Goldrush race report

Posted on April 2, 2008

Complete Performance athletes Andreas Kacofegitiss, Jacqui Hamilton, Craig Phillips and Tim Raw completed the Central Otago Goldrush Multisport event last weekend.  Andreas teamed up with long time training partner Devon Burchett in the Tandem teams section which meant they raced the full 365km course side by side.  Both were well matched for speed and had some very good sections followed by a couple of tough moments which saw them finish in third place.  Jacqui teamed up to compete as a 3 person veteran team.  Her key stage that she had been focussing on in her training was the road bike leg followed by the run on the second day, and subsequently the effort that she put in meant she performed to her best and her teamed claimed a well deserved second place in their section.  Both Craig and Tim competed in the Veteran men section, traditionally this has been an extremely tough section to do well in as these guys know all the tricks in the book.  Tim was happy with his performance and enjoyed the weekend of hard racing as he looks to prepare for the duathlon nationals at the start of June.  His team claimed a creditable second place.  Craig’s team where defending champions going into the race and they wanted to keep it that way, therefore Craig focussed on this event as a top priority for his season.  Subsequently all of his hard work paid off with a team win and two extremely good performances placing second overall in his two key mountain bike stages.  Click here to read his race report