Last Saturday saw a double header event weekend, the
Cerberus 2.5KM Open Swim Classic and Neon Fun Run around Albert Park lake.
Saturday morning we headed off to Half Moon Bay for a dip.
Walking down to rego we spotted Coach Daz (Darren) who has signed up for
Ironman Melbourne he had signed up for the 2.5km swim same as me. There was
nice Southerly breeze and with that a Southerly swell, meaning the swim out
would be fast but slow coming back. After rego I went and dropped off my Free Race
T-Shirt and get my wet suit out of the car. Ellie watched the start and then
headed off for her run while I swam. After the warm up swim we all lined up on
the beach where Daz told me that Kylie and him where expecting their 2nd
Child, I shook his hand and said congratulations. As we all stood there do the
small talk they let us go, no real notice, etc off we went. I headed out to the
first buoy down the bay towards the turn around the turn and head back. At this
point I could feel the swell; hard work on the way back time. I came back to
the final buoy and turned into the beach and run up over the line.
Time for 2.5km 58m 36s not my quickest time, but certainly my
longest competitive open water swim.
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| View from the Beach |
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| Southerly Swell |
Saturday night Ellie and headed off for some fun that the
Neon Fun Run. I was using this a training run and to have a bit of fun. I didn’t
time it, I just ran it – one lap of the lap at night with 8,500 of my new friends
with all of us flash and glowing in the dark.
Here are a few photos from the event.
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| Over look the lake to the Start/Finish Party Area |
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| Start line and dance area |
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| Time to Start |
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| Running into the night |
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| Neon Tubes |
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| Light up the Night |
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