Ironman Asia Pacific Championship - Cairns, Australia 🇦🇺2017
Ironman Asia Pacific Championship - Cairns, Australia 🇦🇺 Woke up 4:00 and tossed round till 4:30. Today is the day, of we go again. Ironman Cairns begins. Stretch, breakfast, pack, water and a walk to the bus. 5:30 on the bus to Palm Cove. Mark and I chatted on the way in, all was going smoothly. 35mins and we arrived. Into the transition and all went well for both of us, tyres pumped, nutrition in and wetsuit on. Down by the beach we stretched, ate the last of the food, banana and dates and watched the sunrise over the beach. SWIM The water was brown and there were strong waves. The 70.3 started, the commentator announced it was time to start, into the pens, nerves built, the pros soon started. Ten minutes later, 7:45 we began, a single file start, a few minutes later and I was off. Running into the water I dived into the murky depth and began swimming over the waves. It was a tough swim, being pushed around by the waves, sighting was difficult. Tried for the small m...