{"id":2831,"date":"2015-01-22T20:41:16","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T01:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2015-01-22T20:41:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T01:41:16","slug":"mercuryman-triathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=2831","title":{"rendered":"MercuryMan Triathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"

So my blog is quickly becoming a running blog! \u00a0Hope you don’t mind \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0In my latest sporting endeavor, I ventured into the world of Triathlons. \u00a0Those involve a swim, a cycle and a run. \u00a0 The one I participated in is called the MercuryMan. \u00a0It is a “Half-Ironman” format that involves the following:<\/p>\n

– A 1.2 mile swim (1.9km)<\/p>\n

– A 56-mile cycle (90km)<\/p>\n

– A 13.1mile run (21.1km – a half Marathon)<\/p>\n

Needless to see, a lot of exercise. I did not do all 3, I was in a team where each team member did 1 of the 3 events. \u00a0 I did the run. \u00a0Some courageous souls do\u00a0all 3. Impressive.<\/p>\n

There is only one problem with doing the run, one that I foolishly did not foresee: The run is last … which by the time you start running, its REALLY hot even in the Cayman winter.<\/p>\n

Ok, so here goes. \u00a0(note: some of these pics are not mine. \u00a0Thanks to my friend Claire, one of the organizers)<\/p>\n

A lovely morning for a race. \u00a0The race started\/ended at the Reef Resort in the East End. \u00a0I love that area of the island and it was definitely an extra incentive for me to sign up.<\/p>\n

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Here the swimmers are getting ready to start the event. \u00a0Start time was just after sunrise at 7:15am.<\/p>\n

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Once the swimmers are done, they either jump onto their bike or pass the “chip” (timing device) to a teammate who does the second part. \u00a0There were definitely some very serious athletes. Look at this guy with his fancy helmet & all.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, while my teammate was out doing the 90km cycle, I was getting ready to do my part. Since it was by my estimates 33 degrees (+-91) with zero cloud cover by the time I got to run, I was glad I had a white hat & shirt. Not that it helped all that much. \u00a0Truth be told, it was the most difficult run I have ever done, but still was a lot of fun. \u00a0 Once I was 1\/2 through the run, I slowed down\u00a0at every second water stop and took the time to completely drink the cup of water or Gatorade; I needed it. Also, they had sponges with cold water so that was nice. \u00a0 The volunteers at the water stops were great and cheered us on.<\/p>\n

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Here is my buddy Craig finishing his 21.1km run … looks like it was tough out there Craig! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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The run route is as below. \u00a0We did 3x that loop. \u00a0So +-7km, 3 times. Mentally I divided the race up into 6 which I think helped me.<\/p>\n

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With my teammates Davison (Cycle – center) & Tim (Swim – right). \u00a0Good job guys. \u00a0We did well, had fun and no one got hurt. \u00a0We finished 1st corporate team. \u00a0We were the only corporate team … but who cares right?<\/p>\n

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Considering the heat, the medal we got was completely relevant!<\/p>\n

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So I loved my 1st Triathlon experience. I honestly have no intention of doing the other 2 activities\u00a0though.\u00a0\u00a0I’d have to buy a bike first and also learn how to swim fast ; diving does not require that! \u00a0Very well organized activity, at the lovely East End. \u00a0Cant go wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So my blog is quickly becoming a running blog! \u00a0Hope you don’t mind \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0In my latest sporting endeavor, I ventured into the world of Triathlons. \u00a0Those involve a swim, a cycle and a run. \u00a0 The one I participated in is called the MercuryMan. \u00a0It is a “Half-Ironman” format that involves the following: – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-cayman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2831"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2843,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions\/2843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}