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Aquathon!!!

South Bay Beach

sunny 33 °C

P6210632.jpgJune 22 Aquathon

Sprint Distance (2km run & 275m swim & 2km run)
Swim leg – 275m, 1 lap – competitors swim around two marker buoys in a clockwise direction.
Run Legs (x 2) – 2km, 1 lap – an out and back course along South Bay Road. Turning Point A is 900m from the start line. Participants then return along the same route back to South Bay Beach. After the first run leg participants will go to transition to prepare for the swim. After the second run leg, participants will cross the finish line on the road. Drink stations: There is one drink station on the run course.

This will be my adventure on Sunday. I have never been involved in a multi-sport activity and I have to say that I am quite excited. I am the only person I know out of the 400 that will be participating in this race.
After the race:
Wow it was challenging, what they didn't mention was that the running part was uphill! The swimming part was the difficult part for me...after you get out of the water, all the tension from the first 2k has been released and you can just feel gravity asking you to lie down. But.. I kicked my butt in gear and made it in 32 minutes and 40 seconds! The coolest part that in my age category 20-29 I came in top 10 as # 7! With an overall place of 35 out of 250 people!

Posted by Pamelieux 8:08 PM Archived in Events | China

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OMG!!! How cool! That sounds like such a awesome little race...I am sure you rocked!

23.06.2008 by Geovanna

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