Great racing, Doon 
Carbonated water is the devil’s p1ss though 
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Yeah, I love 
but it was the same at many of the races I’ve done here 
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I should let your mucka Greta know .
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Top splash and dashing
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Textbook Bongo. Cracking stuff mate, awesome!
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Those are both awesome
trying to get my head round swimming in trainers… no can’t do it 
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That sounds awesome! I’ve always wanted to do one of these swimrun events but the lack of an enthusiastic partner to race with has been a blocker. Great you could race solo. I’m going to pencil this race into my races to ponder list.
That is an enormous pull buoy 
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I struggle with the idea of running in wet trainers - blisters much?
Running in a wetsuit in colder climes 
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I recall in the GTN film that Heather turned up with a regular pull buoy and her racing partner (who she’d just met) looked at her had this face that said ‘where is the rest of it’? 
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piss off
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Yeah fair one - i’ll shut up now! 
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I was only joking. I think it was an amazing effort..
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even for a serial sandbagger!
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My pull buoy in the picture is a Huub Big Boy. I spray painted one corner red as there were 4 ways of positioning it between my legs & if I see that corner when I look down I know it’s correct.
I am going to get an even bigger one as I felt inadequate stood next to a lot of the competitors. Ark seem good & I spotted a whopping Orca one that someone had at the start.
I wear Injinji socks & haven’t blistered. I was a bit worried about sand ingress after doing a bit of practice on the beach in the picture but it’s an artificial beach & all the other running & entry/egress points were on forest trails & muddy banks.
@GeordieM the chap in the pitch next to us did the race 3yrs ago & there was a whopping hailstorm…but it may have been earlier in the year.
Never had a problem running in my SwimRun wetsuit in the cold of the UK.
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I like what you did there 
Well done.
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First race of the year for with the club reverse aquathlon.
Swimming after running is horrendous!
Run was alright for current fitness level with a 19:42 for 5km. Transition was bang on with essentially binning your trainers off and finding your goggles. I’d already stripped my cap and running vest off but my swim was shite, 6:58 for 432 metres. Just too congested having entered the pool with around five or six other guys. Could never get into rhythm and was just in oxygen dept with a sky high heart rate.
Great fun though and nice to finally tick off a race on the year.
Finished 9th in what I’d say is a fairly stacked field for a club event with some strong swim/runners - just need a nice bike ride in the middle to sort them out
Clearly in zone, contemplating life choices here
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Good work Number 1.
Although 2 observations.
- how has the lad leading found time to put his cap on back to front?
- the lad in third looks absolutely faaaaacked.
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Nice work 
Jeff Bezos is hanging on well in 4th
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Run was first so fashion in place from the beginning although I’m guessing he took it off for the swim 
Third looks absolutely wrecked though
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I used to do a multi round ‘Biathlon’* on Friday nights at Balmoral in Sydney.
Swim/run/swim/run. The distances were short IIRC, something like 700m/2.5km but bloody hell the heart rate was high and yes, sand management of the feet was tricky!
*This is what they were called before the blazer and clipboard crowd came knocking.
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