travisza Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Who's in for this? Anyone heard anything about the water levels in the dam????
Edgar Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Will tell you after the weekend. Heading up there. Definitely not doing it, swimming is for ants.
Dexter-morgan Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 My swimming also suck, so giving this one a skip.
Kerchak Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Doing the full. Did not do any swimming over festive season besides playing in the swimming pool. Did some MTB and not enought running. Looking forward to it. Just hope the weather is nice.
Edgar Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 There is water in the dam. Did some riding around the dam, loads of glass and debris around. Sliced my tyre open on a discard SAB product that I could see on the route. I only did a small portion of the actual route. They have a bit of work to do before the race, if they are using a similar route to last year
DavidE373 Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 It's on a pretty crap date, same day as half ironman...If they had held the event this coming weekend it would have been ideal prep for East London...
Kerchak Posted January 18, 2016 Posted January 18, 2016 Looks like weather will be nice and cool. 25 and overcast. Not to much rain during the week. Hopefully no mud. Wonder if it will be a wetsuit swim
wonduhboy Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 I'm in for the Lite - the 12km trail run of the full scares me.Anyone else in?
travisza Posted January 19, 2016 Author Posted January 19, 2016 Looks like weather will be nice and cool. 25 and overcast. Not to much rain during the week. Hopefully no mud. Wonder if it will be a wetsuit swimCan't imagine it being cold enough for a wetsuit swim. But you never know, the temp doesnt have to be too cold to allow wetsuits
travisza Posted January 19, 2016 Author Posted January 19, 2016 I'm in for the Lite - the 12km trail run of the full scares me.Anyone else in?In for the full. Did it 2 or 3 years ago and I still have nightmares about some of the hills on the run
Kerchak Posted January 23, 2016 Posted January 23, 2016 Many thanks to the person who picked up my waterbottle toolbox during the mtb leg and handed in. You saved me a couple 100 rands. The mtb was thought and the run was brutal. Shaved 45 min of my previous time. Happy with myself. Next year sub 4.
Swim.Bike.Run Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 The route change on the MTB was a good idea, still pretty tough, but not as dangerous anymore. And the weather yesterday was also great.
wonduhboy Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Gotta say, I loved this race.Right mix of being tough but manageable.Very impressed with the organisation - everything ran smoothly, water points were decent.Finish atmosphere was great, and loved the recovery zone. Makes me wonder why I pay more for the Trinity Gold series at Germiston...
peds Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Awesome event! We did the full relay event on Saturday and I did the MTB portion which I thought was pretty tough. Then did the full lite event yesterday and was my first Triathlon, happy to say i really enjoyed it and was great event. My legs are killing me but was a great feeling to finish on 2:06 for my first time. Well done to the organizers on helping out us newbies to get into this tough sport. That swim is a different experience, never have i swam with so many people around and hitting each other. I saw one guy with a blood nose...Hectic!
travisza Posted January 25, 2016 Author Posted January 25, 2016 Yip great race again. I had forgotten how tough the run course is and it definitely humbled me once again. Well organised, only thing I'd change is their sponsorship with Windhoek Light means there werent any ladies drinks (apart from Spirits and Mix)....but you can't win everything. Very likely I'll be back again next year.
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