On Saturday January 7^th the Port of Tauranga Half Distance Triathlon was hosted in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. The race was the official Triathlon New Zealand Long Distance Championships and featured a 2km ocean swim in Pilot Bay, a 90km, 2 loop bike course, and a 21.1km run along Marine Parade.

Cameron Brown, one of New Zealand’s most prominent triathletes, finished second at this event in 2011 and 2009 and at age 39, was a top favorite for the 2012 win.

Brown exited the water in 9^th position with a time of 27:07 and immediately demonstrated his strength on the bike. Cameron delivered a consistent and relatively controlled bike performance on Saturday. He averaged almost 290 watts in the first loop, holding an average cadence of 90rpm and speed of 42km/h (26mph). Going into the second loop Brown’s SRM file shows several power surges as he catches race leaders and then settles back into a steady rhythm. Cameron completed the course in a total time of 2:09:57 with 282 average watts, an effort requiring nearly 2,200 calories. “I managed to push things on the bike and put the pressure on Callum [Millward] which took some of the sting out of him before the run,” Brown tells Fairfax New Zealand News. In the run Cameron and Callum remained close, but in a downhill section Cameron pulled away to clinch his 9^th victory in Mount Maunganui.

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The Port of Tauranga victory sets Cameron up well for Ironman New Zealand on March 3^rd. Cameron has won this title ten times, setting a new world record.

Cameron trains and competes with the SRM Training System and has participated in SRMlive Telemetry at the Ford Ironman World Championships in 2010 and 2011. SRM sends Cameron congratulations on his achievement and looks forward to sharing more of his racing and training accomplishments throughout the year.