With seven more sessions to go, the tension and the tenacity are on the increase while the water temp and the daylight are on the decrease. Undeterred (or mildly unhinged), 112 keen ol’ salty souls cheerfully launched themselves into the 17 degree water to tackle Brendan’s latest fever-dream and vie for table top supremacy.
What a great morning out at Rabbit Island for the Chia Sisters Olympic Triathlon, Duathlon & Multisport race.
If you’d managed to pick the afternoon weather after the biblical deluge we slogged through in the morning, MetService wouldn’t just hire you—they’d hand over the keys and ask you to run the joint.
Tahunanui Beach put on a stunning morning for today’s Aquathon, with clear skies, a calm sea, and a much kinder forecast than last year’s windy edition.
I think lasts nights swim was a collective ‘WTF just happened?’ moment for most as more of you exited the water grimacing and looking exhausted than smiling!
As the memories of no alarms, undisturbed sleep-ins and endless free time fade into history it is time to work off those extra pieces of pavlova and medicinal xmas morning samosas with a short sharp shock to the system being a friendly evening swim in the clear blue waters of the Nelson Harbour (creative license taken).