First day out in the new branded Torpedo 7 Kit and it was given a good thrashing of sweat, salt water and sunshine and stood up fantastically! A great day ( but long!!) competing solo in the 12 hour individual section of this new event. Made up of a Kayak loop, MTB loop and a Run loop. Each lap was set to take around 30-40minutes and you could choose what you did and in what order. Each time you completed 3 different disciplines you earned a bonus point. It was a hot NW wind blowing and the wind really picked making for a bit of a rough ride on the water when the high tide started to turn as part of the paddle was down the river mouth channel so some good bumpy unpredictable currents made me work hard to have the trusty UFO Kayak slicing through the water well!.
I repeated Kayak, MTB, Run loops in tis order throughout the day apart from a shuffle of order in the last set and managed 15 laps in total picking up 5 bonus points along the way giving me placing of 10th in the solo 12 hour competitors. The winner completed his first lap as a run and then biked all day following this.
A good solid day out with 11hrs 35min of racing and 3 food stops in amongst this. Needless to say Sunday was a day of rest and lots of eating and re-fuelling!! The body is well accustomed to 12 hours of continuous exercise but it takes it's toll on energy the following day!
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