Brian Hadley - Germany - Update

Our Friend, Brian Hadley went to Germany to live his dream of competing in their Triathlon.  Did living the dream come without complication or troubles?

Apparently not.  Brian writes about being in a new place and how having to deal with a different language and time zone while trying to stay focused and have all his equipment in correct working order on his web site and you will find a link for you to click on below.

But did these challenges daunt our Brian?  Absolutely not…he is a proven winner among us and even though we aren’t there in body to cheer him on we are there in spirit. Yea Brian!!!

I checked out his latest writing on his web site,  http://brianhadleymultisport.com/  and he talked about preparing for this race by "duking it out with friend and training partner Derek Garcia in sprint triathlons around North Idaho."

I love what he did to prepare so I included his comments here.  I honestly don't understand everything he said because I've never competed at his level but I loved reading about it and in case you wanted this also, here it is.

“I think I surprised him, (Derek Garcia) at Radiant Lake when he was on short rest from his Ironman in St. George, 2 seconds separated my victory at Hayden, and this week he held me off on the run to take the overall win at Race the River over at Riverstone. This race was especially competitive owing to the return of Roger Thompson, who DOMINATED the sprint and Olympic distance races in the entire Pacific Northwest just a couple of years ago; he raced with a well deserved bib number 1, and probably knew that Derek and I were especially excited (honored) to be able to try to chase him down. (Nothing wrong with a three way rivalry, but I can see the chase being a lot harder
when Roger has been back for a while, it was hard enough catching him in the last mile of the run today."

So, what does it take to create a hometown winner?  Apparently a lot! Along with people to compete with there are people, like me who stand on the side line and cheer.  I personally loved to run.  And I used to run and swim..when I was in my 20s and 30s, and 40s.  These days, bike riding, walking and cheering works for me. But there are lot of other aspects to creating a winner. I'll be blogging about that in the future.  So stay tuned.