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STRANDRÄUBER IRONMAN 70.3 RUEGEN

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  • 13-09-2015 9:23am
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    tunney
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    STRANDRÄUBER IRONMAN 70.3 RUEGEN

    Six foot swell.
    High winds.
    Diluvial rains.

    Swim going ahead. Two pros pulled out before 500m. Rest of pros took 8-10 minutes to cover 500m.


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    Kurt_Godel
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    tunney wrote: »
    STRANDRÄUBER IRONMAN 70.3 RUEGEN

    Six foot swell.
    High winds.
    Diluvial rains.

    Swim going ahead. Two pros pulled out before 500m. Rest of pros took 8-10 minutes to cover 500m.

    When does entry open for next year?


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    tunney
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    Kurt_Godel wrote: »
    When does entry open for next year?

    Thought you might like that Kurt.

    Fran entered it a few weeks ago so doesn't sell out.

    Also IM Wales is a brutal swim this year people 10 minutes or so slower. And the bike seems to be brutal too. Visions of people complaining about Challenge Galway next year, suppose thats why I always said don't do an im in ireland :)


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    rooneyjm
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    Dont think he went in the end.

    Must of been your guardian angel Fran.


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    rooneyjm
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    tunney wrote: »
    Thought you might like that Kurt.

    Fran entered it a few weeks ago so doesn't sell out.

    Also IM Wales is a brutal swim this year people 10 minutes or so slower. And the bike seems to be brutal too. Visions of people complaining about Challenge Galway next year, suppose thats why I always said don't do an im in ireland :)

    Guy from Activ did a 1.21 which is about his level?


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    tunney
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    rooneyjm wrote: »
    Dont think he went in the end.

    Must of been your guardian angel Fran.

    Oh he went, thats where I am getting most of my information, texts from Fran :)


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    rooneyjm
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    Oh jesus. Well at least everyone else will have motions sickness as well, evens it up a bit.


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    tunney
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    he is out of the water in 49:26


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    Vincepl
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    I just looked at the Finish line in Tenby, you can still see the sea in the background looking very angry and the camera is barely keeping still in the wind.


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    sconhome
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    tunney wrote: »
    Visions of people complaining about Challenge Galway next year, suppose thats why I always said don't do an im in ireland :)

    Don't worry Renville is quite sheltered.


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    Djoucer
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQilW_dA4A4


    Pro start


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    tunney
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    Djoucer wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQilW_dA4A4


    Pro start

    I know what race Kurt is doing next year
    I know what race Kurt is doing next year
    I know what race Kurt is doing next year
    I know what race Kurt is doing next year


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    pgibbo
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    Apparently Kurt only likes the short sharp stuff.......This may sway him though :pac:


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    sconhome
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    Swell doesn't look too bad. Good to see a proper challenging swim going ahead.


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    cjt156
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    A few real pro' s there; face-planting in ankle-deep water!

    Nice bit of chop, nothing too lumpy, was it?


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    Mr Tango
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    I thought fran said it was really bad?

    Looks more 'fun' than anything else!!!!


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    hf4z6sqo7vjngi
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    Mr Tango wrote: »
    I thought fran said it was really bad?

    Looks more 'fun' than anything else!!!!

    It was anything but. Video does not do it justice and you get a much better view from the pier. Even 500mtrs out the swell and current was unreal. Not good when you see a pro being pulled out of the water 300mtrs in and others struggling.

    I will stick up a race report when i get a moment.


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    MojoMaker
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    Djoucer wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQilW_dA4A4


    Pro start

    Except for the pier full of onlookers it looks like the last Howth aquathon.


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    rooneyjm
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    Jonathan Square Paragraph wrote: »
    It was anything but. Video does not do it justice and you get a much better view from the pier. Even 500mtrs out the swell and current was unreal. Not good when you see a pro being pulled out of the water 300mtrs in and others struggling.

    I will stick up a race report when i get a moment.

    Your getting some mileage out of that pro. By tomorrow he'll have been helicoptered out after 50m


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    hf4z6sqo7vjngi
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    rooneyjm wrote: »
    Your getting some mileage out of that pro. By tomorrow he'll have been helicoptered out after 50m

    Van Vlerken agrees with my view of the swim :)


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    Oryx
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    Vincepl wrote: »
    I just looked at the Finish line in Tenby, you can still see the sea in the background looking very angry and the camera is barely keeping still in the wind.

    It got rougher later in the day. There was swell but it was ok. About 40 pulled from swim.


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