This is one of the best organised, most scenic races I have done. Bintan is an Indonesian Island 1 hour's ferry ride from Singapore. Tribob.com organised 3 races and I did the 'olympic distance' 
of a 1500 swim in a clear, warm South China Sea followed by a 40 km bike ride in a torrential thunder storm and a hot, hilly run around a gold course.
I'm not in particularly good shape at present and was looking to do a mediocre 2:35, but the brutal (albeit scenic) run course extended this to 2:54. I also tried, for the first time, putting my cycling shoes on while cycling! I managed one shoe and then gave up, hopped off and put on the other shoe in the more conventional way. Nevertheless, one of my favourite races and I finished 32nd of the 92 40 - 49 y.o. males. I hope I will have the opportunity to do this one again in future.
You can see that the triathlon photo's were taken by a professional, as were the photo's of Bintan after the race. I'll let them speak for themselves.
1 comment:
I think it is shouting 'yeah baby', woo-hoo' as you do it that get's you chucked out.
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