Thursday
Otago Peninsula Challenge 31st Jan 2010
A good blast out on some fantastic tracks and terrain. Lots of good grunty hills to sort things out and some slippery descents also! I finished up 12th Open man and 22nd over all from 168 riders so happy with this performance. Ride time of 2hrs 42min
Lake Wanaka Half Ironman January 16th 2010
We headed up to Wanaka on the Thursday morning, Had a swim in the lake on Thursday arvo - was a reasonably chilly 13.7 degrees, but once your forehead went numb the swimming was ok! So 8.15 am on the Saturday morning the individuals started - a deep water start with 235 swimmers, I got into a comfortable stroke and the swim went well, coming out of the water in 37min which i was happy and actually enjoyed the swim in the clear waters considering the swimming is not my strongest skill. A bit of a slow transition from swim to bike ( I almost left transition without my race number on me so had to dash back and get that) Onto the bike and it was a good honest 90km ride out past Glendhu Bay and then back through Wanaka and down to Tarras before cutting back up around lake Hawea and then back to Wanaka - A good spin on the bike, my goal was to stick to 30km/hr and do a 3hr ride, I managed to stick pretty close to this and take on fluids and food for the upcoming 21km half marathon run off the bike. I came off the bike in 3hrs5min and got onto the run and established my legs and a pace that felt good to keep up for the 21km without cooking up. By the time we were onto the run things were getting pretty warm, with the temperature being around the 30degree mark, so I worked my way through the run feeling not to bad and pushing it along as good as the body would let me. The finishing chute and main street of Wanaka was a buzz of people and a great atmosphere to finish to. I ran 1hr51min for the run, which was ok for a hot day and a rolling course after the bike. So total time was 5hrs42min, putting me 34th in my age group and 81st overall individual. So back again next year...maybe double the distance and try the full distance.. will have to see.
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