Salzburg to Kona via Chicago (and a few other places): Race Day

Temperature on race day was predicted to be 34 and by 10:30 in the morning, trying to find some shade for an hour before our start it seemed like it was that already.

Dave started 10 minutes before Kim and I so I had to try to stay ahead of Kim and not lose Dave.

Not much to say except we drank everything we took with us plus whatever we could get on course, rode hard enough to make the run a challenge then ran till we stopped.

The hill and long transitions seemed to rule out a sub five hour race for Dave and me (in hindsight anyway) but there were no hiccoughs or breakdowns although Dave's foot would have taken a few minutes off his run time.

In our age groups Kim was 8th, me 9th and Dave a few places further down. To be fair Dave had hundreds in his age group, I had nearly 100 and Kim more than 50. Kim was second Aussie in her age group, Dave was about 4th or 5th and I was first. Did I say I was pleased?

Young Christian, in his first international race, represented Australia in the kids event.