The first race of the season is always a big unknown, and it is great to get it behind you. I decided to make the trip out to China as the race was on a weekend where a lot of other big races were happening. Originally thinking it may lead to a smaller field where I would have a good chance for a solid result. As the race date approached the start list started to grow and had some solid depth. Olympians, which included the likes of recent Xiamen and Hefei 70.3 Champs Tim D

For those of you that didn’t catch the last blog, here it is: http://www.bw-tri.com/single-post/2016/09/02/The-Lone-American-Male-at-703-Worlds. It goes into my thoughts on 70.3 Worlds, how the process works to qualify as a professional and why I decided to take a slot and race. I came down here for the experience of racing with the best in the world and “toeing” the same start line. Unfortunately that didn’t happen…………….. Swim- 26:28 They had everyone in the corral on the