Adventure Racing - Triathlon on Steroids
As my eldest son Matthew keeps reminding me, I haven't posted on this blog since March, so an update is well over due. Yes I've still been riding and doing a few other things in between. In October I ran my 9th Marathon and came home with a PB which was very satisfying. My wife Paula also ran her first half marathon using a training plan I put together for her based on the Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training (FIRST) program. For the last 3 years I've been listening to a mate of mine Tamas talk about his annual trip to Lorne to join a few friends for an adventure race. So about 8 weeks ago while tapering for our respective events I suggested that we enter as a team in the Lorne Anaconda Adventure Race a 50km unsupported event consisting of a 1.9km ocean swim, 13km ocean paddle, 15km trail run, 18km mountain bike (MTB) ride and a 1.2km beach run to finish off with. Both of us had done triathlons and team events before but nothing like this. How many e