Despite the big surf caused by Cyclone Larry, the Mooloolaba triathlon was held on Sunday, although the 1500 m swim was moved from the ocean to the river (thank God!). An open water swim was held the day before, but after the first few groups of swimmers were trashed by the big waves (picture!), the event was stopped. I certainly wasn't looking forward to an ocean swim so the change of venue was welcome news and I has happy with my 32 min swim time (it would have been MUCH longer in pounding surf!).
The swim was followed by a 40 km cycle and again I was happy with my 1hr 13min time on a mostly flat, fast course and I caught up a few of the better swimmers in my 45 - 49 age group. I caught a few more on the undulating 10 km run, although my 49 min time was a bit slow for me which I'm attributing to post-marathon tiredness. My overall time was 2:43 placing me 46 out of the 76 old buggers in my age-group and 32 min behind the fastest of the old buggers. This is a somewhat mediocre time and placing for me, but I was happy with a solid effort and I have a few more Olympic Distance races coming up (Byron and Bintan) in which to go faster.
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Wow, those are really nice pictures.
Over the weekend, an army colonel was reported by the media to have collapsed and died during a biathalon. He was 39. KL tells me to stop nagging at him to go jogging. His slogan nowadays is this:
I may be fat but I'm still alive.
Those pictures are pinched off the Mooloolaba triathlon website. I intend buying a digital camera, but I'm a bit broke at present (too much travelling). The colonel would have died walking up his stairs had the biathlon not done it. A friend of mine has just developed type 2 diabetes from being overweight and now must prick his finger 3 times a day to measure his blood glucose. Diabetes is an epidemic in Australia. Nevertheless, I do like KL's defiant attitude :-)
Well, well, well, you're talking to the electronics gadget QUEEN! I just bought a mobile phone that takes megapixel photos AND plays MP3s AND has 1 GB of memory space!
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