Adventure Race race (AROC) 2:48:00 [5]
ahr:159 max:177 shoes: Brooks Trance 8
Race with Mounty and Prong in team.
Leg 1 - Started in Minnamurra with a tubing section across the very cold Rocklow Creek and then a run of 5 controls through Killalea State Park to the first transition just behind the gun team of Julian/Grant/Ben.
Leg 2 - Consisted of ~7 controls on the bike through Killalea State Park. I was just trying to hang on to Mounty and Prong.
Leg 3 - Coasteering section around Bass Point, unfortunately lost a few minutes overunning 1 control. Prong was killing the running while Mounty and I were struggling to keep up with him.
Leg 4 - Another ride, this time through streets to Blackbutt Forest Reserve.
Leg 5 - Orienteering in Blackbutt. Here we caught the other team again as a few of the controls had been stolen so we didn't have to do most of the course.
Leg 6 - Long ride firstly through single trail through Blackbutt and then streets along Lake Illawarra to the coast. I was now really struggling to keep the pace on the bike especially on the single trail.
Leg 7 - Short kayak still with the leaders neck and neck.
Leg 8 - Short ride to the finish and a bonus leg of running to the end of Windang Island and back finishing a few minutes behind Julian/Grant/Ben but well ahead of 3rd.
Good work by the team. Prong was on fire today and Mounty was his usual strong self. I was just a passenger - too much biking for me meant I was using a lot of energy to keep the pace.