Canberra 70.3 report

Our correspondent Jo reports from the podium:

Canberra’s Inaugural Ironman 70.3 was a day of challenges with lake levels at an all-time low, and water quality questionable.  One of the Pro men described it as “tasty; like truffles”.  The rain started whilst we swam and was relentless for the first two laps of Coppins.  This meant for soggy socks and shoes for the run.  The sun did poke through briefly, evident by the sunburn on my shoulders.

Jemani unfortunately didn’t make the start as he had an altercation on his bike with a car on Friday.  All reports are he is okay, and I wish him a speedy recovery.  I believe three Tridents made the start line with Patty and I finishing, spurred on by a fantastic support crew of Tridents popping up around the course.  The performance of the day was Patty, who turned himself inside-out on the second lap of the run to chase down a 4:59:04.  I’m sure the satisfaction of that sub-5 hour was worth the incoherent babble at the end Patty-Cakes!