Reid on Kona

From Inside Triathlon magazine

http://www.insidetri.com/portal/news/news.asp?item=103088


Q: Was there a reason you did well at Hawaii and not at an important race like Germany?

Peter Reid: Hawaii just suited me perfectly. I loved the headwinds, loved the heat, and loved the salt-water swim. I'm almost too big to race fast. I never really raced that fast, but I raced strong. That is the one biggest reason why I did well in Hawaii - there the strongest man - mentally and physically - wins. That is also why I never did well in Germany. Germany was too fast for me. I just could not keep up. But in Hawaii, the speeds were a little slower. A little slower on the bike, a harder swim - it had chop, currents, swells. It demands a stronger competitor and my body is better suited for all that stuff. I should have done Lanzarote.