Well it's over for another year. I'll take you through the my race hopefully this will give you a better idea.
Starting 15 Min's behind the Pro's the swim was in a tidal canal, so it was quite flat but very murky (read "I could not see my hand in front of my face") it was a rough swim with the horn sounding at 745am we were off, at the first buoy I was kicked in the face and got a bleeding nose, that was cool. I powered on breathing through my mouth for the rest of the day. The swim leg is 1500m around an island, some competitors got out and ran along the sand bank, very unsportsmanlike but after 27 Min's i was in T1.
Noosa is the second largest triathlon in the world and the largest in Australia, with well over 5000 competitors so i recommend that you walk the transition routes till you can find your bike with your eyes closed!
i hit the road with the chase pack we had about 7 Min's to make up on the front runners. heading out of town is VERY fast we were averaging about 44km/h. up till the 17km mark there are a few rises but nothing major. However at 17km you hit "the hill" i was told it was 3km of pain. The road turns from sealed highway to pot-holed back road. it was the most over rated hill, it's 3km of winding rd but it's about 500m of tough work and 2.5km spinning. at the top of the hill....ATTACK it sealed highway again but a little windy. to the turn around point at 22km then it's a mad dash back to town. At around the 29km mark there is a seriously steep descent. it's the fastest 2km you will ever cover i hit a top speed of 90km/h. Crag Walton holds the record at 101km/h
After this section there are massive packs that develop so try to steer clear of them as there are several draft busters. i led a group of about 15 back into town, at least i got a few "thanks for the tow mate" out of it.
I would advise people to be careful on the way out and back in as there are several roundabouts that need to be navigated at high speed. I hammered back into town in a time of 1:03. (dried blood on my new orca suit) i had bridged the gap on the leaders to about 4 Min's
The run is flat as, not one hill or rise to speak of. There are aid stations every 1.5 km. i left a mixed sample of GU, power-bar and Endura flavored spew at the first aid station. It's here that the heat picked up Noosa is typically quite tropical, the ave temp is around 26 Celsius, on the run it gets to about 32. So from 2km into it my race was done.
once you hit the tun around at 4.5k its the same course back into town but an added 500m loop in a back st. from the loop its just 3K to glory where the crowd lines the the st for the rest of the race. i did the run in 50mins flat (shocking) where about 15 people in my age group passed me.
all in all i finished in 2:25 which was not the time i was after(2:10)
Noosa is a great event where everyone who is anyone races. At the after party all the pro's head out and mix with the age groupers. i got photo's with Emma snowsill, crag Walton, Chris McCormack Anabel luxford and a few others.
there is always a great atmosphere and great people if you head down under this is the race to do.
Well it's over for another year. I'll take you through the my race hopefully this will give you a better idea.
Starting 15 Min's behind the Pro's the swim was in a tidal canal, so it was quite flat but very murky (read "I could not see my hand in front of my face") it was a rough swim with the horn sounding at 745am we were off, at the first buoy I was kicked in the face and got a bleeding nose, that was cool. I powered on breathing through my mouth for the rest of the day. The swim leg is 1500m around an island, some competitors got out and ran along the sand bank, very unsportsmanlike but after 27 Min's i was in T1.
Noosa is the second largest triathlon in the world and the largest in Australia, with well over 5000 competitors so i recommend that you walk the transition routes till you can find your bike with your eyes closed!
i hit the road with the chase pack we had about 7 Min's to make up on the front runners. heading out of town is VERY fast we were averaging about 44km/h. up till the 17km mark there are a few rises but nothing major. However at 17km you hit "the hill" i was told it was 3km of pain. The road turns from sealed highway to pot-holed back road. it was the most over rated hill, it's 3km of winding rd but it's about 500m of tough work and 2.5km spinning. at the top of the hill....ATTACK it sealed highway again but a little windy. to the turn around point at 22km then it's a mad dash back to town. At around the 29km mark there is a seriously steep descent. it's the fastest 2km you will ever cover i hit a top speed of 90km/h. Crag Walton holds the record at 101km/h
After this section there are massive packs that develop so try to steer clear of them as there are several draft busters. i led a group of about 15 back into town, at least i got a few "thanks for the tow mate" out of it.
I would advise people to be careful on the way out and back in as there are several roundabouts that need to be navigated at high speed. I hammered back into town in a time of 1:03. (dried blood on my new orca suit) i had bridged the gap on the leaders to about 4 Min's
The run is flat as, not one hill or rise to speak of. There are aid stations every 1.5 km. i left a mixed sample of GU, power-bar and Endura flavored spew at the first aid station. It's here that the heat picked up Noosa is typically quite tropical, the ave temp is around 26 Celsius, on the run it gets to about 32. So from 2km into it my race was done.
once you hit the tun around at 4.5k its the same course back into town but an added 500m loop in a back st. from the loop its just 3K to glory where the crowd lines the the st for the rest of the race. i did the run in 50mins flat (shocking) where about 15 people in my age group passed me.
all in all i finished in 2:25 which was not the time i was after(2:10)
Noosa is a great event where everyone who is anyone races. At the after party all the pro's head out and mix with the age groupers. i got photo's with Emma snowsill, crag Walton, Chris McCormack Anabel luxford and a few others.
there is always a great atmosphere and great people if you head down under this is the race to do.
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