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Tracked you online for a while Gummi, must have been a tough day with the heat !!  Am sure a lot will be learnt from the experience and will come back stronger!!

 

Had a disastrous day yesterday from the start.

 

The race had a rolling start and i started 45 minutes into the race.Got kicked in my ribs which i had broken a few months ago and ended up swallowing quite a bit of water.

 

Got to my bike and someone had knocked it off the rack and damaged my rear derailleur and i couldn't use my top 3 easy gears.Suffered seriously on the hill and there were plenty.Biggest climb was 800m long with avg of 8% and maximum of 22% :eek:

 

Got off the bike and it was 35Deg and getting hotter.I ended up vomiting for about 10 minutes and tried running again but i was weak and everything was cramping.My first 10km took me almost 2 hours and i have had to do 30km in 5 hours.There was just no way that that was going to happen so i bailed at 11km mark.

 

It was a learning experience and will do many things differently for next year.

 

I was really hoping that this would be #6 but wasn't meant to be....still at 5.5.

 

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Maybe #6 is meant for "Challenge Roth"  :D

 

Good on you for trying to finish considering, some races go smooth and to plan, others not so. 

 

Being such a long day, anything and everything can happen!

 

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!! ;)

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Had a disastrous day yesterday from the start.

 

The race had a rolling start and i started 45 minutes into the race.Got kicked in my ribs which i had broken a few months ago and ended up swallowing quite a bit of water.

 

Got to my bike and someone had knocked it off the rack and damaged my rear derailleur and i couldn't use my top 3 easy gears.Suffered seriously on the hill and there were plenty.Biggest climb was 800m long with avg of 8% and maximum of 22% :eek:

 

Got off the bike and it was 35Deg and getting hotter.I ended up vomiting for about 10 minutes and tried running again but i was weak and everything was cramping.My first 10km took me almost 2 hours and i have had to do 30km in 5 hours.There was just no way that that was going to happen so i bailed at 11km mark.

 

It was a learning experience and will do many things differently for next year.

 

I was really hoping that this would be #6 but wasn't meant to be....still at 5.5.

 

38541395_10156148726084748_1033642583395

 

38526563_10156148726079748_5441654097230

 

Had a disastrous day yesterday from the start.

 

The race had a rolling start and i started 45 minutes into the race.Got kicked in my ribs which i had broken a few months ago and ended up swallowing quite a bit of water.

 

Got to my bike and someone had knocked it off the rack and damaged my rear derailleur and i couldn't use my top 3 easy gears.Suffered seriously on the hill and there were plenty.Biggest climb was 800m long with avg of 8% and maximum of 22% :eek:

 

Got off the bike and it was 35Deg and getting hotter.I ended up vomiting for about 10 minutes and tried running again but i was weak and everything was cramping.My first 10km took me almost 2 hours and i have had to do 30km in 5 hours.There was just no way that that was going to happen so i bailed at 11km mark.

 

It was a learning experience and will do many things differently for next year.

 

I was really hoping that this would be #6 but wasn't meant to be....still at 5.5.

 

38541395_10156148726084748_1033642583395

 

38526563_10156148726079748_5441654097230

i followed the race via the fb feed,We live to fight another day.

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