CEEPO's Danish triathlete, Bjarne Moller, has sent us his race report from his last race on his white Viper!
"Eventhough my main objective is to excel on the ironman distance I managed to do quite well in our national championships on the half ironman distance on August 9th.
I have been training really hard to improve my bike ride this year and with my brand new white Ceepo Viper I was confident that I could do well.
My swim is usually my weakest thing but I did not loose too much time.
The bike course was quite hard. We had a total ascent of approx. 1000m during the 90km bike course so you had to pace yourself well.
I paced it perfectly doing just around 300 watts all the way and still I had some power left for the run. Unfortunately I lost two bottles during the ride as they popped out of the cage as I hit some rough roads. That did not influence my bike much but I would pay for the lost energy and water late on the run.
I did the 2nd fastest bike split of the day. Just 50 sec off the winner: Martin Jensen. Last year Martin finished 3rd at the World Long Course Championships with the fastest bike split of the day. SoI guess I am to be satisfied that I am so close to his level at the moment.
On the run I started out well. I did the first 15km in about 55 minutes. Then someone switched off the lights…: I could not keep up the pace and started to suffer. Usually I am able to finish strong but this time I paid for loosing my bottles of energy during the bike leg.
Anyway I managed to keep my 3rd spot but at the finish line I was totally empty. I was only 30 sec from the 2nd place but I did my best. I just wish that the course was twice as long…
I am really happy with my new Ceepo Viper. I can actually feel that I am much more aerodynamic than on any other bike I have ever ridden. Furthermore it is really light and responsive. I is my best bike ever!"
Congratulations, Bjarne!!
We look forward to your exciting future races!
