Just wondering if anyone here is doing Roth 2019? Race numbers went up yesterday, and the race is 3 weeks tomorrow.
It will be my third IM distance race, with Wales later this year making number 4.
Goals for me:
Have fun
Sleep well (despite camping) … ear plugs and face mask and the ready!
Swim under 80 minutes, but if that fails, at least don’t have a nightmare like my last race where I basically allowed my mind to drift on the swim and gave up tons of time
If the stars align, and they won’t, but if they do, go sub 11
Thank you! I enjoyed Solarerberg, but the crowds had really thinned out here by lap 2 and I was in the middle to front third of the race, so it must have been quite quiet for the slower riders on lap 2. If I am being perfectly honest, I think Tenby does a better job of support. I was in the crowd at Saundersfoot climb last year, and that was maybe like a 60% crazy version, but the rest of the Wales course has more pockets of fans overall, and … I bloody love Wales!
The Solarerberg is a funny place I did Roth in 2013 and most of the crowd is made up of friends and family spectators so after your loved one goes through then it’s a mad dash to get onto the run course for support. The Saundersfoot support to me are there all day as a lot of the crowd are local.
Pretty sure it was all live streamed last yeat on youtube or something similar.
No i won’t be watching it live, like Kona - partly because it’s on in the day and not the evening - but i will track it from my phone as i go about my day i would imagine. See how they’re all getting on.
Reason that they gave was that IF restrictions are lifted, no body would have any swimming fitness, therefore in the interest of saftety, had to move it
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