Dean Lance Tyler Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Well so happy to have finished considering my itb started giving me trouble half way through the cycle and I had to walk most of the run. Swim was okay except for coming back in. But good race otherwise
Raydek Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 What were the sea conditions like...? I found it fine going out, but got hammered on the way in, wrong place wrong time... A big wave landed on me, and I just rolled for what seemed like ages. Otherwise not too bad.
Cheabb78 Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Cool pictures, if you have one of 2 legs sticking up out the water it's probably me...
bierfeesten Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 If anything their arrival has made the 70.3 East London bags and medals look worse...Old post but glad someone mentioned the medals. Compared to my Slanghoek medal the 70.3 medal is a shocker!!
skipperw Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Who's the guy in the 65 - 69 category? He did close on 5hrs. Pretty fekken remarkable.
WezGK Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Hey... that was awesome!!.. my first IM 70.3 and first of that distance. .. did two sprints this year, new to triathlons.. goal was to finish and I managed a very happy 6h56....
Grantc Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Who's the guy in the 65 - 69 category? He did close on 5hrs. Pretty fekken remarkable.That's TimCan run and bike with the best of themIf i'm not mistaken he won his age group at Kona
Mawbs Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Must say big up to everyone in the field, the swim coming in at Bike & Bean must have been tough for a lot of people as the waves were fair sized and breaking hard on the bank. Never thought to snap some pics.
davem Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 See there were only 2206 finishers out of 3000 entries. Hundreds of non starters and lots of non finishers. That must be highest attrition rate for any SA Ironman event.
Mawbs Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 do you think the non starters majority would be because of rough seas ??
Raydek Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 I know of a few people who pulled out of cycle/run due to injury/illness, and also saw many people give up on the swim... the current was apparently quite hectic trying to get out past the back line of waves, kept pushing people back in.. A few friends compared GPS data and the swim ended up being about 2.1km
Mawbs Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 ya i can believe that, when they were coming in it was like a diagonal line. Not straight in because of sidewash
Rocket-Boy Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Something tells me this one could've hurt...In waves like that I would have beaten everyone coming back in.It was awesome growing up as a surfer.
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