Is this the real Triathlon?

Mountain biking is fun! I really do enjoy it. It's the whole reason I traveled to the Gold Coast and then traveled a little further for National round #3, to Illinbah. Never heard of it? How about Nerang? No? I can't name any other nearby places as there aren't any, so you'll have to look it up.

Greeted by bad coffee and piklets (sure have been pancakes) the first thing you notice (other than the culinary misfortunes) is the humidity. No one, except the people that live there, are used to it. Making it worse is having to wind your heart rate up to 100% in it. It really makes you appreciate being so close to nice, long beaches.

And swim we did in the 98% humidity during the race, making life very tough. People were dropping like flies, obviously none of them local. Many were treated for heat exhaustion during the day. Compounding the fun was a thunder storm sweeping through the race during lap 5 of 7 increasing humidity to over 400%!! 

With MTBA not knowing the rules of the sport they are governing in their own country the verdict was finally reached to shorten the race by a lap (during the Elite mens) Pity they informed the participants during the 6th lap that it would be their last, therefor making any contest for final position sprints null and void.

So with the ride, swim and running taken care of it was down to more important issues like; can a Hyundai i30 hire van drive through 2 feet of moving water?

Yes it can! But you sure wont see them doing much else. Especially handling or accelerating in a hurry.

Stay tuned for National round #4 in short time.