congratulations Dave. i do a bit of running and cycling but not a good swimmer which is what has stopped me from attempting half triathlons here :)
totally get the part about completing, not competing. i just finished (about a week back) a 400 km BRM on my mtb (with slicks). took a little more than 24 hours (about 19.3 hours saddle time) but at the end, the feelings were more or less the same: i was glad i could finish and i was glad i survived :) vaguely thinking of paris-brest-paris 2015 :) On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:02:44 +1300 David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, that was the point... to keep you guessing :) > > Now that I've arrived home I can explain further. Yesterday I > completed the Lake Wanaka Half, which is half of Challenge Wanaka. > It's part of the Challenge Family of events which is a rival to > Ironman. Same distances but run by different people. > > The three numbers on the back of my finishers shirt are the lengths > of the swim, bike and run sections respectively, in kilometres, for > the half-distance race. > > The race is held in the small resort town of Wanaka here in NZ, about > 6 hours south from where I live. It's marketed as the world's most > scenic long-distance triathlon and it really is stunning there. It > also happens to be one of the hardest long-distance courses in the > world... and the past few years have been hot & windy so it's getting > a bit of a reputation. > > The swim was very close to being moved to plan B due to both the low > temperature of the lake (15C) and the wind-induced choppiness of the > water (I'm guessing about 1.5 to 2 foot waves). That resulted in it > being one of the most intense experiences of my life and it took a > lot of fortitude to keep myself from withdrawing early on. > > The bike leg went very well - the wind was pretty strong in places > but didn't really cause problems for me. I blew up about 3 or 4km > into the run but I stubbornly kept plodding along, still running as > I'd have felt disappointed about walking... even though I was running > at about walking pace :) > > In the end my total time was 7 hours 11 minutes, and if I'd been able > to hold a reasonable pace in the run it could have been more like > 6:20. But that comes down to my buildup being marred by an injury > early on so I'm not bothered. I wanted to complete, not compete. > > I'll see if I can post some pics during the next few days. > > Cheers, > Dave > > On Jan 20, 2013, at 12:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Okay, what do the numbers mean? It's clear it's self obvious to > > you, but not to me. > > [...] > > >> http://www.multi.net.nz/finisher/ > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
