Wanaka's Gina Ferguson has finished second at the Asian Long Distance Triathlon championships in South Korea this morning, despite taking an unplanned detour on the forest run.
Ferguson had a day of incidents but was able to keep her cool to finish in second place and continue her good work towards Ironman Germany.
"I had problems on the bike, for some reason the chain kept coming off causing me to stop on numerous occasions. However I managed to still get off the bike in second, but was a long way back behind Tereza Macel.
"Then on run I went the wrong way as the markers were hard to understand through the forest, but luckily there was another kiwi who had gone down the hill and was coming back and was able to warn me, so I only did about another extra kilometre. I was scared that I had dropped more placings but I was able to keep in 2nd for a relatively good day given the mishaps."
Asian Long Distance Championships
Gangweon, South Korea
3km Swim, 80km Bike, 20km Run
Elite Women
2 Gina Ferguson NZL, Wanaka
