Dublin boy David Vaughan has bounced back from illness in 2009 to record a few quality results on the International Duathlon circuit. In 2008 Vaughan won his age-group in both the European & World Duathlon Championships.
Vaughan’s now based in London, so you won’t have seen him in the Irish races this year. However he’s back for the July Runways Duathlon to take on McCrystal, Caffrey, Lynch & Keane.
David Vaughan on the right in 3rd place.
David’s report from Powerman Germany where he finished 3rd in the M30-34 age-group.
“After a dissappointing 18th place at the European Powerman Championships last month I made the long trip to the far reaches of East Germany to race my second Powerman (PM) race on the notoriously tough PM
Germany course of 16km – 64km – 8k. After doing a course recce the day previous, man this was going to be the toughest race I’ve ever done.
The plan was to go with the first run pace, get into a quick group and see what happens so coming into T1 in 5th place at the front of the second group only 30 seconds down seemed like a good start.
The bike was super tough with a long 16% ascent straight out of transition and rain, wind and cold temperatures making the day even tougher but I’ve spent the day at the beach in worse weather back in Donabate as a kid! I held my position for the first lap but after after a mechanical stop I dropped a few places and probably overcooked it trying to make up the ground on the second lap so I came off the bike in 9th place.
I gained a place in T2 and went out on the second run trying to go hard til the turnaround to see how close the guys in front were. I was really pushing it with a good high HR but the legs were pretty beat so I held it together and came home 8th.
Stepping up to racing at this level from AG racing is a huge learning experience but I’m improving and I can see where I need to get stronger. I have a lot of hard work to do but I’m looking forward to progressing up the results. Tip-top transitions though!”
You can follow David Vaughan on his website http://www.davidvaughanduathlon.blogspot.com/
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