By admin on 11/11/2006

Eight Ful-On Tri members and seven supporters, headed to the Florida sunshine for the inaugural World Ironman 70.3 Championships, having pre-qualified for the event. The location was Clearwater - a flat sand spit close to Tampa on the Gulf of Mexico. The event organisation lived up to expectations of a world class event, and there were enough pro athletes on show to satisfy.

On race day, the swim start was full of pomp and ceremony and the first time we've witnessed a man in a rubber suit with a blue swim cap singing the US national anthem! After a fast and ferocious swim out and back from Pier 60 (and in amongst the dolphins), huge bunches of athletes exited the water together which was only going to cause the draft busters problems on the bike course. A predominantly flat one-lap bike course with the odd high-rise bridge thrown in did little to split up t ... Read More »