These people know how and when to deliver and cope with the pressure at the same time."
Results: (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile cycle, 13.1 mile run)
Mirinda Carfrae (Australia 25min 21sec 2hr 31min 58sec 1hr 24min 14sec, total 4hr 23min 28sec
Joanna Zeiger (US) 23:03 2:34:59 1:27:05 4:27:29 2
Joanna Lawn (NZ) 26:26 2:30:11 1:29:18 4:28:23
- NZPA
