Congratulations on the race, and thanks for the photos. I enjoyed the scenery and the chance to relive a time about 30 years ago when my wife did a short tri event: 1km swim, 40km bike, 10km run. I was her training partner and served as her official support/photographer/etc on the day. I learned that it takes a tremendous amount of preparation over a long period to do one of these events, and a great deal of determination on the day of the race. Well done!
stan On Jan 21, 2013, at 8:47 PM, David Mann wrote: > Last week I went to Lake Wanaka to take part in the Lake Wanaka Half which is > a half-ironman triathlon (1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run). It's run as > part of Challenge Wanaka which is the full ironman distance (yes, double > those numbers - they do two laps of each stage). This year one hardman was > doubling the full Challenge just for the fun of it. He started the day > before so he could finish before the cutoff time of the main race. > > http://www.challengewanaka.com/home > (The video is well worth a look) > > The scenery is spectacular and the course is renowned as one of the hardest > in the world. Even the swim had hills: the legendary nor'west wind had come > up overnight so we had some fairly large waves on the lake. > > On to the photos... I've split them into three galleries. > > First some pre-race photos of the area: > http://www.multi.net.nz/wanaka/pre-race/ > > Some taken during the race by my wife (with her iPhone) and her brother who > had borrowed my camera: > http://www.multi.net.nz/wanaka/race-day/ > > And a few pics from our trip home on Sunday: > http://www.multi.net.nz/wanaka/homeward/ > > Finishing that race was one hell of an experience - I'd had an injury during > training which meant I couldn't do anywhere near the amount I needed... but I > made up for it with sheer determination on the day :) > > Cheers, > Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
