Crowley planning on triumphant return

SARAH Crowley is raring to go for the Cairns Ironman.

Crowley, who is based in Brisbane, is keen to improve on her third place last year.

The Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns is her home race and she is keen to unleash her new swim leg to put herself in the mix from the gun.

“I started working with Cam Watt from TriSutto at the start of last year and we set some goals for my swim,” Crowley said.

“We saw some progress late last year, winning the Ironman 70.3 Middle East Bahrain but after Ironman 70.3 Geelong we decided to stop racing for the lead up to Ironman Cairns and go away and get even stronger at swimming and also shed some kilos.”

“In the lead up for this race, I have raced the Jewel Gold Coast Luke Harrop Memorial and the Noumea International Olympic Triathlon purely to test my swim among worldclass swimmers.

“It is remarkable the impact the swim improvement has had on my racing and I am very excited to use it at Ironman Cairns.

“I have always been in the mix on the bike and run but coming out of the water at the front of the field is a game changer.

“I have raced either the 70.3 or IM at Cairns every year since 2012 when I won the 70.3 title.”

The Cairns Airport Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns is on June 11.