Walden Triathlon Gavin Long (team Saffron Suisse) reports: Ele got the team off to a fantastic start with a great swim. Andrew had flown in from Switzerland especially for the race. Despite most of his training having been on Wii Fitness, he rode superbly in the tough, windy conditions. I had the easy task of running the 5K, and recorded the 3rd fastest time of the day. The tension then started. The results were displayed in the hall and updated as each person finished. Our team was in first position, but there were still 5 teams left on the course. We were still in first place with only one team left to finish. Unfortunately, they had a 3 minute advantage on the swim and a 3 minute advantage on the bike. Optimistically we waited, hoping that their runner would be 6 minutes slower than us. Amazingly, we took first place by just 12 seconds.