monty wrote:
Thanks everyone, still on the island and learning how to walk again. Somehow I got the impression that the run was rolling hills, I guess if you call 15% to 30% grades rolling!! Will do a race report later on, but suffice it to say it was brutal as expected. The race today is definitely a young persons sport, a bit like the old days of racing. Not many rules, almost no markings, virtually no support, and what you swim in, you run in and vice versa. Today will be a lot cooler than yesterday, there was a mile uphill yesterday with a tailwind, and it was nearly 80 degrees with full sun beating down. Now imagine all of that running in your wetsuit, carrying all your swim gear in your hands with your swim cap on!!
But I will definitely be back, left at least 20 minutes out on the course getting lost, and just plain not ready. And I miss this island too, spent a lot of time here back in the day when we put on the pro Catalina triathlon, great times...
Thanks for the report and great you were able to do something so challenging on your birthday. You must feel awesome!