Penso che leggere quello che riporto qui sotto mi fa credere che, tutto sommato, ho fatto una discreta gara, soprattutto nel nuoto! :-) "For those not familiar with the Celtman, it is on of the three Extreme Triathlons along with Norseman and Swissman in their respective countries. Norseman is (together with Ö till Ö) etc one of the world hardest one day competitions. It’s somewhat longer than your regular Ironman, 3.8 km Swim, 202 km bike and a Marathon run. There is just two things to it: 1) it is in Scotland 2) the route is laid out not only very scenic but also very hard course. Hence the weather is very unpredictable and often very harsh, temperature in the water can be 10-15 degrees Celcius, the bike includes more than 2000 height meters, and the run goes over two munroes (mountains over 1000 meters). Welcome to Celtman. Before going into the details, I just want to make some things clear: If you believe that 56 min is slow for a 3 k swim, please do it yourself in 12 degrees water temp, very very choppy waves, no guiding feet, kayak or buoys. (I’ve done a full 3.8 ironman swim in the same time before). If you believe that averaging 31.5 km/hour in an ironman bike leg, why don’t you do it yourself in 2000+ height meters and with headwind up to 15 m/s. (I’ve averaged 39 km/h in HIM/Ironman bike sections). If you think a marathon should take shorter time than 5:14 – welcome to Celtman and do the “run” with a fracture in your foot. (I’ve done a non-ironman marathon in 2:46…)"
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:04:04 +0000
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