$1500 in prizes went up for grabs. only for the teams though, and I signed up thinking it would be for solo too. O well, still had fun.
Race start:
teams are in blue, solo folk in green. Me in far right, guy who destroyed teams and solo on the left. He came from Tahiti.
I originally was going to wear a swim skin, but I showed up 1 hour before the race and it was cloudy and cold. Owner of Xterra wetsuits let me try out a prototype wetsuit for this. I said sure, as I checked the suit and it had a crotch area that didnt impede running ability (hip movement).
As you can see, the sun broke at start and temperature shot up 20*. running 4:00/km pace I was frying on each of the 2.2km run loops (also dumb idea running with swim cap and wetsuit sleeves at the start)
it was refreshing to hit the warm water (500m distance), where on the next few run loops I rolled the sleeves down, and ran with cap off my head. The arm sleeve idea was a bit of a failure, as one kept sliding off during the swim. but on the legs it did help. The zoot shoes also helped with the laceless lock feature.
The guys with paddles and buoys though, blew by me on the swim. All I had was the run in the tool bag.
Here for the finish 3rd solo person over all. Some teams came from Spain to compete. This will be back next year, and was put on very professionally and well aided.
Race start:
teams are in blue, solo folk in green. Me in far right, guy who destroyed teams and solo on the left. He came from Tahiti.
I originally was going to wear a swim skin, but I showed up 1 hour before the race and it was cloudy and cold. Owner of Xterra wetsuits let me try out a prototype wetsuit for this. I said sure, as I checked the suit and it had a crotch area that didnt impede running ability (hip movement).
As you can see, the sun broke at start and temperature shot up 20*. running 4:00/km pace I was frying on each of the 2.2km run loops (also dumb idea running with swim cap and wetsuit sleeves at the start)
it was refreshing to hit the warm water (500m distance), where on the next few run loops I rolled the sleeves down, and ran with cap off my head. The arm sleeve idea was a bit of a failure, as one kept sliding off during the swim. but on the legs it did help. The zoot shoes also helped with the laceless lock feature.
The guys with paddles and buoys though, blew by me on the swim. All I had was the run in the tool bag.
Here for the finish 3rd solo person over all. Some teams came from Spain to compete. This will be back next year, and was put on very professionally and well aided.