Karen and I headed down to Thames on friday for the start of the coromandel classic. Andrew and I were a put back with a record number of entries into the race and 32 teams competing in the 2 man relay.
We finished day 1 with some solid racing and lay in a surprising 3rd place just 4 minutes off the second team.
The day 2 mass kayak start really put the words MULTISPORT into action. It was dead low tide and mostly just sand up the Tairua estuary resulting in 100 kayaks having to portage several times across the mud flats. We finished the kayak and bike ahead of the team coming in second but their strong runner took out 30 minutes from the rest of the field with one of the fastest runs of the day leaving us back in third. It was a tough weekend of racing and with very limited training we were so stoked to come out with a third place.
DAY 1
Battling the currents and overtaking our competition at the start of the Whitianga Harbour mouth
Coming in for a spectacular finish at the end of the kayak to almost bail on the breakers
Support team Phil and Max helping me out of the boat
Transition for the last bike of the day
Andrew toughing it out up the steep hills between Cooks Beach and Tairua
Finishing day 1 in third place
DAY 2
Getting in my kayak for a warm up
White wash as everyone goes crazy in the mass start
Andrew sprinting down the hill coming into Whangamata
Andrew's 50m run after a tough bike with a strong head wind to finish day 2 in 3rd place
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