Hy-Vee Elite Cup

Huge shout out to the organizers of the Hy-vee Elite Cup and the ITU for having the race this past weekend streaming live on the internet. After watching two World Cups my day ended perfectly with catching the last 5K of the women's race and the entire men's race. Both events were highlighted by dominating runs. Emma Snowsill came from behind the lead group of six and went straight past them to run the last few miles on her own. Her run split was over a minute faster than the next woman and she made sure everyone knew she was back from her injury and ready for the season ahead. In the men's race Tim Don threw the hammer down right from the start of the run. He separated himself from the pack early and put a huge gap between him and second place and never let up. It was crazy how fast he was running and every step he took you could seen the pain in his face and knew he was giving everything he had to win the $200,000 prize for the winner. Now I'm no triathlon expert but I know a lot of the heavy hitters and I had never heard of Tim Don before so I looked up on Wikipedia. Two years ago at the Beijing Olympics Tim Don had a DNF being pulled out of the race by officials for being too far behind on the bike. Two years later he beat a field full of the big time players; Jan Fredeno, Simon Whitfield, Matty Reed, Jarrod Shoemaker, Bevan Docherty and Courtney Atkinson to name a few. Tim Don and Emma Snowsill absolutely killed it during this race and it was a huge inspiration to watch!