I don't know where the strength came from. I couldn't muster up a fast finish but I picked off the Aussie guy. It was obvious that the conditions favored someone like me because every time I came through a muddy section of the course I'd close probably fifteen yards on whoever was in front of me. I was horsing through the mud. A lot of the light guys couldn't handle it they were slipping.
Next year is the goal in Dublin.
Ray said I would eat the mud up and be strong. I still maintain that if I was in the short course race I would have finished in the top 15 because I know the guys in there and that I could beat some of them. I'm just delighted with 56th. I think had not been so muddy and so severe, I could've finished higher. It is going to make me aim so much higher now.