I needed an excuse to go see my mate Hennie in East London. Ironman South Africa obliged by arranging the
Half Ironman, East London, 2017
70.3 event in East London and the universe aligned so that I could go through for that.
I travelled through and spent a great weekend in East London helping the BRC with the Ironman 70.3 event. It is a much smaller event (logistically) than the full Ironman as run in Port Elizabeth, but actually is a half Ironman.
Breakfast next to the road was one of the first things I thought about. Apparently this is not done in East London – well at leaste not prior to our groundbreaking photos as posted by Hennie on the East London Whatsapp group!
Half Ironman, East London, 2017
Not much to report, except that we manned a station on the cycle leg (out on the N2) and then moved to the turning point of the run. After that we could stand down.
As you can tell from the pic of Hennie on the radio – the stress levels were low to say the least!
Thank you BRC!