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Blackwood Marathon Relay 2008
Submitted: Monday, Oct 27, 2008 at 21:47
Well I happened to sneak away for the weekend and competed in the 30th Blackwood Marathon event on Saturday. I entered this one as an Iron Man - Yes my first ever iron man event and I had a great time (except for the run).
I made the trip down on my own this time leaving Michelle and and kids to fend for themselves for a few days. I had another mate doing the iron man thing and a few other teams of mates that form the usual event and drinking crowd.
Firstly I must thank a couple of the boys for the excellent support work that was afforded to us iron persons, John and Matt thanks again for the assistance, photos and general support. Could not have done it without you.
Well as most of you will now know I am not a runner. I train, I try but I just cannot run well no matter how much effort I put in. Anyway I will keep trying to get better at this leg it is starting to let me down in most of my events. So the Blackwood event is made of of 4 stages (5 if you do the equestrian section - none of us did this), the run 12km, canoe 8.5km, swim 1km and into the bike 20km.
This event is held down in the beautiful Boyup Brook to
Bridgetown
area. I must say that I will have to go and spend a bit more time down in this area and I really liked
Bridgetown
. I have have ever visited this area you will know it is fairly hilly and it seems that the organisers have found a great and predominantly up hill course.
So the results of all this fun:
In the iron man category I came 6th out of 12 that completed with a total time of 2:59:51.
Run - 00:59:14
Canoe - 01:05:05
Swim - 00:14:09
Cycle - 00:41:23
In the overall 4 stage event out of 88 teams & iron persons that completed I came 31st.
If you are interested in entering or checking out the results, photos or anything else about the event see
Blackwood Marathon Relay Website
At the start (Clyde 405 IM, David 402 IM, Matthew 136 OP)
The last few metres of the run - thank goodness
Paddle start - a rest for the legs
Powering to the line - in my first ever paddle race
Preparations for the swim leg
The end of the swim
Onto the road bike - my favorite stage
On the road - one of the few downhill sections
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29 Oct 2008 19:30 - Motherhen
Congratulations David, well done. Even finishing the iron man is a 'marathon effort'. The weather wasn't the best either this year. Sure is a lovely region - look us up if you come touring with the family.
28 Oct 2008 10:36 - ExplorOz - David & Michelle
This is a great result David - well done. I can't believe you're disappointed with your running though - you should be proud of just being able to complete an iron-man event! I've been to some of these events now and seen how many IM's drop out from overexhastion. 'Tis better to pace yourself and not get an injury so be happy just to know you've finished your first IM and you're healthy enough to compete again for this weekend. You are too humble in your reports though - you came 2nd in the cycle leg and 4th in the swim, 6th in the paddle and yes 12th in the run (but let's be honest, there was only 2 minutes between 6th place to 12th place). The competition is tough. I'm proud of you anyway, love Shel :-)
Reply: Thank you my love.
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