A small but choice number of participants (about 80 starters). A 3m/5km run, a 15.5m/25km bike ride and another 3m/5km run. Jürgen Meyman (35th place overall at the Iron Man Hawaii 2005) was the winner after 1:10h. Various other fast people were at the starting line: the NRW duathlon champion, etc, etc, etc.

Mike finished after 1:22h, came in 18th overall and 5th in the 40 age division.
About the track: a 3m/5km lap around Lake Aa with a tricky bridge, which had to be overcome in the beginning and end of the race.
The bike track was not fun: 3m/5km out of the 5m/8km lap went uphill and we were supposed to go around 3 times. I was satisfied with my average speed.

Summer is nice and everything, but on Sunday it was really harsh and draining.
And in the end there was that bridge over Lake Aa, but it was still a nice and well organized competition.

Mike