In a few hours, I move on. I’m leaving Makassar. First Jakarta, then Singapore, then ‘home’; whatever that means at the moment to me. I hope to see many of you soon.
Bali International Triathlon, 24 June 2007
1500m swim: 39m26s
T1: 2m47s
40k bike: 1h25m20s
T2: 58s
10k run: 58m06s
Total: 3h06m35s
More on all this later.
UPDATE: The swim started out wild as all 150+ swimmers had a mass start. I just let all the fast swimmers run into the water and I moseyed out after them. I’m no fish. [...]
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