City of Perth
Sunday Jan 29th
All of the 14 starters from EFS approached the day with a little concern. A full week of 40 degree days meant extra hydration strategies were going to be needed.The river gods smiled and gave all a lower temp of 32 and a semi-cooling wind for the race morning. Everyone looked much happier .
The other side of this was the wind chop in the water and some nice little wind tunnel effects on front wheels.
Trievents had relocated the course to the other side of the Jetty for 2012 event and the new location worked well --including more spectator shade and viewing spots.

The open field with Mark junior was a rough swim with lots of competitor jostling for the major part of it. The choppy waters kept the field close together and a few navigation issues meant the super swimmers leads were reduced.
Bike was fast and furious ...most getting thru under or about 1 hr . Big effort by Mark on the new Cannondale finishing in 2.08 as it was part of a post NZ training block heading towards Singas 70.3 .
In the age group divisions some brilliant results form David Pattulo 2nd also with the same finish time as Mark L.(It was also Davids first Olympic distance race--well done !!) , Ludvik Grec 3rd and Paige Bowman also a 3rd . Michael McCormick, Richo and Darryn also gained valuable points for seeking a place on the Australian Age Group Worlds in Auckland